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
Community Programs (CT)
Strike notices due this Friday for six group home agencies in Connecticut were withdrawn and reset with a new strike deadline of June 4th at 6:00 AM in hopes of reaching a new agreement. Union group home workers are encouraged by Governor Ned Lamont’s outreach to discuss improved funding for their long-term care services, setting
Home Care
Hundreds of immigrants, long-term health care workers, teachers and students from across the state surrounded the steps of the state Capitol Monday evening — a sea of red, green, blue and purple union shirts — chanting “Governor Lamont, do your job,” as a demand for the state to invest in workers and communities. The Tax
Community Programs (CT)
More than 2,000 workers at six group home agencies in Connecticut are ready to strike starting on May 21 at 6:00 AM. The six group home agencies receiving strike notifications Friday are Oak Hill, Network, Whole Life, Mosaic, Journey Found, and Sunrise at over 200 sites. Having assisted group home residents through the Covid-19 pandemic,
Nursing Homes & Hospitals
Connecticut continues to slide closer to a major nursing home strike with initial union votes at 33 facilities overwhelmingly favoring a strike, and balloting at 11 more homes scheduled to begin shortly after May 1. Rob Baril, president of SEIU District 1199 New England —which represents about 5,000 nursing home workers in the state — said
Connecticut
Home care, group home, and nursing home workers are calling on Gov. Lamont to end the cycle of structural racism that devalues the work of Black, Brown, and working-class White women who make up the majority of the long-term care workforce. Caregivers, union leaders and community partners rallied at the Governor’s Mansion in Hartford in
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Still reeling financially from the coronavirus pandemic, Connecticut’s nursing home industry could face strikes at more than 50 facilities this spring, an industry leader and a key state health official warned Wednesday morning. And while Gov. Ned Lamont just ordered more emergency aid to cash-strapped facilities, the state’s largest nursing home coalition said the support
Nursing Homes & Hospitals
Nursing home workers were active on the picket line at multiple Genesis nursing home facilities in demand of a new union contract that follows the guidelines of the Long-Term Care Workers Bill of Rights. Negotiations are currently ongoing with Genesis, whose contract with the union expired on March 15, 2021. If a new contract agreement