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SUMMARY:2nd Congressional In-District Meeting
DESCRIPTION:2nd Congressional In-District Meeting
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/congressional-in-district-meeting-4/
LOCATION:Otis Library\, 261 Main Street\, Norwich\, 06360
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180616T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180616T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T180308Z
UID:3274-1529157600-1529164800@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:4th Congressional In-District Meeting
DESCRIPTION:4th Congressional In-District Meeting
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/congressional-in-district-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Stamford (TBD)
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180616T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180616T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180508T180126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T180126Z
UID:3272-1529143200-1529150400@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:3rd Congressional In-District Meeting
DESCRIPTION:3rd Congressional In-District Meeting
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/congressional-in-district-meeting-2/
LOCATION:New Haven (TBD)
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180613T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180613T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180508T174621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T174621Z
UID:3270-1528911000-1528916400@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:1st Congressional In-District Meeting
DESCRIPTION:1st Congressional In-District Meeting
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/congressional-in-district-meeting/
LOCATION:TBD\, United States
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180612T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180612T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180508T183420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T183420Z
UID:3281-1528828200-1528835400@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:1199 Training & Upgrading Fund Graduation Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the graduation of Health Care Workers from their programs of study and honoring 1199 members who have used the Training Fund in 2017-2018.  \nHors d’ oeuvres: 5:30pm; Program: 6:30 – 8:30 \nPlease RSVP by Tuesday\, June 5th with the Training Fund Office at (860) 251-6060 or toll-free at 1-866-233-1199.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/1199-training-upgrading-fund-graduation-celebration/
LOCATION:Holiday Inn -East Hartford\, 100 East River Drive\, East Hartford\, CT\, 06108\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180524T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180524T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180508T181258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T181258Z
UID:3280-1527183000-1527188400@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:"My Open Heart: Essays & Stories by 1199 Members" - Book Release Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The 1199 Training & Upgrading Fund and Hardball Press invite you to join us for the book release celebration of ‘My Open Heart’. Refreshments will be served. Books will be available for sale. Please RSVP by Friday\, May 18th with the Training Fund Office at (860) 251-6060 or toll-free at 1-866-233-1199.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/my-open-heart-essays-stories-by-1199-members-book-release-celebration/
LOCATION:1199 Office\, 77 Huyshope Ave.\, Hartford\, 06106
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180516T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180516T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180508T174246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T174246Z
UID:3268-1526491800-1526497200@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:2nd Congressional In-District Meetings
DESCRIPTION:2nd Congressional In-District Meeting
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/congressional-in-district-meetings/
LOCATION:Otis Library\, 261 Main Street\, Norwich\, 06360
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180222T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180222T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180223T034543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180223T034543Z
UID:3175-1519297200-1519300800@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Lobby Date and Rally - March 14th\, 2018
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday\, March 14th at the State Capitol for a Lobby Day and Rally as we fight to win better wages and benefits. \nThe Rally is from 11:00am – 12:30pm; lobbying will follow at 12:30 SHARP \nClick Here To RSVP Here Today! \n  \n 
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/lobby-date-and-rally-march-14th-2018/
LOCATION:CT
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180216T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180216T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180213T211424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180213T211424Z
UID:3171-1518796800-1518796800@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Public Appropriations Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Appropriations Committee has the power to either fund our services or enact deeper cuts that will harm our clients. \nHelp show support for proper funding for our agencies at the public hearing on February 16th. \nThe Commissioner of DDS will speak at 10 am and the Commissioner of DHMAS at 11 am. \nPublic testimony begins at 4 pm.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/public-appropriations-hearing/
