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2. Overall, SEIU includes:
Our Union
1199SEIU includes:
Nearly 400,000 healthcare workers in MA, NY, NJ, MD, DC, FL
Nearly 50,000 healthcare workers including 35,000 PCAs in MA
Overall, SEIU includes:
2.4 million members across the country!

3. We win improvements by:
How do we win?
We win improvements by:
Bargaining with the PCA Workforce Council
Participating in Politics
Organizing New Workers to Build a Stronger Union

4. What have we won?

5. What have we won? We have won:
Higher Wages – 38% increases – and highest starting
wage for PCAs in the country – up to $15 in 2018!
Homecare Trainings
Up to 40 hours of earned sick time/year
Paid PCA Orientation
Overtime Pay and Increased Hours Cap
A Unified Voice to Protect and Improve the PCA Program

6. What have we won? What have we won? We have won: We have won:
Paycheck Protection – All PCAs will be paid through
direct deposit or have access to no-fee debit cards by
January 2017, and will be notified when consumer
employers’ authorized PCA hours decrease.
Health & Safety – PCAs now have access to gloves
and masks, as well as health and safety training at no
charge.

7. Protecting Homecare
We have worked hard as a union with other advocates to stop budget cuts that would have cut consumer services and our jobs
We continue to fight for better funding for the PCA Program

8. 2018 Priorities
Protect the Affordable Care Act and federal funding for the PCA Program
Paid Family Medical Leave
$15 Minimum Wage
Fair Share Tax
Immigrants Rights – Protect DACA
Criminal Justice Reform