Union News & Events

Accounting and hospital experts expressed amazement Friday about accusations in a Miami-Dade grand jury report that Jackson Health System financial managers created a ``fictitious `net income figure' '' that helped mask the system's upcoming ``financial train wreck.''

As the campaign season gears up, Local 1991 members are participating in a weekly phone bank for Senate candidate Kendrick Meek.

Local 1991 members Omayra Hernandez, RN, and Roberto Blanco, RN, attended a protest outside Senator George LeMieux's district office on Wednesday, July 7th.

Help Us Fight to Keep Jackson South’s Obstetrics Unit Open! Come to the Miami-Dade Board of County Commission meeting on Thursday, July 8th!

Read the Save Jackson campaign postcard! 

In a June 8th letter regarding labor cost comparisons of Miami-Dade County Hospitals, Commissioner Natacha Seijas refuted claims that the financial crisis at Jackson is a labor issue.

After four weeks of working alongside Jackson’s stakeholders, our union’s operations experts, The Sibery Group, presented several cost-saving and exciting ideas to the PHT board that will help move our public hospital toward a sustainable future.
*WATCH THE VIDEO!

The Jackson North Efficiencies Fair was a great success as members learned about cost-saving methods throughout the public hospital system.

Click hear to read SEIU Local 1991's response to a letter regarding Jackson Health System's future sent by 41 Miami-Dade business and civic leaders to Mayor Carlos Alvarez and county commissioners

The chaos continued on May 5th as management attempted to give us another layoff list, but then pulled it back when we started asking questions and pointing out obvious errors and bad business decisions on the new list.

On Tuesday, May 4, JHS Employees received a Straight from the Top message with information that is blatantly untrue.

On April 23, our union met with Jackson Health System to set up the Joint Labor/Management Efficiencies Task Force, called for in our contract. The task force will be vetting the ideas submitted by more than 400 SEIU Local 1991 members.

Our union has filed two class-action grievances against Jackson management for mishandling the recently announced layoffs of social workers, ARNPs and nurse educators. We are also challenging many of the layoffs because they are bad business decisions that will affect patient access and potential revenue for Jackson in the future.

Union dues have not increased; they remain 1.25% of your salary. If you see a change in the amount deducted from paycheck, it is because management has installed a new payroll system that is calculating deductions more accurately than was done by the previous system. 

On Wednesday, April 14, we received notification of 155 employee layoffs from SEIU Local 1991’s bargaining units, including 78 RNs, 62 Professionals and 15 Attending Physicians. 

We continue to push for a plan that brings all stakeholders to the table, keeps all services in tact and fixes operational problems.

Find out more about this important development and watch video from the Feb. 26 press conference at JMH!

We need to get to the bottom of the problems at Jackson. No employee should be cut until Jackson figures out how to produce and collect on bills.

As nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals, we are the internal watchdogs of the public’s healthcare dollars at Jackson Health System. On a daily basis we see where money can be saved, systems improved and quality increased, yet ou

Read Our December Members Meeting Report

Read the JMH Recovery Plan and get contact information for Miami-Dade County's elected officials! Call or email them today and tell them: We Will Not Allow Jackson To Be Torn Apart!

After hearing from SEIU 1991 ARNPs and RNs, the Miami-Dade Commission adopted an ordinance today establishing its ability to create a special Financial Recovery Board in case the efforts of Jackson's management and PHT Board don't meet with the County's approval.

Does anyone at Jackson know how to add?

As you know, Jackson has implemented a new payroll system and the first paycheck from this new system is being issued today.  We anticipate there will be lots of questions and concerns...and possibly errors.

We will continue to update our site with the latest news and updates about our union's volunteer efforts for disaster relief in Haiti and assistance we are providing for members.