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2008 Nevada State Initiatives – Decline to Sign & Protect Public Services!

Like many states, Nevada has an initiative system where local citizens or interest groups can place measures on a statewide ballot. SEIU Nevada and our allies have used this system to make important improvements for our community, like raising the minimum wage to help more working families.

In the past few years, anti-worker forces have tried to use the initiative system to destroy the ability of local governments to provide the services residents need – like schools, police, firefighters, parks and . . . public service workers like us!

These initiatives often sound like they will create important reforms. For example, who wouldn’t want:
• Lower taxes!
• Better Schools!
• Reduced local corruption!
• Campaign finance reforms!

The problem is that while these initiatives sound good, they will hurt Nevada residents. And while SEIU Nevada members have always understood the importance of protecting strong local public services, we need to help our coworkers and family members understand these initiatives too.

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SEIU Is Changing America with Barack Obama

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Obama Fires Up SEIU Nevada Debate Party!

 

In January, SEIU Nevada's Executive Board voted overwhelmingly to endorse Senator Barack Obama for President. That decision was based on almost a year of member-driven assessment of the issues, candidates and campaigns through forums, small meetings, two "Walk a Day in My Shoes" events, numerous conversations and discussion and straw polls.

Together, we did amazing work for Barack Obama in the Nevada Caucus. We made a difference in Elko and Reno - where he won! - as well as Las Vegas.

The momentum in this campaign shows our members have led the nation in their support for the candidate who will stand up for America's working families in the White House. Now, our fellow SEIU members across the country are joining us to help change our country and elect a pro-worker president.

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Nevada to UnitedHealth: No More Broken Promises

Fredo Serrano, RN, Opposing Merger

Fredo Serrano, RN, Opposing Merger

Citing the recent historic action by the State of California against UnitedHealth Group’s PacifiCare, Nevada Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid, SEIU Nevada nurses, the Clark County Medical Society, the Nevada State Medical Association and the American Medical Association raised additional concerns about the impact of the UnitedHealth takeover of Sierra Health Services on Nevada’s consumers and healthcare safety net.
  Watch the News Clips Here

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Join the Fight for Safe Federal Staffing Ratios!

Join with the nearly 200,000 registered nurses of SEIU Healthcare's Nurse Alliance and the United American Nurses and show your support for this important federal legislation to improve patient safety and care quality in all America's hospitals!

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SEIU Nevada Members and Community Leaders Oppose State Budget Cuts

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Copyright Las Vegas Review Journal, Clint Karlson

SEIU Nevada Members are taking action!  Learn about how our members rallied against the budget cuts and told our state legislature about the impact those cuts could have on public serivces for Nevada's most vulnerable residents.  And join your fellow SEIU Nevada members and other concerned citizens in telling Governor Gibbons that we support strong public services for Nevada and so should he! 

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Sen. Hillary Clinton Walks in Shoes of SEIU Nurse Michelle Estrada

© Isaac Brekken - Sen. Hillary Clinton walked a day in the shoes of nurse Michelle Estrada.As part of SEIU's Walk A Day In My Shoes program, Presidential Candidate Senator Hillary Clinton and SEIU nurse Michelle Estrada spent time together on the medical/surgical unit at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals in Nevada yesterday. They spoke about the need to set safe nurse staffing levels at hospitals across the country so nurses can adequately care for their patients.

After work, Clinton traveled to Estrada's home to have dinner with Estrada and her three children.

See SEIU's video of Senator Clinton's day with Estrada.

Watch coverage on NBC's Today Show, and check out photos, more news coverage, and lots more on WalkADayInMyShoes2008.com.

What Would You Tell the Next President of the United States?

Mark Fitzgerald
- Mark Fitzgerald
SEIU NV member

Every day I go home worried if we made the right decisions about removing children from or reuniting them with their families.

As part of SEIU's program to ensure that presidential candidates experience firsthand what life is like for working people in America, Gov. Bill Richardson walked a day in the shoes of SEIU NV member Mark Fitzgerald on June 7, 2007.

Read more about what Mark, his colleagues at the Clark County Department of Family Services and his family shared with the governor.

What Were SEIU NV Members Doing on a Tropicana Road Billboard?

Running for President?Tom as well as SEIU NV members Regi Werner, RN and Atchala Wongkovit, RN  and April Marsh, RN greet drivers on larger-than-life billboards in Las Vegas beginning in February 2007.  The billboards, in airports and on the highways of Nevada and other early primary states, feature SEIU members telling presidential candidates that if they want their vote, they need to walk a day in their shoes. See the billboards.


SEIU Members in Action

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See a slideshow of SEIU NV Members getting involved and making their voices heard.



Get Involved: Become a Member Political Organizer

MPOs are SEIU members willing to volunteer to ensure that workers have a voice on the job and a voice in politics.

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What is COPE?

COPE is our union's voluntary bi-partisan Political Action Committee used for political and legislative activities. We hold politicians accountable at every level of government.

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