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		<title>SEIU 1199NE Statement on Federal Decision to Remove Nursing From “Professional Degree” Classification</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2025/12/01/seiu-1199ne-statement-on-federal-decision-to-remove-nursing-from-professional-degree-classification/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The federal government’s decision to exclude nursing from its list of “professional degrees” is deeply offensive to every caregiver who &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2025/12/01/seiu-1199ne-statement-on-federal-decision-to-remove-nursing-from-professional-degree-classification/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">SEIU 1199NE Statement on Federal Decision to Remove Nursing From “Professional Degree” Classification</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SEIU 1199NE Bus Drivers, Monitors, and Aides Reach Tentative Contract Agreement with First Student</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, SEIU 1199 New England bus drivers, monitors and aides announced a tentative contract agreement with their employer, First Student, &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/11/01/seiu-1199ne-bus-drivers-monitors-and-aides-reach-tentative-contract-agreement-with-first-student/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">SEIU 1199NE Bus Drivers, Monitors, and Aides Reach Tentative Contract Agreement with First Student</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Examining Long-Term Care in America: The Impact of the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/09/22/examining-long-term-care-in-america-the-impact-of-the-coronavirus-in-nursing-homes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RI Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adelina Ramos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Watch as Adelina Ramos, a Certified Nursing Assistant testifies before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to the challenges &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/09/22/examining-long-term-care-in-america-the-impact-of-the-coronavirus-in-nursing-homes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Examining Long-Term Care in America: The Impact of the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/09/18/as-worker-organizing-soars-nationwide-connecticut-nursing-home-caregivers-to-join-unions-for-all-nationwide-womens-day-of-action/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hamden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamden High School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Day Of Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[September 2022]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On&#160;Saturday, September 17th SEIU 1199NE nursing home caregivers gathered for a press conference at Hamden High School, to raise awareness &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/09/18/as-worker-organizing-soars-nationwide-connecticut-nursing-home-caregivers-to-join-unions-for-all-nationwide-womens-day-of-action/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mental Healthcare Providers at Sound Community Services to Engage on Information Picket Today with Strike Deadline Set for the Weekend</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/04/19/mental-healthcare-providers-at-sound-community-services-to-engage-on-information-picket-today-with-strike-deadline-set-for-the-weekend/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Programs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New London]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, April 19th from 3:45 to 5:15 PM, union mental health workers employed by Sound Community Services held an &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/04/19/mental-healthcare-providers-at-sound-community-services-to-engage-on-information-picket-today-with-strike-deadline-set-for-the-weekend/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Mental Healthcare Providers at Sound Community Services to Engage on Information Picket Today with Strike Deadline Set for the Weekend</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/10/27/1199-new-england-union-member-to-participate-in-national-council-for-occupational-safety-and-health-covid-19-briefing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[10.28.21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Barden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[October 2021]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trinity Hill Care Center]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[District 1199 New England union member and New Britain resident Anne Barden will be participating in a livestream media briefing &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/10/27/1199-new-england-union-member-to-participate-in-national-council-for-occupational-safety-and-health-covid-19-briefing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Union Gets Icare Contract with $20/hr Minimum for CNAs and $30/hr Minimum for LPNs</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/05/13/union-gets-icare-contract-with-20-hr-minimum-for-cnas-and-30-hr-minimum-for-lpns/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 22:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Union nursing home workers at Icare facilities agreed to a new contract that sets a historic $20 per hour minimum &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/05/13/union-gets-icare-contract-with-20-hr-minimum-for-cnas-and-30-hr-minimum-for-lpns/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Union Gets Icare Contract with $20/hr Minimum for CNAs and $30/hr Minimum for LPNs</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Press Release: Health Care Union Endorses COVID-19 Vaccination for Frontline Workers</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/12/15/press-release-health-care-union-endorses-covid-19-vaccination-for-frontline-workers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Caregivers encouraged to take new vaccines in the ongoing fight to curb virus spread HARTFORD &#8211; The New England Health &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/12/15/press-release-health-care-union-endorses-covid-19-vaccination-for-frontline-workers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Press Release: Health Care Union Endorses COVID-19 Vaccination for Frontline Workers</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Workers at Providence nursing home return to their jobs after three-day strike.</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/10/05/workers-at-providence-nursing-home-return-to-their-jobs-after-three-day-strike/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adanjesus Marin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The union representing about 100 nursing assistants, maintenance workers and other staff at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/10/05/workers-at-providence-nursing-home-return-to-their-jobs-after-three-day-strike/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Workers at Providence nursing home return to their jobs after three-day strike.</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/09/16/all-patients-removed-after-norwich-nursing-home-covid-outbreak-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/09/16/all-patients-removed-after-norwich-nursing-home-covid-outbreak-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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