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Connecticut

Opinion: A CT worker has two full-time jobs. Patients, students, and workforce deserve better.

  • September 1, 2024

Hartford’s Yvonne Dimmett won’t be working this Labor Day. That is rare for Yvonne, who holds two full-time jobs, both demanding, care focused 40-hour positions. With overtime that often leads

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2023-2026 District Election Results Are In!

  • May 1, 2023

The results for the District Elections for 2023-2026 are as follows:

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Union Gets Icare Contract with $20/hr Minimum for CNAs and $30/hr Minimum for LPNs

  • May 13, 2021

Union nursing home workers at Icare facilities agreed to a new contract that sets a historic $20 per hour minimum wage for certified nursing assistants and $30 per hour for

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Uncategorized

Violent attacks against Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities must end now

  • April 7, 2021

SEIU members are standing together and sending our love, support and prayers to the victims and their families, as well as the entire Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in

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Labor-based coalition urges Lamont, lawmakers to tax wealthy to fund ‘people’s recovery’ from pandemic

  • January 4, 2021

A coalition of labor leaders, progressive legislators and other activists upped the pressure Monday on Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly to tax Connecticut’s wealthy to preserve vital services

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Connecticut

Press Release: Health Care Union Endorses COVID-19 Vaccination for Frontline Workers

  • December 15, 2020

Caregivers encouraged to take new vaccines in the ongoing fight to curb virus spread HARTFORD – The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, fully supports the implementation

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Union News

Press Release: Working People Rally To Demand That The Ultra Rich Pay Their Fair Share – 10.20.20

  • October 20, 2020

HARTFORD – A broad coalition of community, labor and faith organizations gathered today to demand the introduction of a “People’s Recovery” budget in Connecticut. In a rally held at the

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COVID-19

You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero – New Advertisement

  • June 8, 2020

Connecticut’s state workers are risking their lives in the front lines of novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, some politicians want to take away our wages to “balance the budget.” State unions have

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COVID-19

Desde Covid-19 hasta Responsabilidad Policiaca, Queremos Respirar

  • June 4, 2020

…George Floyd…Breonna Taylor…Ahmaud Arbery… Durante las últimas semanas hemos sido testigos una vez más de los asesinatos de personas afroamericanas de tal forma que nos recuerda los linchamientos de la

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COVID-19

A Minnesota death resonates in Connecticut: ‘A constant message that our lives don’t matter’

  • June 1, 2020

Of all the agonizing final moments of George Floyd’s life, as he gasped for air from beneath a police officer’s knee, the most painful for Barbara Sands was when he called for

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