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Connecticut

Home Care Workers and Consumers Celebrate Overwhelming YES Vote, Creating a Union with 1199

  • March 30, 2012

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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We Did It! Connecticut Home Care Providers Vote “Yes” To Form Union

  • March 29, 2012

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.

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VIDEO: Personal Care Assistants And Consumers Talk About The Union Difference

  • March 10, 2012

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 PCAs and Consumers Talk About the Difference a Union Will Make

  • March 7, 2012


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!

Personal care assistants in Connecticut joyfully unite! Front Feature

Now Is The Time To Stand Together

  • February 27, 2012

Personal care attendants in Connecticut are now ready to choose a union to advocate for our consumers and our families.

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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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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Home Care

A New Solution to Home Care Workforce Problems

  • December 3, 2011

A Quality Home Care Council Home caregivers provide the critical assistance that allows consumers to live independently in their own homes, yet the home care system is riddled with challenges

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Home Care

Child Care and Home Care Consumers, Workers Applaud Governor Malloy’s Move to Improve Care

  • November 25, 2011

FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Executive Order Creates an Official Voice for Consumers and Providers in Addressing Child Care and Home Care Workforce Crises Hartford – Connecticut’s seniors, people

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