We’re nursing home workers. We’re fighting for a better care system for us and our residents.
Garden State CARES is a growing community of New Jersey’s caregivers in partnership with 1199SEIU, the largest healthcare union in the nation. We are coming together to fight for a care system that works for everyone - together, we can ensure that both residents and workers can live healthy and happy lives.
We fought for higher wages and won!
1199SEIU and Garden State CARES have won a path to $15 for all workers and a path to $18/hour for CNAs!
Nursing home workers deserve higher wages, and now we’re all on track to earn at least $15, and CNAs are on track to earn at least $18 an hour by 2024!
Are you getting paid what you’re owed?
We won safe CNA staff ratios for NJ!
1199SEIU and Garden State CARES won SAFER CNA staffing ratios for NJ!
For YEARS caregivers and residents alike have suffered because of unsafe staffing levels. We came together, and 1199SEIU & GSC won a state law requiring safe CNA staffing ratios for every shift!
Is your employer following the law?
Join our community
Join Garden State Cares and 1199SEIU, a community of over 8,000 nursing home workers across New Jersey and 450,000 healthcare workers nationwide. Together we can fight for quality care, win better pay and affordable benefits.