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 is not reached and if the state does not provide the assistance necessary to fund a new agreement, the union will call for a strike vote in the next couple of weeks. Information pickets ran at the following facilities: 

• Harrington Court at 59 Harrington Ct, Colchester
• Kimberly Hall North & South at 1 Emerson Dr, Windsor
• Arden House at 850 Mix Ave, Hamden
• Reservoir at 1 Emily Way, West Hartford
• Meriden Center, 845 Paddock Ave, Meriden
• St. Joseph’s, 6448 Main St, Trumbull

What:             Nursing home workers from Genesis facilities

When:             Wednesday, April 14 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Where:           Multiple locations listed above

Who:               Union long-term care workers (home care, group homes
                        and nursing homes), 1199 union leaders

Pedro Zayas, pzayas@seiu1199ne.org, 860-830-2478
District 1199, SEIU, New England Health Care Employees Union