Detroit-area nursing home workers set for 1-day strike at 5 locations

Workers at five Ciena Healthcare nursing home facilities, represented by SEIU Health Care Michigan (SEIU HCMI), will hold a one-day strike.

The one-day strike will occur on Tuesday (May 20), starting at 6 a.m., when over 300 nursing home workers will walk off the job over Ciena, the largest nursing home operator in the state, in an attempt to reach an agreement that respects frontline caregivers and Ciena’s continued bad faith bargaining.

The facilities include:

1. Boulevard Temple Care Center
2. 2567 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48208

1. Notting Hill of West Bloomfield
2. 6535 Drake Rd, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48322

1. Qualicare Nursing Home
2. 695 E Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48207

1. The Regency at Chene
2. 2295 E Vernor Hwy, Detroit, MI 48207

1. Regency at St. Clair Shores

1. 22700 Greater Mack Ave, St Clair Shores, MI 48080

SEIU-represented members of Ciena Healthcare will be joined on the picket line by a series of supporters.

1. Boulevard Temple Care Center
2. Rep. Tonya Meyers Phillips – 7 a.m.

1. City Council President Mary Sheffield – 3 p.m.
2. Notting Hill of West Bloomfield
3. Rep. Noah Arbit – 7 a.m.

1. Qualicare Nursing Home
2. Rep. Donavan McKinney – 7:30 a.m.
3. City Council President Mary Sheffield – 3:30 a.m.

1. The Regency at Chene
2. Senator Stephanie Chang – 7 a.m.
3. City Council President Mary Sheffield – 4 a.m.

1. Regency at St. Clair Shores

1. Macomb County Commissioner Sarah Lucido – time TBD

SEIU workers across those nursing homes request an increased wage scale for CENAs and increased starting rates for Ciena workers in other areas, including housekeeping/laundry, dietary, activities, cooking, and maintenance…

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