Connecticut
On the day their union contract was set to expire, health care workers employed by Waterbury Hospital demonstrated their anger at the status of contract bargaining (which began on January 25th) by picketing outside of their facility in advance of that evening’s negotiations. Nearly 75 union members took part in the action, in spite of
Connecticut
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a sweeping federal Complaint today against HealthBridge Management/Care One, saying the long-term care corporation “failed and refused to bargain in good faith with the Union” in negotiations for new contracts for 800 caregivers at six Connecticut nursing homes. Several news sources have already picked up the story (click
Community Programs (CT)
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 for and won a 3% raise for all union workers. During the campaign to organize their union and win their election, management broke the law
Connecticut
More than one hundred 1199 members from Waterbury Hospital – along with our community allies – packed the Waterbury Board of Aldermen meeting last Tuesday, February 21. We called on the Board of Aldermen to set up a meeting between our Community United Coalition and the Texas millionaires of LHP, who are proposing to takeover
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 mid-January, held at Central Connecticut State University. “It’s important for healthcare workers to be here, because politics runs the world,” said Ellen Jeffries, a CNA from Blair Manor nursing home. “The class warfare against working
Connecticut
In a letter dated February 13, HealthBridge has threatened to close all of its union facilities in Connecticut, putting 1200 nursing home residents at risk of eviction to serve corporate greed and increase its investors’ profits.
Connecticut
Since the LHP Hospital Group – a Texas-based for-profit hospital group owned in part by a private equity firm – first proposed taking over and merging Waterbury and St. Mary’s Hospitals, hundreds of residents of Waterbury have raised serious concerns about what the impact will be on health care and jobs in Waterbury. Click here for
Connecticut
Last week, the Hartford Courant published a shameful editorial siding with the rich owners of HealthBridge who locked out nursing home workers two months ago. Their column even advised locked-out workers that paying up to $7,000 more out of pocket for health care could help them manage their health “more wisely.” 1199NE President David Pickus wrote
Community Programs (CT)
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 – with 85% of employees voting YES for the union. In total, 85 employees united together across several different worksites at New Hope Manor: a