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SEBAC and the Lamont Administration have completed their discussions on pension re-amortization in accordance with the recently passed biennial budget … Continue reading UPDATE: Pension Re-Amortization Discussions – July 18th 2019
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A year has passed since lofty promises were made to repair the financially struggling and volatile health care system that … Continue reading One year after DOC took over inmate health care, troubles persist
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1199 Members, Many of you have seen news reports indicating that the recently passed state budget included $450 million in … Continue reading Neither 1199 nor SEBAC will be part of negotiating more sacrifices for state employees.
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Union officers and caregivers are working together with administrators from Genesis HealthCare to secure the jobs of approximately 2,000 caregivers … Continue reading District 1199 Joins Genesis HealthCare to Protect Nursing Homes in Connecticut’s Cities
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Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation on Tuesday, June 25th that will establish an employee-funded family and medical leave program in … Continue reading Governor Lamont Signs Paid Family and Medical Leave Bill
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Strike deadline remains in effect, pending contract settlements with nursing home owners Nursing home workers cheered a new funding proposal … Continue reading Nursing Home Workers Celebrate Gov. Lamont’s Medicaid Rate Increase
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Reaching safe staffing levels to provide basic inmate healthcare in Connecticut’s prisons would require hiring 253 additional caregivers. That is … Continue reading Healthcare Safe Staffing Task Force Recommends Adding 253 Frontline Positions to Meet Basic Needs of Inmate Care at DOC
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#STRIKE #CTNursingHomes More than 2,500 nursing home caregivers will be forced to walk out of their jobs on June 3rd … Continue reading Nursing home workers explain why more funding is important in this new advertisement!
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State nursing home workers deserve a modest raise Luke Bronin and Rob Baril Every day, over 1,300 Hartford residents go … Continue reading Mayor Luke Bronin writes in today’s Hartford Courant in support of raising wages for nursing home caregivers:
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