Truest, Best, Fastest Way to Help MILLIONS of Illinois Workers; Gov. Rauner MUST SIGN NOW SPRINGFIELD-Following is the statement of SEIU Healthcare Illinois President Greg Kelley following passage tonight in the Senate of Senate Bill 81, legislation to raise the …
Minimum Wage
BREAKING: Historic Victory as $15 Bill Wins in House; On To Senate
2.3 MILLION Workers are Closer to a Raise SPRINGFIELD-Following is the statement of SEIU Healthcare Illinois President Greg Kelley following passage today in the Illinois House of Representatives of Senate Bill 81, to raise the minimum wage to $15 by …
“It’s Fearful” As House Bill 198 Goes Before Full House, Stories of Struggle from All Corners of Illinois from Low-Wage Workers
$15 Minimum Wage Seen as Help to Imperiled Local Economies After a two—day press tour with the legislation’s sponsor, Rep. Will Guzzardi, stories were pouring in from throughout the state from workers who are struggling to make ends meet as …
$15 Minimum Wage Statewide Tour to Highlight HB 198 Benefit to Local Communities & New Analysis; Budget Fix
Carbondale, Champaign, Peoria, Springfield, East St. Louis Among Stops MEDIA ADVISORY: April 19, 20 SPRINGFIELD-As House Bill 198 goes to vote in the full House of Representatives, a statewide press tour will highlight the benefits of a raise in the …
BREAKING-Rauner Opposition to Wage Increase Reflects Desire for Cheap Labor Economy
House Bill 198 Gaining Momentum in Illinois CHICAGO-Following is the response of SEIU Healthcare Illinois Communications Director James Muhammad to news that Gov. Bruce Rauner today voiced opposition to raising the Illinois wage floor, even as momentum grows to raise …
Top 10 Questions Rauner Didn’t Answer Today
Governor Rauner advertised a live question-and-answer session today on Facebook. Unfortunately, the Governor came prepared with his own questions and ignored the tough ones about the Governor’s failures. Here are the top 10 quesitons Rauner failed to answer today. 1. …
SEIU Healthcare Missouri Members Applaud St. Louis City Council Passage of Minimum Wage Increase
Sherry Golden Wade, a St. Louis home care worker of twelve years, issued the following statement in response to this historic vote: “I am so proud to see the work of hundreds of low-wage St. Louis workers, tireless advocates, and …
Forbes: Child Care Providers Demand $15-An-Hour Pay
From Forbes: by Anna Bahney As the Fight for $15, the movement to secure a $15-dollar an hour wage for employees, gains momentum, child care providers are becoming more vocal about working toward the goal. Calling our child care …
Hoosiers to Rally to Raise the Wage
At Statehouse and Across the State, Working Families and Community Allies Call Upon Governor Pence to Take Executive Action to Raise Wages for Struggling Workers, Including 37% of low-income Hoosiers. Responding to raising prices and stagnant Indiana wages, Hoosier working families …
Big step forward as Kansas City raises minimum wage to $13 per hour
From KCMO-Fox: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Minimum wage workers in Kansas City, Missouri, are in line to get a raise, as the City Council on Thursday approved a measure to hike the minimum wage in the city to $13 an …
A billionaire Governor facing a huge deficit demolished Bruce Rauner’s budget argument
Journalist C. Robert Gibson reports in The Huffington Post that Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has pulled the state out of a deep deficit and created tens of thousands of new jobs by raising taxes on the wealthy and boosting the …
$10 an hour not enough: child care providers rally for a living wage
On Monday, child care providers and their children rallied outside Daley Plaza for a living wage of $15 per hour. Using a blackboard to illustrate, Cynthia Brown offered a lesson to the children in attendance, showing how much additional income …
St. Louis Mayor Slay pushes for $15 per hour living wage
After a two-year campaign and lots of great organizing by Show Me 15 St. Louis and others, St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay publicly announced his support of a $15 an hour living wage and a plan to bring the …
Illinois House passes Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois House of Representatives passed the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights late on Friday. The bill includes the following protections and rights to domestic workers: the right to be paid no less than the minimum wage the right to …
Thousands of Workers from Home Care, Child Care, Nursing Homes and Hospitals Announce They Are Joining the Movement to Fight for $15
Follow us on Twitter @seiuhcilin #Fightfor15 #HomeCare15 #NursingHomes15 (April 15th, 2015) Contact: James Muhammad, James.Muhammad@seiuhcil.org Scott Vogel, scott.vogel@seiuhcil.org MEDIA ADVISORY SEIU Healthcare Illinois Members and Families Join Largest Low-Wage Worker Mobilization in Chicago’s Living Wage Fight — Protests Target …
Press Release: SEIU Healthcare Illinois Applauds Historic Victory In Winning State’s Minimum Wage Ballot Referendum
Community Groups and Labor Allies Vow to Continue to Fight for a Working Families Agenda Contact: James Muhammad, James.Muhammad@seiuhcil.org (November 5, 2014, Chicago) — Members of SEIU Healthcare Illinois (SEIU HCII), a union that represents 92,000 home care, child …
IN Members Host Town Hall Highlighting Need for Higher Minimum Wage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 30, 2014 CONTACT: Kaitlin DeCero, Kaitlin.decero@seiuhcil.org Hammond Town Hall Meeting Highlights Need for Higher Minimum Wage (Hammond, IN) – On Thursday night at the Jean Shephard Center in Hammond, local low-wage workers, elected officials, faith leaders, …
Vote Early to Raise the Minimum Wage in Illinois!
Resources for Early Voting! In Illinois, early voting starts Monday, October 20th and continues until Sunday, November 2nd. In order to Early Vote you must bring your government issued photo ID. Scroll below to find a list of early voting …
Nursing Home Worker, Erika Martin Says Bruce Rauner “Hasn’t Earned Our Respect to Become Governor”
(July 31, 2014) — On the anniversary of Medicare where events were held across the country, HCII member and nursing home work Erika Martin protested outside Bruce Rauner’s headquarters. Erika spoke about the candidate’s refusal to pay Medicare taxes, highlighted …
Indiana SEIU Members Team Up with Community Allies & Low-Wage Workers to Push for Higher Minimum Wage
On Thursday, July 24, state representatives, city council members and other elected representatives joined low-wage workers, faith leaders, academics and community advocates at a Town Hall meeting focused on raising the minimum wage. As the rallying cry for raising the …