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Nursing Home Caregivers to Picket for Quality Care and a Fair Contract
Caregivers, many of whom helped raise standards in nursing homes this year by winning funding for the industry, will hold an informational picket on Thursday, December 10, 2009, 3:00 - 5:00 PM at Unity Health and Rehab Center, 1404 NW 22nd Street, Miami.

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12/10/2009

Caregivers to Nursing Home Giants: ‘Living Wages for Those Who Save Lives’
Frustrated by stalled union contract talks with Seacrest and Delta, caregivers question why industry claims budget shortfalls after receiving millions in public dollars.

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10/29/2009

Caregivers for Florida's Most Vulnerable Populations to Protest Nursing Home Giants’ Questionable Use of Public Funding
Frustrated by stalled union contract talks with industry giants Seacrest and Delta, caregivers will join hundreds of nursing home workers in a simultaneous statewide picket on Monday, September 28 from 2:00 – 4:3o pm in West Palm Beach, Orlando and Venice

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9/24/2009

Statement from SEIU Florida President Monica Russo: It’s Time for Sen. Bill Nelson to Lead
As the leader of Florida’s largest health care union I represent tens of thousands of frontline care providers, many of whom can’t afford health care themselves or have insurance they can’t afford to use. On their behalf I am making a personal plea to Sen

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9/10/2009

Over 1,100 Rally in Orlando for Quality Health Care
Orlando – Over 1,100 supporters of health care reform from across the state gathered at a rally today in downtown Orlando to call on Florida’s congressional delegation to support President Obama’s push to bring quality health care to all Americans.

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8/29/2009

Tenet Nurses, Healthcare Workers Take Action to Protest Sick Leave Cuts
FLORIDA and CALIFORNIA – Registered nurses and hospital workers who provide care at hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation organized an unprecedented national protest today against attempts to cut their access to sick leave.

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7/21/2009

Florida’s Most Vulnerable are Beneficiaries of Rare Bright Spot in Florida's Budget
MIAMI – Starting July 1, 2009, enforcement of the minimum requirement of 2.9 hours of care during a 24 hour period in Florida’s nursing homes will be reinstated.

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6/30/2009

Before the “Tea-Party” Fantasy…
Orlando - A broad coalition of Orlando area workers from a wide variety of trades and professions, including health care workers, will be joined by students, retirees and community advocates in a rally outside of Senator Bill Nelson’s office to encourage

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6/29/2009

Prominent Hispanic Health Care Advocates to Hold a Town Hall Meeting on the “Domino Effect of Healthcare Inequality”
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Florida will host a town hall meeting on healthcare disparities in South Florida and call for Congress to pass health care reform legislation that includes a public option that provides high quality, affordable

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6/23/2009

Mayor Manny Diaz, Commissioner Heyman, Rep. Brisé, Community Health Leaders and Healthcare Workers Push for Healthcare Reform
As Congress prepares for Sen. Edward Kennedy’s long-awaited healthcare overhaul bill, American Health Choices Act, to be introduced, a bipartisan group of city, county, and state officials joined together with leaders from Borinquen Health Care Center, Ja

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6/9/2009

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