The community is speaking out against multi-billion dollar corporation Express Scripts for its announcement that it plans to close the Bucks County facility and put over 200 people out of work, and are urging them to reconsider. “Across the country …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 CONTACT: Amelia Abromaitis – Amelia.Abromaitis@seiuhcpa.org/ 215-219-4248 GOP’s Repeal and Replace Bill: Fewer Covered, Weaker protections, Higher Costs Statement from Matthew Yarnell, President of SEIU Healthcare PA, on Congressional GOP Healthcare Bill Harrisburg – …
For Immediate Release: February 7, 2017 Harrisburg – In response to Governor Tom Wolf’s yearly budget address, the SEIU Pennsylvania State Council issued the following statement: “Tom Wolf has always been a different kind of governor, and today he faced Pennsylvania’s …
Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced it will close SCI Pittsburgh in order to make up for major budget shortfalls caused by lack of revenue. SCI Pittsburgh currently employs a total of 555 people, including 16 nurses. Nearly 1,900 …
As longtime commonwealth employees, the complicated budget process is nothing new to us, but this year, we’re facing an impossible situation. But first, let’s be clear. We strongly oppose the closure of any state institutions, but thanks to years of …
My name is Kialina Stewart and I am a homecare worker from Philadelphia. Like so many other home healthcare workers in our country, I am afraid. I am afraid of what could happen if Obamacare was overturned and what that …
We are nurses and healthcare workers in hospitals, nursing homes, home and community based services and state facilities all across Pennsylvania. We are caregivers who care about the future of our country and want to make it better for our …
From Western to Eastern PA, HCPA members strike for better care, better communities This July, healthcare workers from all job classes stood up on the picket line to improve care at their hospitals and lift up their communities. On Tuesday, …
Over 1300 workers at Chambersburg hospital have achieved a strong new contract. The new agreement was ratified on Thursday by an overwhelming 99% majority. The group – covering all departments of the hospital – was focused on maintaining high job …
SEIU Healthcare PA President Neal Bisno Joins National Union Officer Team, Matt Yarnell Sworn In As New SEIU Healthcare PA President Statewide — Pennsylvania’s largest union of nurses and healthcare workers, a major political and policy force in the state, …
This week, more than a thousand service and clerical workers at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first contract with the hospital, working with management to settle a fair contract that moves workers, the hospital, and all …
Healthcare professionals call for improved staffing in PA hospitals through passage of the Hospital Nursing Staff Report Card Act Hundreds of nurses and other caregivers were joined by supporters and key elected officials on Tuesday, May 10, in the Capitol …
PHILADELPHIA — Today, we joined with fellow union members at SEIU 32BJ and SEIU Local 668 to endorse Katie McGinty for U.S. Senate. Crowds of workers and supporters gathered at Love Park in Philadelphia to announce our support and hear …
Standing Up to Mass Violence, Reaffirming Our Values Adopted by the SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania Executive Board December 11th, 2015 WHEREAS, as healthcare workers and SEIU members, our hearts go out to the loved ones of the fourteen people, including ten …
On the heels of a devastating study on the impact of poverty wages in the nursing home industry, hundreds of healthcare workers are joining the national movement On Tuesday, Nov. 10, hundreds of nursing home workers across Pennsylvania took to …
The deadline to pass a state budget for Pennsylvania has come and gone and thanks to cynical and dishonest move by out-of-touch leaders in the House and Senate, we are no closer to a balanced budget for our state. The …
On Monday, March 8, registered nurses at Canonsburg General Hospital near Pittsburgh voted overwhelmingly to unite with 25,000 other healthcare workers in SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania. With a majority of 78%, nurses cast their votes to have a stronger voice on …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 4, members and organizers from SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania travelled to Washington, D.C. to stand on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court with hundreds of other supporters of the Affordable Care Act and delivered …
PITTSBURGH — With a contract that expired on December 1, 2014, healthcare workers at Charles Morris Nursing Home and Rehab Center held an informational picket on Friday, December 19th to call for a swift contract settlement that provides employees with family-sustaining wages …
On Friday, SEIU Healthcare PA’s Executive-Board unanimously approved a resolution that commits our union to take action and work together with coalition partners to ensure “that all people in our society enjoy equal treatment by our law enforcement and criminal …
