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Telling the truth to power in Tallahassee and D.C., Local 1991 Members Make a difference for Healthcare and our working Conditions.

Left: SEIU 1991 awaits chance to testify in Florida Senate hearing , l-r Tina Casimir-Louis, CRNA, Debra Diaz-Reilly, CRNA, COPE Director, Martha Baker, RN, President;  Center: Barbara Scollon, RN, addresses SEIU Lobby Day on Safe Staffing for Quality Care Bill, with bill sponsor Sen. Mandy Dawson to her left; Right: Vanessa Miller, PhD, presents award to Congressman Deutsch as Sheryl Pettitt, Local 1991 Executive Director looks on.

Local 1991 members have taken our issues to Tallahassee and to Washington, DC. We have also rallied in our communities, visited legislators at home, and organized call-ins, write-ins and email calls to our representatives. Increasingly our voice has been heard as our members have raised issues important to our patients and ourselves. This year our voice was heard. (see report on legislative session). To add your voice to our mighty chorus, become a Member Political Organizer (MPO).  Call 305-620-6555 and ask for  John Ratliff.

Congresswoman Carrie Meek and her aide discuss mandatory overtime legislation with SEIU retiree Carolyn Dorman, and Local 1991 members Laura Van Sant, LCSW, and Ingrid Francis, RN.