Community Health Care Workers

Invisible No More: Community Health Care Workers Unite

Invisible No More:
Community Health Care Workers Unite
for Quality Services, Quality Jobs




Fall 2005
As caregivers, we're calling on CT Governor Jodi Rell and legislative leaders to properly fund private provider services for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled.

WE'RE TAKING ACTION

We're uniting together and speaking out through:

• TV & radio ads to educate the public
• Prayer vigil at the Governor's Mansion
• Postcards to legislative leaders
• Protests against management's refusal to negotiate fair raises, affordable health insurance, or secure retirement pensions

WATCH NOW!
Click to see our latest TV ads

Our message: Live up to your obligation to our clients and their families. And live up to your obligation to caregivers and our families.

THE PROBLEM



Programs for people with mental illness and with developmental disabilities have been severely under-funded for years by the State of Connecticut.

The 2005 CT Legislature failed to fix the problem, so caregivers are turning to Governor Rell.


IN THE NEWS


"Marking Her First Year In Office, Rell Greets Public"
AP, 7/1/05. Robin Gerovitz, a residential instructor at a privately operated group home, urged Rell to become more involved in contract talks
"Health Care Workers Rally" Channel 8 News, 6/30/05

"Caregivers hold vigil outside governor's mansion for disabled" AP, 6/30/05