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Featured Post

SEIU 1199NE response on the Arrest of SEIU California leader and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta

  • June 9, 2025

HARTFORD — SEIU 1199NE  condemns in the strongest terms the violent and unjust detention of SEIU California leader and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while

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Featured Post

Labor-based coalition urges Lamont, lawmakers to tax wealthy to fund ‘people’s recovery’ from pandemic

  • January 4, 2021

A coalition of labor leaders, progressive legislators and other activists upped the pressure Monday on Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly to tax Connecticut’s wealthy to preserve vital services

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Politics

1199 – Legislator Look up, Voter Registration & How To Vote From Home

  • November 2, 2020

Throughout June, July and August, 1199 members met with candidates running for office in November. Members identified issues that were important to them for various reasons, things like healthcare, protecting

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COVID-19

Lamont is guarding reserves for recession to come. Critics say he’s prioritizing austerity over COVID response

  • August 5, 2020

Five months into the pandemic, with another COVID wave looming and the national economy in free fall, Gov. Ned Lamont is socking away Connecticut’s dollars, reminding lawmakers these resources may

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Connecticut

From Covid-19 to Police Accountability, Let Us Breathe – A Letter from President Rob Baril

  • June 4, 2020

PDF Version – Available Here: https://bit.ly/2XBGGOR Disponible en español aquí: Desde Covid-19 hasta Responsabilidad Policiaca, Queremos Respirar

COVID-19

Martin Luther King Jr. Predicted This Moment

  • April 29, 2020

Fifty-two years ago, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously asserted the dignity of all work, he seemed to foresee this moment when it would become so clear

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Connecticut

Wesleyan Janitor Francisco Acosta Granted Year-Long Extension on Stay

  • February 3, 2020

University janitor Francisco Acosta was granted a year-long extension on his stay in the United States last Thursday, Jan. 23, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Today Francisco was

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Front Feature

SEIU Members are Fighting for Unions for All! (Disponible en español)

  • January 27, 2020

We’re committed to building an economy and a democracy that works for everyone, to winning $15 an hour and a union for all working people—Black, white, and brown—and to working

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Connecticut

District 1199 Endorses Ned Lamont for Governor, Eva Bermudez Zimmerman for Lt. Governor, Shawn Wooden for Treasurer

  • July 19, 2018

HARTFORD, CT — The state’s largest union of health care workers, the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, announced its endorsement today of Ned Lamont for Governor.

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STATEMENT FROM SEIU 1199 PRESIDENT DAVID PICKUS ON NURSING HOME TRANSPARENCY ACT

  • April 30, 2014

Connecticut State Senate passes HB 5051, a new act requiring more financial transparency for nursing homes receiving Medicaid funds. SEIU 1199 New England President David Pickus issued the following statement

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