If Angel Quiros, nominated to lead the state’s Department of Correction, gets the job, he’ll have a personal stake in the way incarcerated people are treated in the state’s prisons and jails. He knows firsthand what it’s like to have …
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Important State Negotiations Contract News
Dear 1199 State Member, Our contract expires on June 30th, 2021. Negotiations for a new contract for all members in the P-1 and NP-6 bargaining units will begin in November. We’re entering negotiations during a pivotal moment. As multiple global crises converge, …
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New Labor Ad Campaign Urges a “People’s Recovery”
A coalition of labor unions, including the Connecticut AFL-CIO, Connecticut Education Association (CEA), State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), and Connecticut Service Employee International Union State Council (CT SEIU State Council), launched a television and digital ad campaign this week …
COVID, cash bail and ‘drive-by therapy’: a deadly combination
When prison officials found Daniel Ocasio lifeless on his bunk last week at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center with a COVID-19 mask wrapped around his neck, he became the third incarcerated person to die by suicide in Connecticut this year. Ocasio, …
State Unions Coalition Lauds Gov. Lamont’s Action to Protect Frontline Essential Workers
HARTFORD – The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) today issued the following statement on Governor Ned Lamont’s executive order providing workers who contracted COVID-19 on the job with presumed worker’s compensation coverage: “We applaud Governor Lamont for listening to …
No Where To Hide From COVID-19 Behind Bars
State residents may feel confined by social and work restrictions brought on by COVID-19, but for prisoners and workers in Connecticut’s jails the luxury of self-isolating at home doesn’t exist. The idea of “loosening up” and finding the “new normal” …
No Tienes Que Llamarme Héroe
Los trabajadores estatales de Connecticut estamos arriesgando nuesrtas vidas en la línea de batalla contra el coronavirus. Mientras tanto, algunos políticos quieren quitarnos nuestro salario para “balancear el presupuesto”. Las uniones estatales ya hemos concedido más de $24,000 millones de …
SEIU 1199NE Campaign: “You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero” – Press Conference 6.10.20
The New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held a press conference on Wednesday, June 10th to speak up on supporting state workers through the COVID-19 pandemic. State workers have recently launched the “You Don’t Have To Call Me …
You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero – New Advertisement
Connecticut’s state workers are risking their lives in the front lines of novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, some politicians want to take away our wages to “balance the budget.” State unions have recently given back over $24 billion in bargaining concessions. As …
Trabajadores del Depto. de Corrección buscan acción estatal para detener contagio de COVID-19 en prisiones de Connecticut
Connecticut Hartford Trabajadores del Depto. de Corrección buscan acción estatal para detener contagio de COVID-19 en prisiones de Connecticut Por Redaccion de la Voz Hispana – May 26, 2020 30 0 Share Por Larry Dorman HARTFORD.- La fuerza laboral del …
Even with expanding COVID-19 testing, DOC employees describe ‘a perfect storm’ within Connecticut prisons and jails
Even as the state Department of Correction significantly expands COVID-19 testing of incarcerated people, agency employees say that deep concerns persist about adequate social distancing and medical staffing in Connecticut prisons and jails. Gabby Bottino, an LPN at Osborn Correctional …
Details for the Delegate Assembly – RSVP by Monday 5/25!
We are hosting a State Delegate meeting via Zoom on Thursday, May 28 at 11AM and a second meeting at 7PM. We will be discussing our 2020 – 2021 contract campaign so it is important that as many of our …
DMHAS Workers Participate in Caravan to Protect Essential Mental Health Services during COVID-19 Pandemic
State mental health workers participated in a car caravan Thursday to express their concerns over the growing denial of care services at the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and projected cuts as we face the COVID-19 pandemic. Over …
DMHAS Members – Join the Movement!
Dear 1199 Member: Over the last month, more than 1,400 DMHAS 1199 members have signed a petition to Commissioner Delphin-Rittmon; our delegates have had two meetings with DMHAS Administration, and we are seeing some progress on our demands. However — …
SEBAC Union Leadership Comments on Meeting with Administration (Updated 5.9.20)
Coalition Update: as of May 9, 2020 To All State Employee Unions: On May 1st, in response to questions about contractual raises due to state employees in the next fiscal year, Governor Lamont publicly stated his administration’s intent to meet …
CT State Workers Keep Essential Services in Operation Through COVID-19 Crisis
Connecticut state essential workers from Southbury Training School, the Department of Correction, Connecticut Valley Hospital and other agencies will share their stories from the front lines of novel coronavirus. “Three of our co-workers have lost their lives to this terrible …
Corrections employees put on rolling rally to protest Covid-19 conditions at work
Car horns blared outside the headquarters of the Department of Corrections in Wethersfield where employees who work the prison system held a “Public Safety Caravan”. About 30 cars adorned with signs and full of workers showed up to voice their …
Shifting plans and a COVID-19 outbreak at a Connecticut prison
When the first Connecticut prison inmate tested positive for COVID-19 at the end of March, officials at the Department of Correction acted fast. The 32-year-old man had been isolated from the rest of the incarcerated population at Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center …
A Union-made Solution to the PPE Shortage
Below is a UConn Health Labor Coalition report made publicly available and open to news media citation, reproduction and distribution in full or in part. For questions or contact info contact Terri Reid at treidct@gmail.com or call 617.470.8985. UConn Health …