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SEIU1199 NE President Rob Baril testifies at the General Assembly before the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus & Labor Committee in support of Paid Family Medical Leave and $15 minimum wage. Watch Rob’s testimony here: http://ct-n.com/ctnplayer.asp?odID=16037&jump=2%3A10%3A33 http://ct-n.com/ctnplayer.asp?odID=16037&jump=2%3A10%3A33
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Suffering from a declining workforce in recent years, Hartford Courant employees say they took steps on Monday to form a union. Journalists of the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper on Monday said they filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board and requested voluntary recognition from the Courant’s parent company,
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Labor leaders are calling on Governor Ned Lamont to keep tax hikes for the rich on the table as the legislature looks to solve Connecticut’s budget crisis. Asserting that Connecticut’s wealthiest residents can afford to pay more, a group of union and religious leaders and front-line workers asked lawmakers Monday to consider “alternatives to austerity,”
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A nursing home’s role is to care for its patients, not compromise their health. Yet, across Connecticut, a number of facilities have come up short in fulfilling this most basic function. Check out this session from WNPR regarding in-depth look at this issue.
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Below are various articles relevant to the State, 1199 and the work we do! Lamont Administration Begins To Take Shape https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20190102_lamont_administration_begins_to_take_shape1/ Governor-elect Ned Lamont stayed busy during the holidays last week filling out a number of key administrative appointments as he heads toward his Jan. 9 inauguration. Lamont names Bye to lead Office
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WNPR published a story regarding the various issues in Nursing Homes regarding staffing. “It isn’t often that DPH mandates staffing or requires nursing homes to hire consultants, but the order reflects a broader emerging problem affecting the care provided at many nursing homes: insufficient staffing levels and caregivers who lack training.” Read the full article
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Here is an article from the CT Mirror regarding policy transition committees as they report their preliminary findings and recommendations. “Schwartz noted that more than 2,000 developmentally disabled citizens are “mired” on controversial state waiting lists for those in need of residential placements…That waiting list is approximately one-third longer than it was about 15 years
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I write to you today, my union brothers and sisters, to announce my retirement as President of SEIU 1199 New England effective December 31, 2018. I have served over 40 years at 1199 – that’s 44 and a half years to be exact – and it has been a tremendous privilege to be involved in