Topic: Aegis Living

October 8, 2024

SEIU 775 picketing Aegis amid safety issues

Aegis Living caregivers will hold an informational picket on Thursday shedding light on unsafe and anti-worker practices at the private company whose CEO Dwayne Clark has bragged about handing “double-digit million equity back to our investors” while paying poverty wages, per the workers’ union, SEIU 775. Aegis Living has a reputation as a “luxury” care […]

Public News Service | July 25, 2024

WA nursing home workers get White House boost in union struggle

“Nursing home workers in Washington state have come back from the White House with renewed resolve to fight for their union contract. A delegation of SEIU members was in Washington, D.C., last week to meet with the Biden-Harris administration. Gurnesh Chetty, medications manager for Aegis Ravenna in Seattle and is a member of SEIU 775, […]
Workers at Aegis Living hold a sign that says "Aegis Living Staff and Residents Deserve Better"

WA News Service | May 28, 2024

Assisted living workers at WA facility call for higher wages

“Workers for an assisted living facility are calling for higher wages in their union contract negotiations. Aegis Living is a Seattle-based company that has been in negotiations with Service Employees International Union – Local 775 – workers since March 2023. Workers say higher pay would help with retention. Gurnesh Chetty, a medications manager at Aegis […]
Workers at Aegis Living

SEIU 775 | May 11, 2024

Aegis Living workers rally for living wages at opening of Laurelhurst facility

On Saturday, May 11, workers of Aegis Living gathered at the grand opening of the newest Aegis facility, Aegis Living Laurelhurst, to rally for Aegis to complete union contract negotiations and pay its workers a living wage. Seattle-based Aegis Living is an assisted living facility bringing in more than $200 million in yearly revenue. Aegis […]
Group photo of Aegis Living Ravenna workers rallying for living wages

The Stand | March 6, 2024

Assisted living workers seek living wages at Aegis Living

Workers of Aegis Living Ravenna gathered Tuesday outside the facility to rally for Aegis to complete union contract negotiations and pay its workers a living wage. Seattle-based Aegis Living is an assisted living facility bringing in more than $200 million in yearly revenue. Aegis increased resident fees this year, but that money isn’t making its […]

March 5, 2024

VIDEO: Aegis Living Ravenna workers rally for a living wage

The residents of Aegis Living Ravenna pay thousands of dollars a month for care. The workers aren’t paid a living wage. On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, workers of Aegis Living Ravenna gathered outside the facility to rally for Aegis to complete union contract negotiations and pay its workers a living wage. Seattle-based Aegis Living is […]