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Connecticut

Hartford Courant journalists are attempting to unionize

  • February 13, 2019

Suffering from a declining workforce in recent years, Hartford Courant employees say they took steps on Monday to form a union. Journalists of the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper on

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Connecticut

Connecticut labor leaders call for tax hikes for the wealthy and other ‘alternatives to austerity’

  • February 13, 2019

Labor leaders are calling on Governor Ned Lamont to keep tax hikes for the rich on the table as the legislature looks to solve Connecticut’s budget crisis. Asserting that Connecticut’s

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Featured Post

When Nursing Home Care Falls Short

  • February 5, 2019

A nursing home’s role is to care for its patients, not compromise their health. Yet, across Connecticut, a number of facilities have come up short in fulfilling this most basic

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The Fight For $15 Continues!

  • December 28, 2018

Below are a few articles regarding the minimum wage increase happening in 2019!   For Much Of New England, Minimum Wage Going Up In 2019 http://www.wnpr.org/post/much-new-england-minimum-wage-going-2019 Massachusetts continues to lead

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Connecticut

DENIED: A LOOK INTO INMATE HEALTH CARE

  • December 21, 2018

For the past couple of weeks, 1199 has been working with the Connecticut Mirror to follow up on staffing levels and quality of services at the Department of Correction. On

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Connecticut

Are Connecticut Inmates Receiving Adequate Medical Care?

  • December 4, 2018

Multiple lawsuits allege Connecticut’s prison system failed to properly diagnose and treat prisoners with serious illnesses. What steps have been taken to improve health care behind bars? Listen to the

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Connecticut

No Court Ruling on Janus v. AFSCME will Rule Us Out!

  • June 27, 2018

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its anti-worker decision in the long-awaited Janus v. AFSCME. The Court ruled 5-4 in favor of establishing a national so-called “Right to Work” for public employees, further

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Connecticut

Home Care Contract Highlights

  • June 8, 2018

Wage Increases for PCAs who make less than $15/hour (75% of our Bargaining Unit): PCAs who make less than $15/hour will enjoy a 30% increase in our minimum rates, up

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Community Programs (CT)

Community Programs Members To Resume Strike!

  • April 26, 2018

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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Connecticut

The new Health Care Bargaining Units Contract Summary is available here!

  • August 22, 2017

ATTENTION: Members of 1199 NE Connecticut/Rhode Island New England Health Care Employees Union/SEIU RE: GENERAL NOTICE NO. 2017-10 The following summarizes the substantive changes contained in the 2016-2021 Professional (P­l)

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