Community Programs (CT)
The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, settled on a new contract for group home and day program workers at Whole Life Inc., pending member ratification. Upon the new agreement with Whole Life, the Union canceled the strike notification that was set for Oct. 5. Whole Life Inc., operating over 39 locations
Community Programs (CT)
The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, settled on a new contract for group home and day program workers at Network Inc. on Wednesday, cancelling the October 5th strike notification of 300-plus union members at the agency. Network Inc. is the first community programs agency (group home and day program providers) to
Home Care
Connecticut’s independent home care PCAs participated in a demonstration Thursday, September 23, at 210 Capitol Ave. at 4:00 PM. Workers, who are majority Black, Latina, and working-class women making $16.25 per hour, are demanding livable wages, paid time off, health insurance, job security and a path to retirement from Governor Ned Lamont’s Administration. PCAs currently
Community Programs (CT)
The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, delivered strike notices at group home agencies Whole Life and Network with a deadline to begin striking on October 5th at 6:00 AM. Combined, the two agencies cover some 70 locations across the state with more than 500 union workers going on strike for new
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Connecticut’s independent home care personal care attendants (PCAs) rallied at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford on Tuesday to demand a fair contract from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration. A group of participants engaged in peaceful civil disobedience at the gates of the residence with 15 trespassing tickets issued by the Hartford Police Department. “If Connecticut cares
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“As a union home care worker, I feel that our pain must be heard, our struggles understood, and that those in leadership must take all actions necessary to make sure that each personal care attendant (PCA), and those we care for, can live in dignity. We need Gov. Ned Lamont to fund our Long-Term Care
State Employees
Connecticut’s independent home care workers will join SEBAC state workers in demand of a fair contract that lifts long-term care workers out of poverty. SEIU District 1199’s union contract with the State of Connecticut covers some 10,000 independent home care personal care attendants serving 6,000 people across the state. Today is the Service Employees International Union Day of
Home Care
More than 10,000 home care workers represented by the New England Health Care Workers Union, SEIU District 1199 are waiting for negotiations to resume this week with the state for increased pay, health care and a path to retirement. Negotiations with the state have gone nowhere, according to Diedre Murch, home care director and vice
Home Care
Long-term care union members of District 1199 New England, SEIU, will rally Thursday, June 17th at the Office of Policy and Management starting at 4:00 PM in demand of racial and economic justice and a fair contract with the state. Caregivers made significant gains during this legislative session to overcome poverty wages and benefits by
Community Programs (CT)
Group home workers withdrew notices for a strike due to begin Friday morning after agreeing on a $184-million state funding package for the next two years. Over 2,100 caregivers were due for a strike Friday at 6:00 AM in demand of livable wages and benefits, affordable health insurance and a path to retirement as enumerated