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Connecticut

A People’s Economic Recovery – October 20th, 2020

  • October 20, 2020

Join us today in Hartford at Shiloh Baptist Church for a press conference and rally to demand a People’s Budget. A budget that prioritizes the needs of those most vulnerable

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Connecticut

Press Release – SEIU 1199 Union Statement on Discharge at Three Rivers in Norwich

  • September 16, 2020

We are extremely disappointed that the Department of Public Health was not able to step in earlier and do better to fix the problems observed at Three Rivers in Norwich.

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COVID-19

Nursing home workers ask Connecticut lawmakers for help as they prepare for a potential second wave of coronavirus infections

  • September 3, 2020

When Tanya Beckford was infected with COVID-19 while working at an assisted-living facility in Newington earlier this year, she told her children her last wishes. She did not know that

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Front Feature

New Labor Ad Campaign Urges a “People’s Recovery”

  • September 1, 2020

A coalition of labor unions, including the Connecticut AFL-CIO, Connecticut Education Association (CEA), State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), and Connecticut Service Employee International Union State Council (CT SEIU State

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Front Feature

1199 Endorses Candidates Cabrera, Moore, McGee, Gibson, Farrar and Bello

  • July 21, 2020

Progressive contenders in November election pledge support for workers and quality care   1199 Endorses Jorge Cabrera for State Senate District 17 As a union representative and organizer for the

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COVID-19

Union representing nursing homes workers says state failed to protect workers and their patients

  • June 17, 2020

The president of the local union that represents nursing home workers said the state has treated them as if they “were invisible” as the deaths mounted in facilities across the

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Connecticut

Most Nursing Home Workers in New Survey Say ‘Life is at Risk’ Daily From Coronavirus

  • June 9, 2020

More than three months after a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., became the center of the country’s first coronavirus outbreak, a majority of nursing home workers believe they’re risking their lives on the job

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Connecticut

Disparities in Hispanic and black death rates much worse than previously reported

  • May 29, 2020

After reporting for weeks that Connecticut Hispanics are only half as likely to die from COVID-19 as non-Hispanic whites, state officials now say that Hispanics here are substantially more likely to die

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COVID-19

Data: 70% of CT coronavirus-linked deaths have occurred in senior care facilities

  • May 15, 2020

As Connecticut leaders this week unveiled plans to ramp up testing among the most vulnerable communities hit by COVID-19, the number of infections and deaths at senior care facilities continued

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Connecticut

DMHAS Workers Participate in Caravan to Protect Essential Mental Health Services during COVID-19 Pandemic

  • May 14, 2020

State mental health workers participated in a car caravan Thursday to express their concerns over the growing denial of care services at the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

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