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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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.
DDS 1199 Delegates Assembly – 6pm
Department of Developmental Services 1199 delegates are meeting on Thursday, April 19 at 11am and at 6pm to create an alternative vision of a just and decent system for supporting Connecticut residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and plan a fight-back against the …
DDS 1199 Delegates Assembly – 11am
Department of Developmental Services 1199 delegates are meeting on Thursday, April 19 at 11am and at 6pm to create an alternative vision of a just and decent system for supporting Connecticut residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and plan a …
Public Health Committee Holds Forum on Health Care Costs at CT’s Non-Profit Community Service Agencies
Over 140 non-profit community programs workers who are members of 1199 at different agencies around the state turned out for a public forum in Hartford on April 10th to testify about the increasingly unaffordable costs of health care – which …
HealthBridge Lockout Ends, Victory in Sight for Caregivers and Residents
As pressure from residents, family members, community members and elected officials mounts — and the number of citations from the CT Department of Public Health and National Labor Relations Board pile up by the day — it’s clear that HealthBridge …
Home Care Workers and Consumers Celebrate Overwhelming YES Vote, Creating a Union with 1199
Home care consumers and workers gathered on Thursday, March 29 to celebrate the formation of CT Home Care United, the first-ever union for Connecticut’s in-home care providers, a new chapter of the state’s largest union of health care workers, District 1199, SEIU.
1199 Members Meet with State Legislator; Push to Increase Education and Training Grants
On Monday, March 19th, State Representative Kevin Ryan came to the 1199 Training Fund office to meet with members and a Training Fund instructor regarding proposed legislation that will substantially increase state spending on “Incumbent Worker Training” grants. These grants …
Profiles in Greed: Daniel E. Straus, HealthBridge Owner
In its “Know Your Trustees” series, NYU Local has this profile of Daniel Straus, one of the owners of HealthBridge – which has illegally locked out 100 caregivers in Milford since December 2011, and is threatening to close its other …
Public Forum: the Crisis Facing Connecticut’s Community Program Workers
As direct care workers in Connecticut’s group homes and not-for-profit agencies, we are overworked and underpaid. The State of Connecticut has not provided a Cost of Living Increase in over 4 years, while the cost of our medical benefits has …
Informational Picketing at Two HealthBridge Nursing Homes
Join with HealthBridge caregivers from six Connecticut nursing homes as we picket in front of two nursing homes on Friday, March 9 from 2pm to 4pm to protest the company’s illegal acts and their unlawful lockout of 1199 members in …
Connecticut’s PCAs and Consumers Talk About the Difference a Union Will Make
Connecticut’s home care workers and personal care assistants are forming a union – and our consumers support us! Check out the video above to learn why!
1199 State Employees & Community Programs Workers Are Teaming Up to Organize the Private Sector!
Over the years, thousands of 1199 Members who work for the State of Connecticut in DDS, DCF and DMHAS — along with those of us who work in private-sector programs providing community care for clients with similar needs — have worked …
State of Connecticut to HealthBridge: No, You Can’t Close Wethersfield
The Hartford Courant is reporting that the State of Connecticut: has denied permission for Wethersfield Health Care Center to close, even as the owners of the nursing home have been aggressively publicizing its closure and encouraging its residents to leave. [...] …
Waterbury Hospital Workers Picket, Then March Into Negotiations
On the day their union contract was set to expire, health care workers employed by Waterbury Hospital demonstrated their anger at the status of contract bargaining (which began on January 25th) by picketing outside of their facility in advance of …
NLRB Issues Federal Complaint against HealthBridge for Unlawful Lockout and Bad Faith Bargaining, Orders Trial
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a sweeping federal Complaint today against HealthBridge Management/Care One, saying the long-term care corporation “failed and refused to bargain in good faith with the Union” in negotiations for new contracts for 800 caregivers …
After Management Breaks Law, Newly-Organized May Institute Workers Win 3% Raise
By standing together and speaking out at negotiations, a new group 1199 members at the May Institute, who joined the union in September 2011 by a vote of 66 to 18, fought for and won a 3% raise for all union workers. …
Full House at Waterbury Board of Aldermen Demands Meeting with LHP
More than one hundred 1199 members from Waterbury Hospital – along with our community allies – packed the Waterbury Board of Aldermen meeting last Tuesday, February 21. We called on the Board of Aldermen to set up a meeting between …
“We Can’t Let Someone Decide For Us!” — The 2012 Member Political Action Kickoff
Kicking off the 2012 elections, hundreds of 1199 and other SEIU members gathered at our annual Political Action Conference in mid-January, held at Central Connecticut State University. “It’s important for healthcare workers to be here, because politics runs the world,” …
HealthBridge Tries Blackmail to Extort Concessions from Caregivers
In a letter dated February 13, HealthBridge has threatened to close all of its union facilities in Connecticut, putting 1200 nursing home residents at risk of eviction to serve corporate greed and increase its investors’ profits.