This week more than 200 SEIU Healthcare 775 NW members from all over the state, converged on the capitol to demand that state legislators fund long-term, quality care a
nd stop the cuts to our programs.
“We’ve had enough cutting home care hours, enough cutting agency rates, enough of legislators ignoring the will of Washington voters,” said Sharon Kitchel Perdue, Home Care provider, Olympia, WA.
For three years, legislators have gone out of their way to tear down many of the successes SEIU Healthcare 775NW and its members have built over the last nine. In the next two months, the legislature will decide how to close a $1.5 billion budget gap, and many budget proposals once again take aim at long-term care programs.
This is why Home Care Aide Valerie Anderson-Webb bused to Olympia from Spokane. “We stormed the capitol during the November 28th special session to stop legislators from cutting more services. We need to fight back again, push for more revenue and tell them we won’t tolerate cuts,” Anderson-Webb said after visiting with her legislators.
But our fight isn’t ending today. If you couldn’t join us, make your voice heard; simply click this link, to write a letter to your legislator insisting that they fund quality, long-term care and follow the will of our state’s voters.
“Just because you couldn’t be here doesn’t mean we don’t need your help,” Tanika Aden, Individual Provider added. “Help us fight these cuts. Write a letter to your legislator — tell them to stop punishing the people who care for our state’s most vulnerable.”