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Health Care Frontline Staff to Rally at Capitol in Demand of Response and Action to District 1199’s Petition Letter Recently Delivered to Gov. Ned LamontApril 28, 2022Union health care workers from the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held a rally at the Capitol in demand of an official response and corresponding action to the Union’s petition letter regarding adjustments to the state’s budget. Budget adjustments are needed now to ensure that the new union contracts establishing livable wages, access to affordable health insurance and pension benefits are fully funded for fiscal year 2022-23. The State of Connecticut is nursing a $4 Read more...
Union Reaches Tentative Agreement at Windsor Health and RehabilitationApril 22, 2022“We are pleased to announce that SEIU 1199 NE Members along with Management at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation have reached a tentative agreement that provides competitive wages and benefits to frontline workers. With this agreement the strike was ended on Tuesday morning and 1199 Members, along with Management, will move forward in a cooperative manner that prioritizes the continued provision of quality care to the facility’s residents.” What: Read more...
Connecticut Home Care Providers, Healthcare Workers Applaud Governor Lamont’s Pledge to Support Living Wages, Benefits, Fill State Healthcare JobsApril 1, 20221199NE SEIU members and leaders announced Friday a step forward in their campaign to transform Connecticut’s state-funded home care jobs into good jobs. Governor Lamont sat down with 1199NE leaders Wednesday to discuss actions the state can take to ensure healthcare providers across Connecticut have jobs that support their families, increase funding to provide affordable health and retirement benefits for people who work in non-profit group homes, and prevent a crisis in the state’s public Read more...
Connecticut Home Care Providers Announce Meeting with Governor on Jobs with Liveable Wages, Health InsuranceMarch 10, 2022Local home care providers with 1199NE SEIU shared an update today in their campaign to turn State-funded home care jobs into good jobs with health care, paid sick days, retirement, and wages that they can support their families on. Governor Ned Lamont requested a meeting with SEIU leaders just hours after home care providers rallied outside the Governor’s mansion where they called for him to walk a day in their shoes and witness how important their work is to Connecticut families and, yet, how Read more...
Nursing Home Workers Protest Poverty Pay and Benefits as Third Year of Working Through Pandemic LoomsFebruary 23, 2022SEIU 1199 New England members, who provide care to patients and keep St. Mary’s nursing home running, rallied outside the facility to bring attention to the crisis of low pay that makes it difficult to care for their families even as they care for others. St. Mary Home, which is operated by Trinity Health Senior Communities (a part of Trinity Health New England), relies on more than 160 dietary, housekeeping, certified nursing assistants and other staff everyday to care for some of the Read more...
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