Nursing Home Workers

The Nursing Home Action Agenda was the result of extensive input from nursing home workers across the state. The process took more than three months and included the following: 

• An initial steering committee meeting made up of 15 member leaders from across Michigan, including stewards and SEIU Healthcare Michigan Executive Board members.

• The steering committee spent hours brainstorming common issues they all faced on the job, at home and within their union. From those sessions, a survey was drafted.

• Survey was sent by mail to every nursing home member. Stewards and other member leaders collected thousands of surveys in their workplaces. Nearly 30% of our entire nursing home membership was surveyed. We had participation from every single region in the state – more than 2,100 total surveys were collected.

• The steering committee met again to go over the results. They also broke into small groups and discussed solutions to the various issues. The committee came up with benchmarks to judge our success.

   

• Two dozen focus groups were held across Michigan to discuss the survey results and come up with possible solutions. Nearly 100 members participated, adding their input and creative solutions to the final Action Agenda.   

 
The first roll-out of this Action Agenda occurred during the 2009 Member Leadership Conference in Detroit, and you can view the entire bookletby clicking:  Nursing Home Action Agenda Booklet