Our Goal: Stronger As One Union

On July 14th and 15th, SEIU long-term care workers across California will come together in an official hearing at the Marriott Manhattan Beach (Calif.) Hotel to discuss how homecare and nursing home workers should be organized into local unions.  This hearing represents a milestone step in the ongoing march of progress toward California long-term care workers receiving the respect and treatment they deserve.

It is the firmly held belief of thousands of long-term care workers in California that the collective goals and dreams of nursing home and homecare workers can best be achieved through the formation of a new SEIU statewide long-term care union.  At the SEIU International convention held in early June, SEIU members from across the country voted overwhelmingly in favor of giving nursing home and homecare workers in California the opportunity to vote on having an SEIU statewide long-term care local.

Long-term care workers are better and stronger when we are joined together in a local union that is ALL about long-term care workers and the people we care for.  A statewide long-term care local that is 100% made up of long-term care workers and is 100% dedicated to the issues facing nursing home and homecare workers is the way to make sure our interests and concerns get the attention they need.  

A statewide SEIU long-term care local will give us the power to:

·    Beat back the Governor’s attacks on homecare
·    Elect leaders who support long-term care and treat homecare and nursing home workers with dignity and respect
·    Negotiate better wages
·    Protect and improve health benefits
·    Establish training programs that will prepare us to provide better quality care for the people who rely on our assistance

A statewide long-term care local that is ALL about long-term care is the way we’ll be able to lift up ALL long-term care workers across California.

Date: July 14-15, 2008
Time:  9 a.m.
Place: The Manhattan Ballroom
Marriott Manhattan Beach Hotel
1400 Parkview Avenue
Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266
Tel: (310) 546-7511

 Notice of Hearing