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Nursing Home Division Contract Negotiations Update

Of the nursing home agreements that expired between March and December of 2009, 1199ers have now settled 32 contracts on the same general pattern. While the details vary, the general pattern includes:

Educators, Nurses, Employers, Workforce Advocates and Legislators Refute Governor’s Rationale for Closing State LPN Program Closures

LPN Press conference

More than 100 licensed practical nurses and aspiring nursing students packed a hearing room at the Legislative Office Building today to participate in a news conference. Together with nurses, educators, workforce development advocates, 1199 LPN members, employers and our 1199 Training and Upgrading Fund, they strongly refuted Governor Rell’s rationale for discontinuing 10 LPN training programs at Connecticut vocational schools around the state.

270 Participate In Fall 2009 Delegate Assembly

270 members of District 1199 attended the Fall 2009 Delegate Assembly on Wednesday, November 18 at the East Hartford Sheraton. Officers, Elected Organizers, Executive Board members and Delegates from both Connecticut and Rhode Island rose to take the oath of office for a two-year term in office.

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