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Maryland/DC News News by Region NYC/Long Island Capital/Hudson Valley Upstate NY Maryland/DC Massachusetts New Jersey Florida All News     News by Occupation Registered Nurses Hospital Workers Clinic Workers Nursing Home Workers Homecare Workers Drug Store Workers Human Service Workers Retired Members Professional Workers All News Worker's Letter Published in Baltimore Sun Sep. 02, 2010 The Baltimore Sun recently published a letter to the editor from Kim McCray, a hospital worker and leader in the Heart of Baltimore campaign. Read More » Maryland/DC Member Political Organizers Good to Go for Fall Elections Aug. 26, 2010 The 1199SEIU Maryland/DC Division kicked off its 2010 Member Political Program on July 26 and will run until the November general election. The Member Political Organizers (MPOs) participated in an intense three-day training which covered the history of 1199SEIU, the importance of politics to the union members, and the role of the MPOs. Read More » Danny Glover Electrifies Caregivers’ Heart of Baltimore Rally Jun. 27, 2010 Dodging thunderstorms to get to Baltimore, actor Danny Glover arrived at the climax of the June 24th Rally for Better Care and Better Jobs and electrified the crowd with an impassioned speech about the Heart of Baltimore campaign. Read More » Heart of Baltimore Radio Ad Jun. 21, 2010 Actor and activist Danny Glover and writer and performer Anna Deavere-Smith recorded a radio ad in support of the Heart of Baltimore Rally on June 24th. Read More » Awesome Exchange Among Australian Unionists and 1199ers in MD Jun. 15, 2010 Though the weather was scorching on June 8th in Baltimore, the hottest ideas in the city were found right inside the air-conditioned offices of 1199SEIU. Read More » Heart of Baltimore RALLY June 24 with Danny Glover Jun. 07, 2010 On Thursday, June 24, healthcare workers from across Baltimore will join together with 1199SEIU members to rally for better care, better jobs and a better Baltimore. Read More » Maryland/DC 1199SEIU Celebrates Nurses Week May. 11, 2010 Caring for America was the theme of this year’s Nurses Week in Maryland and Washington, DC. “As nurse’s that is what we do every day,” said Lorita K. Waltz, RN, who emceed 1199SEIU’s celebration of Nurses Week at The La Fontaine Bleu in New Carrollton, MD. Read More » Baltimore Sun Op-Ed Appeals For Fairness For Healthcare Workers Apr. 27, 2010 An Op-Ed piece in the April 27 edition of the Baltimore Sun, by 1199SEIU Executive Vice President John Reid, calls attention to the plight of that city’s healthcare workers and tells of the Union’s Heart of Baltimore campaign. Read More » MD Legislative Session Ends With Good News for State’s Healthcare Workers Apr. 19, 2010 Despite a $2 billion budget gap, the 2010 Maryland General Assembly ended without large anticipated cuts to health care, with positive legislation regarding Medicaid fraud, and with hopeful signs for raising revenue for health care in next year’s legislative session. Read More » 1199SEIU Worker Activism Pays Off in Washington DC Apr. 13, 2010 Workers at Washington Center for Aging Services in Washington, DC are seeing their hard work and activism pay off. First, they were lauded, along with other 1199 members, at the DC Metro Council’s Evening with Labor, winning the Golden Picket Award for their creative contract campaign against their then-boss, Solanges Vivens. More importantly, though, workers won a bigger victory when the Washington, DC City Council awarded the contract to run their institution to another operator. Read More »