Skip to main content
SEIU Healthcare
  • Join Us
    • Join Us
    • Your Rights
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Take Action
  • Resources
    • Help
    • Training & Education
    • Covid-19
  • Nurse Alliance
  • Updates
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Leadership
    • Our Ethics
    • AFRAM
    • Nursing Homes
    • Home Care
    • Hospitals
    • State Nurses and Health Professionals
    • Careers
  • Contact
Connect With Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
SEIU Healthcare
  • Join Us
    • Join Us
    • Your Rights
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Take Action
  • Resources
    • Help
    • Training & Education
    • Covid-19
  • Nurse Alliance
  • Updates
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Leadership
    • Our Ethics
    • AFRAM
    • Nursing Homes
    • Home Care
    • Hospitals
    • State Nurses and Health Professionals
    • Careers
  • Contact
Updates

Wins for Healthcare Workers in the May Primary

Posted on May 22, 2021

Despite working through a pandemic without the respect, protection or investment we deserve, caregivers have never stopped advocating for ourselves, our coworkers, or those we care for. We fight for the changes we need in our union contracts, and also in our own neighborhoods.

This May, we knocked. We called. WE WON. We’ve elected champions across Pennsylvania who stand with working people because we know that decisions made by mayors, city council, district attorneys and judges affect our work and our daily lives. We also know that we — working people — need to make sure we have a say in who holds that power.

Ed Gainey, Mayor of Pittsburgh

History was made in Pittsburgh when voters chose Ed Gainey, a dedicated and consistent fighter for the rights of working people. Gainey will hold UPMC – a healthcare goliath and state’s largest private employer – that pays its workers poverty wages, coerces those who try to form their union, and does not pay taxes – accountable to workers and our communities. Read President Yarnell’s full statement on the significance of Ed Gainey’s victory.

Larry Krasner, Philadelphia District Attorney

Krasner, one of the most transformative district attorneys in the country, won re-election so he can continue the work of holding police accountable, ending the criminalization of our communities, and tackling gun violence in our city.

Other Champions Elected in May, 2021:

 

Paige Cognetti, Scranton Mayor

Marty Flynn, State Senate District 22

Tamika Lane, Superior Court

Lori Dumas, Commonwealth Court

Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas:
Tiffany Sizemore
Lisa Middleman
Jessel Costa
Nicola Henry-Taylor
Wrenna Watson
Chelsa Wagner

Categories

  • All Posts
  • Blog
  • Campaigns
  • Hospitals
  • News
  • Nurse Alliance
  • Nursing Homes
  • Press Releases
  • State Professionals
  • Training and Education Fund
  • Uncategorized

Archives

SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania
1500 N. 2nd St.
Harrisburg, PA 17102 USA

Member Resources Center
Phone: 1-800-252-3894 (toll-free in PA)

Fax: 412-222-9514 (for out of state)

Connect With Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
  • Join Us
  • Careers

Copyright © 2022 SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania. All rights reserved.

Website by Imagebox Imagebox