120 nursing home workers at Christian Care stuck together and persevered through a long battle for their latest contract. Workers held two pickets, filed several charges with the local labor board, marched on their boss twice, organized around a petition to stop union retaliation from management, and even had a delegation of workers and their kids to call out the meager $0.05 raises that management offered. Through these actions and more, workers showed unity and stood one day longer!

Here are few highlights from the new agreement:

• Removing limits on the amount of stewards
• First-time new employee orientation language
• Discipline and discharge article
• Improved timelines to the grievance procedure
• Improved labor management language
• Removing language preventing members from wearing SEIU buttons and clothing
• Improvements to vacation, sick, holidays, and minimum rates
• Across the board increases for all bargaining unit members

Congratulations Christian Care workers!