Nursing Homes
More than 10,000 nursing home workers are united in SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana for a stronger voice on the job and in our communities.
Since 2004, SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana nursing home workers have been growing and involving member leaders, recruiting member organizers and building member bargaining committees that have won some of the biggest contract victories for nursing home workers in the country. In 2010, Illinois nursing home workers were a strong voice for passing new nursing home reform laws that will mean a safer environment for nursing home residents and workers.
These victories paved the way to unite even more workers. In the past two years, nearly 2,000 new nursing home health care workers have joined SEIU — making our voice for working families even stronger.
Midwest Rehabilitation and Respiratory unites in SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana!
After months of hard work and determination, workers at Midwest Rehabilitation and Respiratory in Belleville, IL voted overwhelmingly to join together in SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana!
Workers at Midwest voted 78-14 to unite for good jobs and quality care in Belleville, IL.
“After Midwest was bought by a new company, working conditions started to degrade,” said Lauren Miller, a CNA at the nursing home. “It took a couple of months for the idea of joining a union to spread from just a few of us to a wide majority of the staff, but we worked hard and got it done.”
Midwest employees are looking forward to making big changes at the facility, including increasing the supply budget, getting management to hire more staff, and replacing old and broken equipment that employees need to care for their residents safely.
“Everyone’s so excited to get started improving this place,” said Virgie Watson, CNA. “Being united means we have a seat at the table with management and a way to really get things done around here.”
Midwest employees will soon begin bargaining their first contract. Check back here for updates.
Nursing home workers, residents, families gather to support unjustly fired CNA
On July 14, nursing home workers and community members rallied at the Center Home for the Hispanic Elderly to demand Justice for Doris.
Doris Castilla was unjustly fired after helping lead a successful drive to form a union at Center Home.
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Workers at the Grove of Evanston join SEIU!
On Thursday, May 19, sixty workers at the Grove of Evanston nursing home voted unanimously to form their union and join SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana.
“Everyone felt so happy and relieved when we heard the election results,” says Marcus Grant, who works in the dietary department. “I voted yes because I want job security. But many people really want to see improvements to our health insurance benefits, and there are people who have worked here for over 30 years not making much more than people like me who have only been here for 8 or 9 months. We have a better chance of changing these things with everyone united together.”
Workers at the Grove of Evanston join more than 10,000 nursing home workers taking action for quality jobs and quality care. And, with a vote of 46-0 and leaders on every shift, our newest members at the Grove are on their way to building a strong union.
Workers at Casa Central Nursing Home join SEIU
On March 18th 100 workers at Casa Central Nursing Home in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to join SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana, despite efforts by the home’s management to stop workers from uniting. (more…)
Quality pay for quality work: SEIU members win contract victories
CHC Nursing Home
- 2.5 year contract: 2% increase retroactive to Jan. 1, 2011 with another 1.5% after July 1, 2011 and 2.5% after July 1, 2012. (more…)
Illinois hospital, nursing home workers fight Medicaid cuts
Illinois hospital workers are fighting back against proposed state budget cuts to Medicaid payments that threaten jobs, quality of service and safety at all of our community hospitals. The six per cent cuts could mean a loss of millions of dollars to hospital budgets. Medicaid payments amount to nearly half of all funding for community-based hospitals.
“Our hospital services are vital to the residents of our communities,” said Tamiko Harris, an operating room secretary at Mt. Sinai Hospital, which faces a loss of more than eight million dollars if Medicaid is slashed. “These cuts will mean a loss of jobs, less resources for services for our patients and, ultimately, longer waits and more suffering for residents. We can’t allow that to happen.” (more…)
