Negotiations are coming up for the 2014-2017 contract later this year. Local 1991 is holding an election for the bargaining team from a variety of areas within each bargaining unit (RNs, professionals and attending physicians). Nominations are open from May 16 to May 23.
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2014 Tallahassee Session Report
The good news about the 2014 session was as much in what we stopped from happening as anything. The highlights include saving Jackson from $140 million in cuts, protecting JHS labor contracts and state pensions and stopping a bad wage theft bill.
Steward Stories – Esther Cazo
Esther Cazo, RN, is a nurse in the OR at Jackson South Community Hospital and a steward of the month. A Cuban-American, Cazo was born in New York, but raised in Miami since the age of ten. She got involved in the union about a year ago, largely because her coworkers kept coming to her withContinue reading “Steward Stories – Esther Cazo”
Steward Stories – Hiram Ruberte
Hiram Ruberte is an enrollment specialist at Jackson. Born in Puerto Rico, but raised in Miami, he’s been a SEIU Local 1991 member for six years and steward for about a year. What got him active was that he was seen as a leader in his department by his coworkers and they kept pushing him toContinue reading “Steward Stories – Hiram Ruberte”
Tallahassee Update – Week 8
There is only one week left in the legislative session. Here are a few updates from this week: Jackson Medicaid Funding Gap Delayed Safety net hospitals got a one-year reprieve from a controversial funding formula that would have cost them hundreds of millions of dollars. Jackson was bracing for a $140 million cut as a result of theContinue reading “Tallahassee Update – Week 8”
Affordable Care Campaign Moving Forward
The 8 million people enrolled in marketplace coverage are living proof that the new healthcare law is working– and it’s working for all of us. We all benefit when insurance companies can no longer: deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; charge women more; and cut off coverage when people are in the middle of costly treatments. Democrats andContinue reading “Affordable Care Campaign Moving Forward”
Jackson Workers Put State Rep. Bileca On the Spot
Rep. Michael Bileca wouldn’t respond to the press and refused to meet with us when we showed up at his office to ask him a simple question — Where does he stand on the amendment to take away the County Commission’s final say over labor contracts at Jackson?
Tallahassee Update – Easter Break Edition
Here are a few highlights (and low lights) from last week’s legislative session in Tallahassee. It was the last week that committees in both chambers could meet (with the exception of Rules and Approps). i.e. if your bill is still in committee, it is likely dead this session. Last week we challenged 10 state legislatorsContinue reading “Tallahassee Update – Easter Break Edition”
Volunteers for Daniella Levine on May 10
House Republicans Take Aim at Jackson Unions
On Thursday, a House committee approved tacking on seven amendments to a health care bill. The worst one proposes to take away the Miami-Dade County Commission’s power to approve labor contracts with employees at Jackson Health System. We’re fighting this one all the way.