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CT Legislature Stands with Home Care Workers After 6 and a half hours of debate, the Connecticut State Senate passed legislation on May 3rd that grants family child care providers and home care workers the right to negotiate with the state for better pay and benefits and improved training.

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Featured Post:

Unity is Strength! More HealthBridge Workers Join Together in 1199


A group of nursing home workers at the Danbury Health Center – owned by HealthBridge – recently voted 10 to 1 to join with 1199, uniting their strength with the rest of the workers at Danbury and throughout HealthBridge who are part of the union.

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Recent Items:

Public Health Committee Holds Forum on Health Care Costs at CT’s Non-Profit Community Service Agencies

Genesis Workers Ratify New Contracts, as Greenville RNs Win Unionization Court Case

RI Members Testify on the Impact of Budget Cuts to the Developmentally Disabled

HealthBridge Lockout Ends, Victory in Sight for Caregivers and Residents

1199 Members Meet with State Legislator; Push to Increase Education and Training Grants

  1. WomenInfantsPicketing
    Women & Infants’ Hospital Workers Picket for Safe Staffing
  2. HomeCareVictory
    Home Care Workers and Consumers Celebrate Overwhelming YES Vote, Creating a Union with 1199
  3. Courtesy of the Pawtucket Times.
    RI Genesis Nursing Home Workers Reject Owners’ Unaffordable Health Care Plan; Picket Two Facilities
  4. WaterburyPicket4
    Waterbury Hospital Workers Picket, Then March Into Negotiations
  5. May Institute employees are among the newest workers to become members of 1199.
    After Management Breaks Law, Newly-Organized May Institute Workers Win 3% Raise
  6. WaterburyAldermenHearing.2.21.12
    Full House at Waterbury Board of Aldermen Demands Meeting with LHP
  7. Karen Baldwin, an 1199 member at the Blackstone Valley ARC, addresses the rally.
    Valentine’s Day Message to RI Elected Officials: Have a Heart!
  8. Blackmail
    HealthBridge Tries Blackmail to Extort Concessions from Caregivers
  9. 1199 members express their frustrations with state budget cuts to State Representatives from Pawtucket & Central Falls.
    Pawtucket & Central Falls 1199 Members Fight for a Fair State Budget
  10. Group Pic - Top Headline
    New Hope Manor Workers UNITE and WIN with 1199!
  11. MLK at 1199 Podium
    1199 Celebrates the Life and Legacy of MLK
  12. HealthBridge Vigil
    HealthBridge Greed Puts Residents at Risk
  13. GenesisGreenville.Picketing
    Genesis: Be Fair to Those Who Care
  14. As new 1199 members, workers at the May Institute are preparing to negotiate their first contract.
    May Institute Group Home Workers Organize with 1199
  15. Madison House workers celebrate their 51-2 union election victory.
    Workers at SunBridge Healthcare Win with 1199
  16. Bob Kafka, from the Adapt Community, Endorse the Guiding Principles while SEIU President Mary Kay Henry and SEIU Executive Vice President Kirk Adams look on.
    People with Disabilities and Workers Team Up for Quality Care & Services
  17. 1199 Leaders Sworn In
    David Pickus & Almena Thompson Elected to Head 1199NE’s New Leadership Team

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