LOCATION:Legislative Office Building\, 300 Capitol Ave.\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180131T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180131T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180116T203521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180116T203521Z
UID:3124-1517418000-1517425200@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Coalition of Black Trade Unionist in the Labor Movement Informational & Revitalization Drive
DESCRIPTION:All Union Brothers and Sisters are Invited! \nRSVP by January 30th 2018 to: \nIvonne Hamm -1st V.P. UHP Local 3837 \nOR \nKathy Cooper – CBTU CT Chapter President \n  \n\nCBTU is a non-partisan organization\nDoes not endorse candidates\nDoes support issues that impact our members and communities\nOffers: Trainings and Scholarships\nServes as a bridge between community/religious organizations and the local labor movement\nInvlolved internationally speaking out for worker rights\nMembership is strictly voluntary; all active and retired members of bonafide unions can join CBTU\n\n 
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/coalition-of-black-trade-unionist-in-the-labor-movement-informational-revitalization-drive/
LOCATION:University Health Professionals Local 3837\, 270 Farmington Ave. Suite 174\, Farmington\, CT\, 06032\, United States
CATEGORIES:Connecticut,Politics (CT)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180120T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180120T153000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180116T202054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180116T202054Z
UID:3123-1516451400-1516462200@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Women's March 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Connecticut chapter of the Women’s March will be joined by partners\, artists and activists to celebrate one year of resistance and to launch the collective 2018 Women’s March agenda. \nAn event is scheduled for Saturday\, January 20th\, from 12:30 to 3 pm\, with a march beginning at 12:30 from the north side of the Corning Fountain at Hartford’s Bushnell Park\, 30 Arbor Street\, to arrive at the Capitol at 1 pm for a rally. \nThis anniversary event will also support a national voter registration and mobilization tour targeting swing states to register new voters\, engage impacted communities\, harness the collective energy to advocate for policies and candidates that reflect our values\, and collaborate with our partners to elect more women and progressives candidates to office. \nThe CT Women’s March will #MarchOnThePolls with Women’s March chapters throughout the nation to take concrete\, coordinated actions to impact elections at the federal\, state\, and local level. Other anniversary marches and events are being planned across the nation. See http://www.powertothepolls.com/anniversary.html \nRSVP for the Women’s march here! \nKeep updated with the Women’s March on Facebook and Twitter!
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/womens-march-2018/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Connecticut,Politics (CT)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180116T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20180116T204548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180116T204548Z
UID:3128-1516089600-1516122000@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:ZERO WEEKS: A film by Ky Dickens
DESCRIPTION:‘Popcorn & Paid Leave’ presents\,  “Zero Weeks”\, a film that explores America’s paid leave crisis. Following Workers who are forced to choose between keeping their job or being with a new baby\, beating cancer\, or tending to an aging parent\, the film makes an economic\, medical\, business and social case for paid family and medical leave. \n\n  \nWEST HAVEN 1-18-18 \n5:30 -8:00pm \nOra Mason Library \n260 Benham Hill Road \nWest Haven\, CT \n\n  \nNORWALK 1-25-18 \n5:30 – 8:00pm \nFairfield County’s Community Foundation \n40 Richards Avenue \nNorwalk\, CT \n\nWATERBURY 1-23-18 \n5:30 – 7:30pm \nThe Silas Bronson Library \n267 Grand Street \nWaterbury\, CT \n  \nStay in the know! Visit www.paidfamilyleavect.org \n 
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/zero-weeks-a-film-by-ky-dickens/
LOCATION:CT
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171118T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171118T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20171011T182734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171011T182734Z
UID:3069-1511013600-1511024400@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Meet and Greet / Book Signing with Jonathan Rosenblum
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome Jonathan Rosenblum\, author of “Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers\, Faith Activists\, and the Revival of the Labor Movement” for a Meet & Greet/Book Signing! \n \nAbout the Author: \n \nJonathan Rosenblum has been a labor\, community\, and faith organizer for more than thirty years\, playing key roles including SeaTac Airport campaign director. His writing has been featured in Tikkun\, In These Times\, and Yes! Magazine. He lives in Seattle\, WA. \nBeyond $15: Immigrant Workers\, Faith Activists\, and the Revival of the Labor Movement\nJonathan Rosenblum\nMarch 14th\, 2017\nPaperback\n$16.00\nISBN: 978-080709812-7/ E-pub: 978-080709809-7 \nSee the flyer here!
