Health Systems

Who We Are

Uniting more than 7000 workers from skilled technicians to environmental services, nursing assistants to doctors—we’re the voice of health systems workers in Illinois & Indiana.

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Healthcare Workers Stronger Together in SEIU Joint Bargaining Council

Last spring, SEIU Healthcare workers used our lobbying skills to help solve the County budget crisis. Our work helped pass revenue that averted a system shutdown. Now, we must make sure our work translates to quality care and quality jobs for Cook County residents.

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Gary paramedics fight slashes to emergency care

Paramedics in Gary, IN, are calling attention to a state of emergency in the City's budget.

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Doctors vote to join union

JANUARY 18, 2008--Attending physicians of Provident Hospital voted to form a union with the National Doctors Council of the Service Employees International Union and SEIU Healthcare Local 20, which represents thousands of hospital workers in Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

Organized doctors will have a stronger voice in providing and improving healthcare delivery in hospitals and clinics of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services (CCBHS) and a stronger voice in helping to avoid problems like the current budget crisis, the physicians said.

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