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Community Programs (CT)

New Hope Manor Workers UNITE and WIN with 1199!

  • February 7, 2012

School and group home workers who serve troubled youth near Manchester, CT at New Hope Manor voted overwhelmingly to form their union with SEIU Healthcare 1199NE on January 25 –

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Connecticut

Locked-Out Caregivers Turn Up the Heat on HealthBridge’s Owners

  • February 3, 2012

Back-to-back actions by locked-out caregivers and residents’ family members from HealthBridge’s West River Health Center in Milford, CT are making news headlines in Connecticut and New York.  The New Haven

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Connecticut

Why CT Home Care Workers Are Uniting Together

  • January 19, 2012

Far too often, home care workers are forced to leave the consumers or loved ones we care for in order to find work that offers benefits, paid time off or

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Connecticut

1199 Celebrates the Life and Legacy of MLK

  • January 11, 2012

As many of our members already know, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. often called District 1199 “my favorite union.”  The special relationship between Dr. King and our union began in

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Connecticut

VIDEO: Families and Caregivers Speak Out About HealthBridge

  • December 27, 2011

Connecticut

HealthBridge Greed Puts Residents at Risk

  • December 27, 2011

HealthBridge nursing homes should be putting fragile residents’ needs first, but they are more concerned with putting profits in the pockets of their out-of-state investors.  They have locked out more

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Community Programs

Fighting for Fair Funding for the Developmentally Disabled

  • December 16, 2011

On Thursday, December 15th, dozens of 1199 members from the ARC of Blackstone Valley — along with allies from other unions and advocates for the developmentally disabled — held a

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Nursing Homes

Genesis: Be Fair to Those Who Care

  • December 13, 2011

Dozens of nursing home workers – from nurses to CNAs and Housekeepers – who work for Genesis HealthCare in Greenville held a spirited picket line in the rain on Wednesday,

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Home Care

“We want to care for others, but we need to care for ourselves too.”

  • December 12, 2011

Not long ago, PCAs in Massachusetts were struggling to give their consumers the best possible care in the face of uncertainty. They were facing unstable funding and possible cuts in hours–on top of receiving no benefits and no sick time or paid time off.

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“If we can get this union going, it would help us and help them.”

  • December 12, 2011

New Haven resident Caldwell Johnson hires PCAs through an agency for assist him with everyday things, including help getting out of bed, showering, getting dressed and cleaning his home. He

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