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2008 Press Releases


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National Labor Relations Board finds for Streator nursing home workers
The National Labor Relations Board upheld a decision that one Streator nursing home worker was unlawfully discharged and remanded a decision to uphold the discharge of a second worker at Michael Lerner's Camelot Terrace nursing home.

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10/9/2008

Protest Turns Into Celebration
More than 100 people today rallied outside the office of Patrick Ryan, chairman of the city’s bid committee to host the 2016 Olympic Games. But instead of protesting Mr. Ryan and Mayor Richard M. Daley’s lack of response to two letters requesting a meetin

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9/24/2008

Registered Nurses File to Join Cook County’s Largest Union
Seeking a stronger union voice, Cook County Bureau of Health Services (CCBHS) registered nurses took formal steps today with the Illinois Labor Relations Board to affiliate with the Nurse Alliance of SEIU Healthcare.

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9/19/2008

Home care workers, allies call on state to
Home care workers, consumers and community allies urged members of the Health Finance Committee today to act immediately to address the future of long-term care in Indiana by investing in the state’s home care system.

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8/20/2008

Home care workers protest at agency’s offices statewide
Calling for living wages and affordable healthcare, members of SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana today protested at the office of Help At Home, Inc., as part of a statewide day of action.

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8/12/2008

Coalition Demands Commitment to Quality Child Care at Bright Horizons
Local coalitions of concerned parents, labor union members, community leaders and child care advocates rallied today in four cities to protest Bain Capital Partner’s buyout of the country’s third largest for-profit child care provider – Bright Horizons Fa

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7/31/2008

Home care workers file class action lawsuit against parent company of Oxford HealthCare
A class action lawsuit has been filed against the parent company of Mississippi-based Oxford HealthCare, which provides in-home long-term care for seniors. Workers at Help At Home, Inc., in Illinois recently filed the suit charging the company with failur

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7/25/2008

First major lawsuit filed under state’s new minimum wage law
Home care workers filed a class action lawsuit July 17 in Cook County Circuit Court charging one of the state’s largest home care agencies with violating the state’s minimum wage law.

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7/23/2008

Home care workers protest at agency’s offices statewide
Calling for living wages and affordable healthcare, members of SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana today protested at the office of Help At Home, Inc., as part of a statewide day of action.

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7/11/2008

Home care workers protest at agency’s offices statewide
Calling for living wages and affordable healthcare, members of SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana today protested at the office of Help At Home, Inc., as part of a statewide day of action.

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7/11/2008