Home Care Workers

SEIU's Anna Burger and Home Care Worker Pauline Beck Speak at the Democratic National Convention

SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger and homecare worker Pauline Beck addressed the Democratic Convention on Tuesday night to keep the focus on the issues at stake for working families this election. Burger talked about Obama’s long record of standing with working families and why working people are uniting behind him in 2008 and Beck discussed the day Barack Obama spent working on the job with her last fall. Watch each of the videos here.

SEIU Secretary-Treasurer
Anna Burger
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Adult Foster Home Care Providers Win 1st-in-Nation Contract in Oregon

SEIU Local 503 adult foster home care providers have negotiated a historic one-year agreement with the State of Oregon after seven months of bargaining, becoming the first such workers in the U.S. to win a union contract. The agreement covers about 3,500 providers and includes provisions such as a monthly increase in service fees and a new training program.

SEIU Local Announces Alameda County Home Care Workers Win Historic Contract Agreement

OAKLAND, Calif., Jul 24, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday an historic contract for home care workers that brings increased wages, additional transportation funds and protects quality health benefits for care providers.

The Board's approval marks the end to an 11-month contract campaign led by local home care workers from SEIU Healthcare, United Long-Term Care Workers' Union, to improve the lives of the more than 15,000 Alameda County In-Home Supportive Services (home care) workers who provide vital care to the region's elderly and people with disabilities.

"Because we stayed united and consistent in our message to the Board, we finally were able to win the contract home care workers deserve," said Thanh Ahlfenger, a bargaining team member. "This contract shows that we believe in justice for all home care workers."

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SEIU Bill Introduced to Ensure Fair Pay for Home Care Workers

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Wednesday introduced the Fair Home Health Care Act of 2007 “to honor the extraordinary value of the work that home health care workers do” and ensure fair pay. This SEIU-proposed legislation is a response to the June Supreme Court decision that maintained home care workers are not entitled to minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. More

Ohio Home Care Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Unite in SEIU

7,000 home care workers voted by over a 5-to-1 margin in Ohio’s largest-ever union election to unite with SEIU District 1199 WKO. The workers will now be able to negotiate for better wages and benefits, more training opportunities, and expanded funding for home and community based care, which will help ensure people with disabilities and seniors get the care they need to live independently in their own homes and workers get improved pay and benefits to support their families.

25,000 Homecare Workers Set to Vote to Join SEIU

After two years of work, Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) in Mass. will have the opportunity to join 1199SEIU, the largest and fastest growing health care workers union in the world. Ballots for the election (to be the largest single unit election ever in New England) will be mailed Oct. 16th and counted Nov. 7th.