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Over 140 non-profit community programs workers who are members of 1199 at different agencies around the state turned out for … Continue reading Public Health Committee Holds Forum on Health Care Costs at CT’s Non-Profit Community Service Agencies
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This week, workers at two nursing homes owned by the Genesis Healthcare Corporation in Rhode Island voted to approve new collective bargaining … Continue reading Genesis Workers Ratify New Contracts, as Greenville RNs Win Unionization Court Case
Community Programs
At a recent hearing at the RI State House, several 1199 members from the Blackstone Valley ARC — along with … Continue reading RI Members Testify on the Impact of Budget Cuts to the Developmentally Disabled
Connecticut
Home care consumers and workers gathered on Thursday, March 29 to celebrate the formation of CT Home Care United, the first-ever union for Connecticut’s in-home care providers, a new chapter of the state’s largest union of health care workers, District 1199, SEIU.
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Home care consumers and workers gathered on March 29th to celebrate the formation of CT Home Care United, the first-ever union for Connecticut’s in-home care providers, a new division of District 1199, SEIU.
Connecticut
On Monday, March 19th, State Representative Kevin Ryan came to the 1199 Training Fund office to meet with members and … Continue reading 1199 Members Meet with State Legislator; Push to Increase Education and Training Grants
Nursing Homes
Nurses, CNAs, and other workers from two Rhode Island nursing homes owned by Genesis HealthCare Corporation are outraged over a … Continue reading RI Genesis Nursing Home Workers Reject Owners’ Unaffordable Health Care Plan; Picket Two Facilities
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Our consumers support us because they know that by improving the standards of our jobs, we can reduce turnover and continue working together with them to improve the quality and accessibility of care. Watch this video clip to hear testimony from consumers and workers about the difference a union would make in their lives.
Connecticut
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
On the day their union contract was set to expire, health care workers employed by Waterbury Hospital demonstrated their anger … Continue reading Waterbury Hospital Workers Picket, Then March Into Negotiations