{"id":19606,"date":"2015-03-10T17:48:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T21:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=19606"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:27:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:27:59","slug":"healthcare-workers-vote-union-yes-to-join-ufcw-local-1189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/healthcare-workers-vote-union-yes-to-join-ufcw-local-1189\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Workers Vote \u201cUnion Yes!\u201d to Join UFCW Local 1189"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/uph_0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/uph_0.jpg\" alt=\"uph_0\" class=\"wp-image-19610\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Healthcare workers at United Pioneer Home in Luck, Wis., voted \u201cUnion Yes\u201d&nbsp;in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. Workers showed their strong support for having a union voice and joined&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufcw1189.org\/\">UFCW Local 1189<\/a>. Dignity, respect, and a voice on the job were among the reasons the workers felt they needed to belong to a union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United Pioneer Home workers Rachael Schmid and Heidi Swanson said, \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have a voice. When we tried to speak up to make our workplace better, our voices would go unheard and the home\u2019s board of directors would speak for us. This was a problem because they wouldn\u2019t listen to us and they didn\u2019t understand the changes we needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to having respect and dignity on the job,\u201d said Sam Everson, who also works at United Pioneer Home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United Pioneer Home is a retirement home that provides long-term care and housing to senior citizens in the Luck, Wis., community.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare workers at United Pioneer Home in Luck, Wis., voted \u201cUnion Yes\u201d&nbsp;in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. Workers showed their strong support for having a union voice and joined&nbsp;UFCW Local 1189. 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