Since the LHP Hospital Group – a Texas-based for-profit hospital group owned in part by a private equity firm - first proposed taking over and merging Waterbury and St. Mary’s Hospitals, hundreds of residents of Waterbury have raised serious concerns about …
The proposed takeover of Waterbury and St. Mary’s Hospitals could mean better care and more revenue for our city. OR it could mean higher unemployment and less care for our families. Join us at City Hall as we try to …
Last week, the Hartford Courant published a shameful editorial siding with the rich owners of HealthBridge who locked out nursing home workers two months ago. Their column even advised locked-out workers that paying up to $7,000 more out of pocket for …
Every day when we open our newspapers or turn on the TV, we find attacks on workers, our unions, and the progress that we have made. For example, look no further than this shameful Hartford Courant editorial that sides with …
School and group home workers who serve troubled youth near Manchester, CT at New Hope Manor voted overwhelmingly to form their union with SEIU Healthcare 1199NE on January 25 – with 85% of employees voting YES for the union.
Back-to-back actions by locked-out caregivers and residents’ family members from HealthBridge’s West River Health Center in Milford, CT are making news headlines in Connecticut and New York. The New Haven Register reported on a candlelight vigil in Milford on Sunday, …
Far too often, home care workers are forced to leave the consumers or loved ones we care for in order to find work that offers benefits, paid time off or more hours. For some consumers, the high turnover of the …
As many of our members already know, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. often called District 1199 “my favorite union.” The special relationship between Dr. King and our union began in the late 1950s and early ‘60s when 1199 launched large organizing …
HealthBridge nursing homes should be putting fragile residents’ needs first, but they are more concerned with putting profits in the pockets of their out-of-state investors. They have locked out more than 100 caregivers in Milford, CT and disrupted the continuity …
Open to 1199 members only – contact your organizer at 860-549-1199 to register and receive more information. Join us to interview candidates running for US Senate and Congress, and help decide who will be best for health care workers and …
In September 2011, workers at the May Institute, a group home agency for the developmentally disabled, won their union election 66 to 18. They are now getting ready for negotiations by conducting surveys among their co-workers to determine what the …
Open to any elected 1199 delegates from Nursing Homes or Hospitals. Space is limited! Please talk to your workplace organizer or call the union office in order to pre-register.
Open to any elected 1199 delegates who work for the State of Connecticut. Space is limited! Please talk to your workplace organizer or call the union office in order to pre-register.
Open to any elected 1199 delegates from Nursing Homes or Hospitals. Space is limited! Please talk to your workplace organizer or call the union office in order to pre-register.
Workers at Madison House (Madison, CT), owned by SunBridge Healthcare, recently voted 51-2 to form a union with 1199. Their first contract reduces employees’ health insurance costs, gains them access to the 1199 Training Fund, and includes raises and restoration …
Retiring 1199 President Carmen Boudier and newly-elected President David Pickus each offered a few words to the November 2011 Delegates’ Assembly. You can watch their speeches here.
On November 17, leaders from the union and disability advocacy movements joined together to sign a historic document called “Guiding Principles: For Partnerships with Unions and Emerging Worker Organizations When Individuals Direct Their Own Services and Supports.” For nearly three …
On November 21, Wethersfield Health Center 1199 members delivered over 300 petition signatures to CT Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick Bremby’s office, urging DSS to keep our community’s nursing home OPEN. The petitions – signed by nursing home residents, …