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/meet-and-greet-book-signing-with-jonathan-rosenblum/
LOCATION:1199 Office\, 77 Huyshope Ave.\, Hartford\, 06106
CATEGORIES:Connecticut,State Employees
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130612T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130612T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20130508T192437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130508T192437Z
UID:2342-1371060000-1371067200@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Connecticut Delegates' Assembly
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/connecticut-delegates-assembly/
LOCATION:Hartford Plaza Hotel\, 100 East River Drive\, East Hartford\, CT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130612T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130612T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20130508T192525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130508T192525Z
UID:2338-1371034800-1371042000@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Connecticut Delegates' Assembly
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/connecticut-delegates-assembly-2/
LOCATION:Hartford Plaza Hotel\, 100 East River Drive\, East Hartford\, CT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121226
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T203721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T203721Z
UID:531-1356393600-1356479940@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Christmas Day
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-christmas-day/
LOCATION:CT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121123
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T203501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T203501Z
UID:529-1353542400-1353628740@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Thanksgiving Day
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-thanksgiving-day/
LOCATION:CT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121113
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T203355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T203355Z
UID:527-1352678400-1352764740@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Veterans Day
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-veterans-day/
LOCATION:CT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121107
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T203252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T203252Z
UID:525-1352160000-1352246340@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Presidential Election Day
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-presidential-election-day/
LOCATION:CT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120927
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T203146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T203146Z
UID:523-1348617600-1348703940@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Yom Kippur
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-yom-kippur/
LOCATION:CT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120904
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T203051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T203051Z
UID:521-1346630400-1346716740@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Labor Day
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-labor-day/
LOCATION:CT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120704
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120705
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T202744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T202744Z
UID:519-1341360000-1341446340@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Independence Day
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-independence-day/
LOCATION:CT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120620
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20120612T173714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120612T173714Z
UID:1639-1340064000-1340150340@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Statewide Delegate Assembly - RI
DESCRIPTION:The next state-wide Delegates Assembly will take place on Tuesday\, June 19th\, 2012 at 6pm the Cranston Portuguese Club\, 20 2nd Ave.\, Cranston\, RI. \nPlease RSVP by clicking here! \nFor more information\, call your Organizer at 401-457-5099.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/statewide-delegate-assembly-ri/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, 20 2nd Ave.\, Cranston\, 02910
CATEGORIES:Community Programs,Hospitals,Nursing Homes,Rhode Island,RI Politics,Social Services
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120614
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
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;VALUE=DATE:20120612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120613
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20120605T221042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120605T221042Z
UID:1623-1339459200-1339545540@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Training & Upgrading Fund Graduation and Silver Jubilee Celebration
DESCRIPTION:This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the 1199 Training Fund!  All 1199 members are invited to join in our Silver Jubilee Celebration as we honor our 2012 graduates. \nPlease join us on Tuesday\, June 12 at the Polish National Home\, 60 Charter Oak Ave.\, Hartford\, CT beginning at 5:30pm with Hors D’oeuvres.  The Program will run from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. \nPLEASE RSVP by calling the Training Fund office at (860) 251-6060. \nFor a flyer about the event\, click here.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/training-upgrading-fund-graduation-and-silver-jubilee-celebration/
LOCATION:Polish National Home\, 60 Charter Oak Ave.\, Hartford\, 06106
CATEGORIES:Connecticut
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120529
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T202606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T202606Z
UID:517-1338163200-1338249540@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Memorial Day
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-memorial-day/
LOCATION:CT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120419T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120419T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
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/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Community Programs (CT),Connecticut,State Employees
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120419T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120419T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
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/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Community Programs (CT),Connecticut,State Employees
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120410T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120410T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120407
DTSTAMP:20260416T063201
CREATED:20111202T202507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T202507Z
UID:515-1333670400-1333756740@www.seiu1199ne.org
SUMMARY:Office Closed - Good Friday
DESCRIPTION:All 1199 offices are closed today.
URL:https://www.seiu1199ne.org/event/office-closed-good-friday/
LOCATION:CT
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