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State Worker Pension Alert! July 1st Deadline to Preserve Normal Retirement Date
An important deadline for many 1199 state members is fast approaching.
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UNITY means VICTORY for Agency on Aging Workers!
Over 80 care managers and support staff with the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut have officially formed their union with SEIU District 1199.
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the Affordable Care Act as constitutional, expanding care to 32 million Americans, protecting consumers from a range of insurance company abuses, creating competitive marketplaces in states for individuals to purchase lower-cost insurance, and improving the quality of health care.
Connecticut
Connecticut’s PCAs and Consumers Talk About the Difference a Union Will Make
Connecticut’s home care workers and personal care assistants are forming a union – and our consumers support us! Check out the video above to learn why!
Connecticut
Locked-Out Caregivers Turn Up the Heat on HealthBridge’s Owners
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, January 29th, where residents’ family members spoke out about their concern for their loved ones:
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Weathersfield 1199 Members Say: “Keep Our Community’s Nursing Home Open”
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, family members, and workers – ask the State to say ‘NO’ to the Healthbridge owners’