They don’t wear capes. But they do have masks. Doctors left their private practices to help staff emergency rooms and intensive care units. Nurses held the hands of dying patients too
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1199ers fought very hard to win our first increase for wages from DDS in over ten years. Now Mosaic management is claiming they “don’t have any information” in order to
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Hartford-Today a bill passed the Senate that would provide funding increases to non-profit agencies that service people with disabilities in group homes and day programs throughout the state. The bill
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Workers who care for the disabled in privatized group homes and day programs have issued strike notices to nine private agency providers that operate services in 250 locations throughout the
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On April 13th, 1199 released a new ad featuring Oak Hill workers Pam Reid Johnson and Takela Roberts! Watch & share the ad: As Connecticut legislators find the funding for
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Workers who care for the disabled vote to postpone strike so legislators can approve increased funding Workers who care for the disabled in privatized group homes, day programs and other
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The new ad out today sets Connecticut’s budget drama in an action movie trailer. The ad sets the stage by opening “In a state where some legislators side with corporate
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This past week 1199 members voted on two important issues facing our union. First, members had to decide whether our newly organized child care members would be added to the list
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More than 275 direct support professionals at the Mentor Network, REM Connecticut Community Services have formed their union with SEIU District 1199. Votes were counted on August 1, and the
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By standing together and speaking out at negotiations, a new group 1199 members at the May Institute, who joined the union in September 2011 by a vote of 66 to 18, fought