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
Front Feature
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
Community Programs (CT)
By standing together and speaking out at negotiations, a new group 1199 members at the May Institute, who joined the union … Continue reading After Management Breaks Law, Newly-Organized May Institute Workers Win 3% Raise
Connecticut
More than one hundred 1199 members from Waterbury Hospital – along with our community allies – packed the Waterbury Board … Continue reading Full House at Waterbury Board of Aldermen Demands Meeting with LHP
Front Feature
Personal care attendants in Connecticut are now ready to choose a union to advocate for our consumers and our families.
Connecticut
Kicking off the 2012 elections, hundreds of 1199 and other SEIU members gathered at our annual Political Action Conference in … Continue reading “We Can’t Let Someone Decide For Us!” — The 2012 Member Political Action Kickoff
Community Programs
On Valentine’s Day, 1199 members from the Blackstone Valley ARC joined with advocates, family members, and allies of the developmentally … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Message to RI Elected Officials: Have a Heart!
Connecticut
Since the LHP Hospital Group – a Texas-based for-profit hospital group owned in part by a private equity firm – first … Continue reading Will a Hospital Takeover Improve Health Care & Protect Jobs in Waterbury?