Union raises pay for hospital workers
Source: Bay State Banner
Secures $15/hr wage, benefits for employees in Steward hospital network
Members of the health care workers union 1199 SEIU have negotiated a labor contract with Steward Health Care that will raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019 and guarantee them access to affordable health insurance.
The agreement, finalized two weeks ago, will affect approximately 5,000 workers at hospitals including Carney Hospital in Dorchester, the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Norwood Hospital and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton.
It is the latest in a string of victories in a nationwide Fight for $15 campaign union activists have been waging over the last two years.
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