Boston hospital workers to rally and march in Longwood Medical Area: Thursday, May 8, 4:00 p.m.
MEDIA / PHOTO ADVISORY Boston hospital workers who are organizing to join the state's largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU, and the unions of the Area Trades Council, will rally and march in the Longwo Historically, Boston hospital administrators have spent scarce patient care dollars on fear and intimidation campaigns against their own staff when they have tried to form unions in the past. Hospital workers and their supporters are now urging Massachusetts hospital employers to commit to a free and fair union election code of conduct, under which caregivers would be free to make up their own minds about forming a union, free from management intimidation and coercion, under fair secret ballot voting conditions.
Boston's most popular musicians, Dropkick Murphys, will officially join the cause of the tens of thousands of Boston hospital workers organizing to join 1199SEIU and the Area Trades Council at the large outdoor rally with union and non-union hospital workers on Thursday. The band, whose songs are best known in Massachusetts as the soundtrack to the Boston Red Sox World Series victory drives, will do a short performance at the rally which will be followed by a march through Longwood Medical Area by caregivers from all Boston area hospitals. WHEN: Thursday, May 8, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Avenue Louis Pasteur and Longwood Ave., Boston, MA WHO: Greater Boston hospital workers, Dropkick Murphys, 1199SEIU, Area Trades Council, plus religious, community, and elected supporters. WHAT: Large rally and march featuring short performance by Dropkick Murphys calling on Boston hospital CEOs to allow free and fair secret ballot union elections for better care and better jobs
CONTACT: Jeff Hall, 1199SEIU, 617-281-8384 (cell), jeff.hall@1199.org Thousands of Massachusetts hospital workers are struggling to make ends meet and thousands can't afford health insurance for themselves or their families. Last year, over 22,000 home care workers voted to join 1199SEIU in the largest union election in the history of New England. Now, healthcare workers at Boston's most prestigious teaching hospitals are following suit, calling on hospital CEOs to allow them to vote in free and fair secret ballot union elections to form a union for better care and better jobs. One out of six Boston jobs is in a hospital setting and over 50,000 hospital workers will vote to organize if allowed to do so under free and fair voting conditions, say the caregivers and their supporters. Hospital workers will be rallying under the slogan "Be fair to those who care." By joining together as a union, Boston caregivers hope to improve not only their own lives, but also improve the quality of care for patients. PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 6 / First Call Analyst:
Web Site: http://www.1199seiu.org/
2008-05-06 17:49:31 0354575 PRNEWSWIRE
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