Nurses, caregivers hold protest for better jobs, care.
June 26, 2014
It was a hot day in late spring, but health care workers were turning up the heat on their bosses last Wednesday.
Standing on what they called “informational picket lines,” nurses and caregivers held a citywide protest for quality care and better jobs at 100 facilities throughout the five boroughs.
The rallies marked the beginning stages of an effort to educate patients and the public about health care CEOs who workers feel are threatening the quality of health care services and jobs in New York City.
“Health care delivery is shifting to outpatient facilities, and these are the jobs of the future,” said 1199SEIU President George Gresham in a statement. “Income inequality is out of control in America, especially here in New York City, and we need more good, middle-class jobs for working families, not dead-end jobs with low wages and meager benefits. We want to make sure all health care jobs are good jobs for working New Yorkers, with economic security for all communities.”
