Connecticut

Personal Care Attendants Engage in Civil Disobedience at the LOB to Denounce State’s Broken Promises on Health Insurance Stipend for Home Care Providers

March 1, 2023

On Wednesday, March 1st, in the Legislative Office Building, home care providers, Union leaders, and community partners rally and engage in civil disobedience to denounce the State of Connecticut’s failure to deliver on the health insurance stipend benefit won in our PCA Union contract. Over 1,500 of the state’s 11,000 independent waiver personal care attendants

Coalition Highlights Needed Investments in DOC to Create True “Second Chance Society”

February 24, 2023

Justice Reinvestment Coalition advocates held a press conference on Friday, February 24th, at 3:30 PM in Hearing Room 1D of the Legislative Office Building. Advocates and partners highlighted the Coalition’s funding proposals addressing the staffing crisis, improving medical attention, mental health supports, and reentry programs, while providing more oversight throughout DOC healthcare. The Coalition is

Long-Term Care Workers Hold Press Conference Demanding “$25 for 2025”

February 7, 2023

Long-term care workers – including group home workers, home care providers, and nursing home workers – held a press conference on Tuesday, February 7th in Hearing Room 1C of the Legislative Office Building. Workers demand “$25 for 2025”, and other protections that will lift Connecticut’s frontline caregivers out of poverty and improve services. In anticipation

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Expand Services to Save Lives: Building a Robust & Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut

January 26, 2023

Doctors, nurses and other direct caregivers providing services in state facilities joined fellow caregivers in the private sector and community organizations to call for major investments in public services in a statewide symposium. The New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU1199NE, released the “Expand Services to Save Lives” legislative agenda with partner organizations Recovery For

State Employees

Expand Services To Save Lives: Building a Robust & Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut

January 24, 2023

Connecticut’s public health safety net is crumbling. Every day, people seeking medical attention, mental health support, and addiction recovery services are turned away from receiving the care they need. Hundreds of frontline healthcare jobs at public state facilities remain vacant. The combination of direct care staffing shortages and lack of resources to navigate the system

Front Feature

Home Care Personal Care Attendants Honor MLK in Capitol Candlelight Vigil

January 13, 2023

In anticipation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s upcoming holiday commemorations, Connecticut home care workers honor his legacy with a candlelight vigil at the State Capitol today. Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) and allies continue fighting for Dr. King’s vision to ensure that all working people — Black, Latina, APII, white or Native American — can

Connecticut

Statement from President Rob Baril – Regarding the passing of State Representative Quentin “Q” Williams

January 5, 2023

“All of us at 1199 and the SEIU State Council are devastated to hear of the passing of our SEIU brother, State Representative Quentin “Q” Williams. Q was a fighter with clear, courageous commitment to racial and economic justice for all people. He grew up around 1199 members at CVH and in Middletown, and that was a

Connecticut

CMS Funding Approval for PCAs a Boost for Health Care and Paid Time Off

December 20, 2022

SEIU 1199NE has learned that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved federal funding for the home care Personal Care Attendant (PCA) contract in Connecticut. This approval marks the first time that PCAs will have access to a stipend to offset the cost of purchasing health insurance, which thousands of PCAs do not

Home Care

CT’s Funding Application for PCA Health Insurance Denied by CMS, Resubmitted

November 30, 2022

Thousands of home care workers are pleading for the State of Connecticut to fund their health insurance stipend and paid time off benefits, after learning that the state’s initial application for matching federal dollars was denied. State administrators from the Department of Social Services informed the Union that the federal funding application to the Centers

State Employees

PANDEMIC PAY UPDATE FOR SEBAC MEMBERS

October 5, 2022

SEBAC leadership continues to advocate for pandemic hero pay that will recognize our state members’ sacrifices throughout COVID-19 and the critical role they, like all front-line workers played, in getting all of us through the worst of the pandemic. After months of negotiations, today, coalition leaders have opted to enter into arbitration to ensure that

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Personal Care Attendants Engage in Civil Disobedience at the LOB to Denounce State’s Broken Promises on Health Insurance Stipend for Home Care Providers

Coalition Highlights Needed Investments in DOC to Create True “Second Chance Society”

Long-Term Care Workers Hold Press Conference Demanding “$25 for 2025”

Expand Services to Save Lives: Building a Robust & Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut

Expand Services To Save Lives: Building a Robust & Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut

Home Care Personal Care Attendants Honor MLK in Capitol Candlelight Vigil

Statement from President Rob Baril – Regarding the passing of State Representative Quentin “Q” Williams

CMS Funding Approval for PCAs a Boost for Health Care and Paid Time Off

CT’s Funding Application for PCA Health Insurance Denied by CMS, Resubmitted

PANDEMIC PAY UPDATE FOR SEBAC MEMBERS

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