BALTIMORE, MD — SEIU members at the Towson, MD ManorCare facility have been working without a contract for months, struggling to negotiate for better wages, a training fund, affordable family health care, and a better pension plan. Their fight underlines Carlyle-ManorCare’s reluctance to invest real money in improving front-line conditions, so that Manor Care homes can attract and retain the stable, high-quality staff needed to provide the highest quality care.

Picketers called for Carlyle-ManorCare to keep its promises. Carlyle had issued a “Patients First Pledge” that included promises of providing training for caregivers, maintaining adequate staffing levels, and ensuring quality care.

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