At a press conference held today to announce a new partnership between SEIU, AARP and the Business Roundtable, SEIU’s International President Andy Stern called the new effort an example of the momentum growing across the nation for action on the health care crisis.

Today, Stern joined AARP CEO Bill Novelli and Business Roundtable President John J. Castellani as they announced that their three organizations — representing over 50 million workers, consumers, and business owners — are joining forces to press for real solutions to the most serious problems facing Americans today: the high cost of health care and long-term financial security.

As President of the largest union of health care workers in North America, Andy Stern has called for a fundamental reshaping of the nation’s health care system, recently challenging CEOs of the Fortune 500 to partner with SEIU to develop a new model that solves the health care crisis for American workers and businesses alike.

Representing nearly 1 million health care workers, including nurses, physicians, home health care aides, and nursing home workers, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest union of health care workers in North America. SEIU is the fastest-growing union in North America; the largest property services union, including building cleaning and security; and the second largest public employee union. SEIU has been a leader in the health care debate, and has sought to bring together businesses, providers, health care workers, and elected officials to tackle the health care crisis.

Source: Service Employees International Union

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