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Florida Nursing Home Workers Fight For Fair Contracts While Facilities Propose Extreme Cuts
September 26, 2025 Members of 1199SEIU have launched a bargaining campaign for new three-year contracts at four nursing homes across
Nursing Home Workers Tell D.C. Lawmakers: “Hands Off Our Healthcare
Teams of Florida nursing home workers joined fellow SEIU members from across the country on multiple lobbying visits to Washington,
1199SEIU Caregivers Meet With Central Florida Public Media Leaders To Discuss Challenges, Rewards Of Working In Nursing Homes
September 25, 2025 ORLANDO – Members of 1199SEIU joined a listening tour hosted by Central Florida Public Media and WMFE to share the
Tenacity and Unity Help Aspire Nursing Home Workers Win A New Contract
More than 1,000 Florida nursing home workers now have a new contract. It was recently ratified after months of often
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Sun Sentinel: Budget deal gives nursing homes lower staffing mandates
By Aaron Deslatte May 5,
PRESS RELEASE: Concerned Caregivers Petition Florida Nursing Home Operators to Maintain Safe Staffing Despite Roll Back of Landmark Law
Miami, FL – On behalf of nursing home residents, caregivers in 40 nursing homes in Florida today announced the delivery of 3,000 workers’ signatures to nursing home administrators urging them to keep bedside safe staffing levels in place and ignore the roll-back passed by the Florida Legislature. The proposed roll-back, which poses a serious threat to the health and safety of elderly and disabled nursing home residents, will be implemented when the state’s 2011-2012 budget takes effect July 1.
Associated Press: Groups call on nursing homes to maintain staffing
June 29, 2011 MIAMI —
Florida Nursing Home Workers Fight For Fair Contracts While Facilities Propose Extreme Cuts
September 26, 2025 Members of 1199SEIU have launched a bargaining campaign for new three-year contracts at four nursing homes across Florida that would deliver fair and reasonable wage increases to keep up with the rapidly rising cost of living in the state. The effort will take unity and persistence as
