Healthcare workers are our most valuable resource in addressing COVID-19, and keeping healthcare workers safe must be our top priority. 1199SEIU, the nation’s largest healthcare workers’ union, has been working tirelessly with our members and partners to make sure our healthcare workers have what they need to do their job well and under the best conditions possible. Learn more here about how workers can protect themselves and how you can stand with workers on the frontlines of this crisis.
We are in desperate need of resources to stop the spread of COVID-19 and the toll it continues to take. Healthcare workers can't do it alone. The federal government must do its part. Without providing access to lifesaving personal protective equipment (PPE) and crisis pay to cover essential bills, childcare, and transportation to work, healthcare workers are being forced to choose between caring for their patients and caring for their families.
It's time to demand that Congress pass the #BetterCareBetterJobs act, which includes billions of dollars worth of funding for Home Care, aimed at improving wages and addressing the recruitment and retention crisis in the long term care industry.
Call the number below and you will automatically be connected to your Congressional representative. #CareCantWait #WeAreEssential
"Robert Bruno, a labor relations professor at the University of Illinois, predicts that the improvements in pay and job quality will be long-lasting, adding that that was more likely than unions substantially increasing their membership.
"He said that if workers see others winning better wages and conditions through strikes, that will raise unions’ visibility and lead to more workers voting to join unions." #1 #UnionStrong
‘Striketober’ is showing workers’ rising power – but will it lead to lasting change?
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A post-pandemic labor shortage has given workers leverage but experts doubt it will lead to a sustained rise in union membershipHey NYC members! You can Vote Early in the NYC Mayor and City Council elections from TODAY until October 31st.
Check out who 1199 has endorsed here: www.1199seiu.org/politicalaction/endorsements
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