Connecticut

Connecticut Home Care Providers, Healthcare Workers Applaud Governor Lamont’s Pledge to Support Living Wages, Benefits, Fill State Healthcare Jobs

April 1, 2022

1199NE SEIU members and leaders announced Friday a step forward in their campaign to transform Connecticut’s state-funded home care jobs into good jobs. Governor Lamont sat down with 1199NE leaders

Home Care

‘Robin David: Connecticut’s home care workers need better wages and benefits’ Hartford Courant: OP-ED

March 31, 2022

Some nights I drive along Route 8 in Naugatuck close to midnight, headed to my client’s house. My job is to help Mr. West, who is elderly, live at home

Community Programs (CT)

Local Mental Healthcare Providers at Gilead, Sound Community Services Hold Strike Vote, Action Demanding Increased Wages, Benefits, Safety

March 18, 2022

1199NE SEIU members who provide mental health services at two Connecticut facilities will hold a rally Friday to call on their employers to recognize their service and sacrifice, increase wages,

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Stamford Nursing Home Workers Hold Action, Raise Demands for Higher Wages, Affordable Healthcare, Racial Justice Measures

March 17, 2022

1199NE SEIU members who care for residents at the Villa at Stamford for Premier Rehabilitation & Healthcare nursing home held an action today to raise awareness of their demands for

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Local Nursing Home Workers Hold Action, Raise Demands for Higher Wages, Affordable Healthcare, Racial Justice Measures

March 15, 2022

1199NE SEIU members who work at three nursing homes across the Hartford area will hold an action Tuesday, to raise awareness of their demands for wage increases, affordable health care,

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Connecticut Home Care Providers Announce Meeting with Governor on Jobs with Liveable Wages, Health Insurance

March 10, 2022

Local home care providers with 1199NE SEIU shared an update today in their campaign to turn State-funded home care jobs into good jobs with health care, paid sick days, retirement,

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Nursing Home Workers Protest Poverty Pay and Benefits as Third Year of Working Through Pandemic Looms

February 23, 2022

SEIU 1199 New England members, who provide care to patients and keep St. Mary’s nursing home running, rallied outside the facility to bring attention to the crisis of low pay

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Home Care Providers Arrested at Capitol as We Call on State to Provide Health Insurance, Living Wages, Paid Sick Days

February 17, 2022

Home care providers with SEIU 1199NE, supported by community and elected leaders including Reverend Josh Pawelek, shut down the intersection of Capitol Ave, Trinity St., Washington St., and Lafayette St.

Home Care

PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS FACE A CRISIS; GOVERNOR LAMONT MUST SUPPORT NEW CONTRACT WITH SICK LEAVE, AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND RETIREMENT SECURITY

February 3, 2022

This afternoon, February 2nd at 3pm, Personal Care Attendants (or PCAs) were joined bylegislators and labor leaders to discuss the challenging, even desperate, conditions for homecare workers who take care

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CT in Crisis: Mental Health Symposium to Examine Growing Crisis Among Children & Adults – 2022

January 11, 2022

On Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 10:00 a.m., legislators and mental health experts held a symposium to highlight the growing and unprecedented mental health and addiction crisis in Connecticut and offered