BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SEIU 1199 NE - ECPv6.15.0.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:SEIU 1199 NE X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SEIU 1199 NE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20120101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120614 DTSTAMP:20260416T113318 CREATED:20120612T170654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120612T170654Z UID:1578-1339545600-1339631940@www.seiu1199ne.org SUMMARY:Statewide Delegate Assembly - CT DESCRIPTION:The next state-wide Delegates Assembly will take place on Wednesday\, June 13th\, 2012 at 11am and 6pm the Hartford Plaza Hotel\, 100 East River Drive\, East Hartford (formerly the Sheraton East Hartford). \nPlease RSVP by clicking here! \nFor more information\, call your Organizer at 860-549-1199 or toll-free to 800-922-1768. URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/statewide-delegate-assembly-ct/ LOCATION:Hartford Plaza Hotel\, 100 East River Dr.\, East Hartford\, 06108 CATEGORIES:Community Programs (CT),Connecticut,Home Care,Nursing Homes & Hospitals,Politics (CT),State Employees END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120419T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120419T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T113318 CREATED:20120416T230105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120416T230105Z UID:1550-1334858400-1334865600@www.seiu1199ne.org SUMMARY:DDS 1199 Delegates Assembly - 6pm DESCRIPTION:Department of Developmental Services 1199 delegates are meeting on Thursday\, April 19 at 11am and at 6pm to create an alternative vision of a just and decent system for supporting Connecticut residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and plan a fight-back against the DDS Commissioner’s plan that would essentially dismantle DDS services in five years. \nCall your organizer at (860) 251-6000 for meeting location information! \nThe Commissioner states that “legacy services are no longer sustainable.” What that means is no guarantee for people with intellectual and development disabilities and their families to birth to three services\, residential placements\, respite programs\, day programs\, or competitive employment. In the Commissioner’s plan “community integration” is nothing more than individuals and families fending for themselves with minimal support. He is telling parents that they will have no alternative but to support their child at home for the rest of their lives.  But we know the people that we support need a variety of settings and a broad array of services. \nThe department has already closed and plans to close dozens of residential placements without any regard to the 547 “priority” individuals and families who need services right now.  Of the 7500 people who receive DDS services in CT\, only 1500 get their services directly from the state — and under the Commissioner’s plan\, that number would be reduced to 25.  This plan would destroy all public jobs\, and transform private sector DD standards to one notch above poverty –as if caregivers and our families somehow don’t need or deserve a decent standard of living. \nWe must unite with private sector DDS workers and reach out to families — particularly those with young children who are the future of the system — to create a vision of a just\, decent system\, and together forge a plan to fight for it.  Join us! URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/dds-delegates-assembly/ CATEGORIES:Community Programs (CT),Connecticut,State Employees END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120419T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120419T130000 DTSTAMP:20260416T113318 CREATED:20120416T225849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120416T225849Z UID:1547-1334833200-1334840400@www.seiu1199ne.org SUMMARY:DDS 1199 Delegates Assembly - 11am DESCRIPTION:Department of Developmental Services 1199 delegates are meeting on Thursday\, April 19 at 11am and at 6pm to create an alternative vision of a just and decent system for supporting Connecticut residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and plan a fight-back against the DDS Commissioner’s plan that would essentially dismantle DDS services in five years. \nCall your organizer at (860) 251-6000 for meeting location information! \nThe Commissioner states that “legacy services are no longer sustainable.” What that means is no guarantee for people with intellectual and development disabilities and their families to birth to three services\, residential placements\, respite programs\, day programs\, or competitive employment. In the Commissioner’s plan “community integration” is nothing more than individuals and families fending for themselves with minimal support.  He is telling parents that they will have no alternative but to support their child at home for the rest of their lives.  But we know the people that we support need a variety of settings and a broad array of services. \nThe department has already closed and plans to close dozens of residential placements without any regard to the 547 “priority” individuals and families who need services right now.  Of the 7500 people who receive DDS services in CT\, only 1500 get their services directly from the state — and under the Commissioner’s plan\, that number would be reduced to 25.  This plan would destroy all public jobs\, and transform private sector DD standards to one notch above poverty –as if caregivers and our families somehow don’t need or deserve a decent standard of living. \nWe must unite with private sector DDS workers and reach out to families — particularly those with young children who are the future of the system — to create a vision of a just\, decent system\, and together forge a plan to fight for it.  Join us! URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/dds-1199-delegates-assembly/ CATEGORIES:Community Programs (CT),Connecticut,State Employees END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120410T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120410T120000 DTSTAMP:20260416T113318 CREATED:20120319T210330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120319T210330Z UID:1334-1334052000-1334059200@www.seiu1199ne.org SUMMARY:Public Forum: the Crisis Facing Connecticut's Community Program Workers DESCRIPTION:As direct care workers in Connecticut’s group homes and not-for-profit agencies\, we are overworked and underpaid.  The State of Connecticut has not provided a Cost of Living Increase in over 4 years\, while the cost of our medical benefits has increased each year.  We can’t take the crunch any more and we are suffering. \nBut thanks to the over 50 Union members who came to the 1199 Union office on December 13\, 2011 to meet with Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Labor\, Glenn Marshall\, the Governor decided to put a 1 % increase\, effective January 2013\, iton his State budget proposal for not-for-profit agencies like ours.  It’s not enough and it’s not soon enough\, but it’s a start.  We have to keep pushing for real improvements. \nThat’s why on Tuesday\, April 10th\, we need you join us as we educate our state legislators about the crisis in our field at a forum at the Legislative Office Building that is sponsored by the Co-Chairs of the Public Health Committee. Click here for a printable flyer with the details of the event. \nHealth care workers can no longer afford medical coverage for ourselves or our children\, and we can no longer make ends meet.  We need to fill the hearing room with group home & not-for-profit agency workers\, to show our elected leaders that we can’t take being underpaid\, overworked\, and without medical benefits any longer. \nYour presence makes our voice stronger – BE THERE to on April 10th for ourselves\, our clients & our families! URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/public-forum-the-crisis-facing-community-program-workers/ LOCATION:Legislative Office Building\, 300 Capitol Ave.\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Programs (CT),Connecticut END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR