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Health Care Frontline Staff to Rally at Capitol in Demand of Response and Action to District 1199’s Petition Letter Recently Delivered to Gov. Ned Lamont

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Union health care workers from the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held a rally at the Capitol in demand of an official response and corresponding action to the Union’s petition letter regarding adjustments to the state’s budget. Budget adjustments are needed now to ensure that the new union contracts establishing livable wages,

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Mental Health Workers at Sound Community Services Set to Strike For Three Days Starting Sunday at 6:00 AM

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022

Mental health workers employed by Sound Community Services are on strike in demand of increased wages, access to benefits, and improved staffing conditions that will allow them to provide quality care, while protecting themselves and their families. A separate strike deadline by union mental health workers is scheduled at Gilead Community Services in Middletown, starting

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Mental Healthcare Providers at Sound Community Services to Engage on the Weekend

April 19, 2022April 20, 2022

Union mental health workers employed by Sound Community Services will held an information picket in demand of increased wages, access to benefits, and improved staffing conditions that will allow them to provide quality care, while protecting themselves and their families. This information picket is in anticipation of a strike deadline set for Sunday, April 24

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Local Mental Healthcare Providers at Gilead, Sound Community Services Hold Strike Vote, Action Demanding Increased Wages, Benefits, Safety

March 18, 2022March 21, 2022

1199NE SEIU members who provide mental health services at two Connecticut facilities will hold a rally Friday to call on their employers to recognize their service and sacrifice, increase wages, provide affordable benefits and staffing that protects the safety of patients and providers alike. They will also demand legislators to approve an 8% increase in

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District 1199NE Reaches Tentative Agreement with Sunrise Northeast Inc. to End Strike

December 8, 2021December 9, 2021

On Tuesday, December 8, 2021, the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, reached an Agreement for a new contract for group home and day program workers at Sunrise Northeast, Inc. This Agreement, once ratified by the membership, will end the members’ two month strike. Sunrise operates 28 group home and day programs

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Frontline Workers Outraged as Sunrise Northeast Shuns Long-Standing Caregivers with Threat of Permanent Replacements

December 2, 2021December 10, 2021

Striking workers rallied Thursday at Sunrise Northeast as the group home and day program provider continues to deny workers a fair contract after more than a month on strike, and now the Florida agency has threatened caregivers with permanent replacements due to their union activities. Direct support caregivers began striking on October 12 after Sunrise

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Caregivers Ready to Strike Tuesday at Sunrise Group Home and Day Programs

October 11, 2021October 22, 2021

Frontline caregivers are set to go on strike Tuesday, October 12, at 6:00AM, at all Sunrise Inc. facilities in Connecticut in demand of livable wages, affordable health insurance and a pension for a workforce that is majority Black, Latina and working-class white women making poverty wages. Sunrise operates 28 group home and day programs serving

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District 1199 NE Settles Historic Contract with Network Inc. to Avert Strike

September 29, 2021October 11, 2021

The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, settled on a new contract for group home and day program workers at Network Inc. on Wednesday, cancelling the October 5th strike notification of 300-plus union members at the agency. Network Inc. is the first community programs agency (group home and day program providers) to

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Union Workers Deliver Strike Notice at Two Group Home Agencies

September 21, 2021September 27, 2021

The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, delivered strike notices at group home agencies Whole Life and Network with a deadline to begin striking on October 5th at 6:00 AM. Combined, the two agencies cover some 70 locations across the state with more than 500 union workers going on strike for new

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Union Group Home Workers Withdraw Strike Notices After $184-Million Agreement

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021

Group home workers withdrew notices for a strike due to begin Friday morning after agreeing on a $184-million state funding package for the next two years. Over 2,100 caregivers were due for a strike Friday at 6:00 AM in demand of livable wages and benefits, affordable health insurance and a path to retirement as enumerated

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Mental Healthcare Providers at Sound Community Services to Engage on the Weekend

Local Mental Healthcare Providers at Gilead, Sound Community Services Hold Strike Vote, Action Demanding Increased Wages, Benefits, Safety

District 1199NE Reaches Tentative Agreement with Sunrise Northeast Inc. to End Strike

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