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Front Feature

Press Release: Statement on our recent PCA agreement with Gov. Lamont

  • March 16, 2023

“We thank Governor Ned Lamont and his team for extending the Premium Assistance enrollment through April 7th. Union estimates show that 1,500 to 2,000 home care providers could benefit from

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Long-Term Care Workers Hold Press Conference Demanding “$25 for 2025”

  • February 7, 2023

Long-term care workers – including group home workers, home care providers, and nursing home workers – held a press conference on Tuesday, February 7th in Hearing Room 1C of the

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Expand Services to Save Lives: Building a Robust & Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut

  • January 26, 2023

Doctors, nurses and other direct caregivers providing services in state facilities joined fellow caregivers in the private sector and community organizations to call for major investments in public services in

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1199 PCAs at the Capitol 3.10.22 Front Feature

CMS Aprueba Fondos para Mejorar Condiciones de PCAs y Cuido Doméstico 

  • December 20, 2022

SEIU 1199NE recibió información de que los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS) aprobaron los fondos federales necesarios para el contracto de Asistentes Domésticos Personales (PCA) en Connecticut.

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1199 PCAs at the Capitol 3.10.22 Connecticut

CMS Funding Approval for PCAs a Boost for Health Care and Paid Time Off

  • December 20, 2022

SEIU 1199NE has learned that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved federal funding for the home care Personal Care Attendant (PCA) contract in Connecticut. This approval marks

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SEIU 1199NE Bus Drivers, Monitors, and Aides Reach Tentative Contract Agreement with First Student

  • November 1, 2022

Today, SEIU 1199 New England bus drivers, monitors and aides announced a tentative contract agreement with their employer, First Student, thereby averting an open strike planned for November 2 at

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Members of 1199 New England gather for a press conference outside Hamden High School 9/17/22; Photo: David Dal Zin (AFL-CIO CT) Front Feature

As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action

  • September 18, 2022

On Saturday, September 17th SEIU 1199NE nursing home caregivers gathered for a press conference at Hamden High School, to raise awareness on the critically short-staffed nursing home conditions, followed by a

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Healthcare Workers March on DMHAS Headquarters, Escalate Demands to Staff Open Positions, Expand Lifesaving Services

  • July 20, 2022

As state-run mental health and addictions facilities are operating below 50% capacity, state healthcare workers and members of District 1199 New England held a rally on Tuesday at the DMHAS

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Statement by SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril on Today’s Supreme Court Decision Overturning Abortion Rights

  • June 24, 2022

“The New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, strongly supports the protection and advancement of women’s rights, including having the freedom of choice to exercise the reproductive right to

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Health Care Frontline Staff to Rally at Capitol in Demand of Response and Action to District 1199’s Petition Letter Recently Delivered to Gov. Ned Lamont

  • April 28, 2022

Union health care workers from the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held a rally at the Capitol in demand of an official response and corresponding action to

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