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Home Care Workers Are Getting Fit!

Home care workers realize that the healthier we are, the healthier our clients will be. That's why we're getting together to work out our bodies and our minds.

The social committee of the Detroit home care chapter has kicked off an aerobics program to help home care workers relieve the stress they face at work and to stay fit. "Getting together and excersizing is a great way for home care workers to ease the tensions of our daily grind and improve our health overall," says Regina Acoff, a social committee member and an organizer of the program.  

The Aerobics group will meet twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm, at the Detroit Union Hall. All are welcome!

Call the Union Hall at (866) 734-8466 to get involved.


Home Care Workers Win Raise!

42,000 Michigan Home Care Workers Win Raise In Tough Budget Year

Home care members of SEIU Healthcare Michigan won a significant victory in Lansing recently as the governor signed a budget that included nearly $18 million to provide a $0.50 raise across the board for all workers who provide care through the Home Help program. This raise, supported by legislators from both sides of the aisle, comes at a time when many other state programs are seeing serious cuts or being eliminated. This is the third raise home care workers have won since uniting together in SEIU and most workers have seen their pay rate rise by nearly 40%. These raises were only made possible by members and their clients being engaged and making their voices heard in the capitol, in their communities and in the streets. When SEIU Healthcare Michigan members speak, lawmakers listen!