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SEIU HEALTHCARE District 1199WI
SEIU HEALTHCARE District 1199 Wisconsin is over 4,500 health care professionals throughout Wisconsin striving for better jobs and a voice in the decisions that affect the people we care for. Follow the links on the left hand side of this page to learn more about SEIU HEALTHCARE District 1199 Wisconsin and our mission.
SEIU Healthcare District 1199W member helps set record straight. As a registered nurse and member of the Nurse Alliance of SEIU Healthcare District 1199WI, I'd like to respond to [a] recent column. I work at UW Hospital and have found that uniting together with nurses and my other co-workers has given me a strong voice to advocate for my patients.
Together, we've helped to raise quality care standards in our hospitals. SEIU nurses in Wisconsin have set up collaborative committees on nurse practice and patient care. We have negotiated a ban on forced overtime at UW Hospital and are making improvements for safe and adequate staffing. That's why it is so disturbing for the California Nurses Association and its supporters to spread misinformation that isn't just divisive, it's downright hurtful to the very nurses they purport to be the voice of. CLICK HERE to Read Ann Louise's full letter...
The California Nurses Association (CNA) interferes with Ohio hospital workers organizing a union with SEIU -- click here to listen to Ohio hospital workers tell their story about how CNA hurt them (press play on the player when the window opens). CNA and their alter-ego they call the National Nurse Organizing Committee has launched mailings to entice Registered Nurses nationally to join them. If you are approached by anyone from CNA, do not sign anything they give you (be aware they've mis-represented themselves at some hospitals even saying they were with SEIU or whatever nurse organization already at the hospital) and tell them to quit interfering with healthcare workers who already have a union. For more information about CNA, see www.shameoncna.com
Important Updates Regarding the SEIU Healthcare District 1199WI / PPCU Bargaining Team Agreement with State negotiators; Click Here to read a letter from the Union Bargaining Team; Click Here to review a summary of the agreement; Click Here to review a summary of the economic provisions of the agreement; Click Here to see wage grids contained in the agreement with the State of Wisconsin. Congratulations to the SEIU Healthcare District 1199WI PPCU bargaining team and all union members employed by the state who have won a new two year union contract that raises wages, contains members' health insurance cost and further restricts forced overtime to protect patients and professions.
SEIU HEALTHCARE DISTRICT 1199 Wisconsin Members elect delegates to the 2008 Convention. Click HERE for more info
Do you know a nurse who has made a difference for you, a friend or a family member? Did you have an experience with a nurse who displayed extensive medical knowledge while being unusually attentive and compassionate? Then, nominate them for their work and dedication to patient care and let our community learn of their achievements! This is your chance to return the kindness that they share with their patients everyday. SEIU HEALTHCARE District 1199WI and FOX47 will honor a special nurse for their commitment to patient care. You can honor any RN in our area. |  |
SEIU Members Create National Healthcare Union to Transform Healthcare in America
 | As the nation's healthcare crisis continues to worsen, SEIU launches the formation of SEIU Healthcare, a new national healthcare union with more than one million members. As the healthcare arm of SEIU, the "union within a union" will focus on uniting more of the 9 million healthcare workers who don't have a voice for quality care through a union. Read more. |
Suppression of Nurse Wages In recent years SEIU's Nurse Alliance has helped expose the widespread health system practice of colluding to suppress nurse wages. Especially in metro areas with a very few large health systems, we believe this practice to be prevalent. Now multiple class action lawsuits have been filed and the Nurse Alliance is urging members to take action by asking the Department of Justice to investigate this anti-market practice. Please help by signing an on-line petition! | Resources for Members How to Join SEIU HEALTHCARE District 1199WI How to Get Involved and Make a Difference |
State of Wisconsin Health Care Professionals
After winning our state's first contractual ban on forced overtime in 2004, members at UW Hospital and Clinics made new gains in the 2006 economic reopener. Learn the details of the agreement and about efforts for a new agreement during 2008 by visiting the UWHC Action Page.
Last year, the nurses at Meriter Hospital won a contract with a process to end force overtime. The contract also protects health insurance benefits and includes many significant improvements. Visit the Meriter Hospital Action page to learn more. | SEIU Nurse Alliance - Wisconsin
SEIU Nurse Alliance of Wisconsin is an advocacy organization of nurses committed to working together to improve patient care and enhance nursing as a profession. Our mission is to unite nurses across the state to make patient care a priority for key decision makers. Visit the Nurse Alliance web page.
Tired of mainstream media's relentless focus on the irrelevant? Workers Independent News (WIN) gathers news by and about working people, and creates feature stories for radio stations throughout the United States. Listen to today's headline news from WIN. |
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