500 to Rally For Nursing Home Workers

Over 500 workers and labor activists from around the country will mass at the Ingleside retirement home's Military Road entrance Monday afternoon (LINK). Ingleside workers voted in 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East as their union over a year ago, but management has dragged out contract negotiations for months and refuses to recognize the Union. Meanwhile, as the nation's healthcare crisis continues to worsen, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) this week announced the formation of SEIU Healthcare, a new national healthcare union with more than one million members. More than 1,500 healthcare workers will meet in Baltimore from June 22-24 to launch the national healthcare union -- a "union within a union," the national healthcare arm of SEIU -- which organizers say "Will focus on uniting more of the 9 million healthcare workers who don't have a voice for quality care through a union." March 2007 Ingleside workers rally, photo courtesy of 1199 SEIU