SEIU Healthcare Illinois Indiana

Members take action to prevent home care cuts!

   SEIU Healthcare Illinois members, along with the
   Illinois AARP and Jane Addams Senior Caucus, are
   taking immediate action following the
   announcement that the state plans to cut service
   hours for senior consumers and workers in the
   Illinois Department on Aging Community Care
   Program. We’re making hundreds of phone calls
   urging the Governor to stop the cuts, and
   planning a rally this Thursday in Chicago’s State
   of Illinois building. We will not sit back while the
   services 12,000 home care workers and over
   50,000 seniors depend on are threatened.
   Quality care must be a priority!

Cook County RNs to Unite with Healthcare Workers

Cook County Bureau of Health Services (CCBHS) healthcare employees—physicians, nurse assistants, pharmacists, and others—have announced a campaign to win a new union contract this fall that improves patient care and working conditions.

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Healthcare, child care workers create new union

SEIU Healthcare an even stronger voice for quality care

Nearly 13,000 healthcare and child care workers voted to unite into the country’s largest healthcare union local, SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana. Votes were tallied on April 15, 2008, with 97% of members voting to create a new, even stronger voice for quality care.

SEIU President Andy Stern certified the election results and inducted the officers of the new local in Chicago in June.

SEIU Members Unite to Rally for Quality Care

February 28, 2008—Over 650 health care and child care providers from SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana came together in Springfield to rally for quality care and pass a critical hospital funding bill. The event was the first action taken by the newly formed 90,000-member union representing hospital, long-term care and child care workers and marks our first big win as a new union.

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SEIU members making Justice for All a reality

Members from all divisions of SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana helped make history at SEIU’s 2008 Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Members overwhelmingly approved the groundbreaking Justice for All as the direction of our union for the next four years. Our work to make Justice for All a reality has already begun.

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