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SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger To Address Democratic National Convention and the Nation

anna burger

SEIU Secretary-Treasurer and Change to Win Chair Anna Burger will address the 2008 Democratic National Convention during primetime on Tuesday evening, August 26, where she will speak on the issues most important to people who get up and go to work every day – health care, freedom in the workplace and restoring the economy to help create a new American Dream.

Blake Med Center Union Member Helps Spread the Truth about McCain

Lee Stirrat

SEIU Healthcare Florida member Lee Stirrat joined eight workers to travel across ten states to spread the truth about what a John McCain presidency would mean for working Americans and the entire nation. You can read what she has to say about her week-long trip here and stay up-to-date by reading the newspaper articles covering the tour. 

Statement by SEIU Healthcare Florida Supporting Cong. Wasserman-Schultz’s Leadership in Securing Healthcare for All

Monday, July 28, 2008
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SEIU Healthcare Florida Member Betsy Marville on Patient Right to Know

Betsy Marville

Currently, the Patient Right to Know Act has been filed as SB 1186 in the Florida Senate by Sen. Nan Rich and as HB 851 by Rep. Ron Brise in the House. The bill would require hospitals to report to the Agency for Health Care Administration the average number of RN, LPN and CNA staff per patient in each unit, including agency use, for access by the public.

Takeover of Major Nursing Home Chain Could Worsen Care for Thousands of Elderly Florida Residents

In an effort to improve nursing home care in Florida, the state’s largest healthcare workers union today launched a new campaign calling on global buyout giant the Carlyle Group to put care above CEO profits in the $6.3 billion takeover of nursing home chain HCR Manor Care.

UM Miller School of Medicine and SEIU Reach Labor Agreement

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and SEIU Healthcare Florida have reached an agreement on a union contract for more than 1,000 employees, including nurses, respiratory therapists, dietary workers, custodial and other direct patient care givers at the University of Miami Hospital. Read more.