Connecticut
Join us today in Hartford at Shiloh Baptist Church for a press conference and rally to demand a People’s Budget. … Continue reading A People’s Economic Recovery – October 20th, 2020
Connecticut
We are extremely disappointed that the Department of Public Health was not able to step in earlier and do better … Continue reading Press Release – SEIU 1199 Union Statement on Discharge at Three Rivers in Norwich
NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the … Continue reading All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak
Nursing Homes
NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the … Continue reading All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak
State Employees
Dear 1199 State Member, Our contract expires on June 30th, 2021. Negotiations for a new contract for all members in the … Continue reading Important State Negotiations Contract News
Featured Post
Nursing homes issued a dire warning Wednesday, with owners saying many of them could close without more help from Hartford. … Continue reading Nursing homes plead to state government for additional financial relief due to COVID-19 pandemic
Home Care
As a disabled person who is bedridden when not in her wheelchair, Sharon Thorstenson depends on two personal care aides … Continue reading State-Issued PPE Halted For Home Health Aides
Last year, I came up from Florida to visit my 85-year-old mother in Middletown and decided it was time to … Continue reading Grateful for work of home health aides
COVID-19
The union that represents 10,000 home health care workers recently found out that the state will no longer be distributing … Continue reading State Halts PPE For Homecare Workers
Good union home care jobs must be at the center of fixing our nation’s overstretched and underfunded long-term care system … Continue reading September 4th is Home Care Day!