Nursing Homes & Hospitals
“Nursing home caregivers have sacrificed everything during the coronavirus pandemic, including paying with their own lives and the lives of … Continue reading SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s Statement on Updated Nursing Home COVID Fatality Data by DPH
Nursing Homes & Hospitals
We are pleased to announce that SEIU 1199 NE Members along with Management at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation have reached … Continue reading Union Reaches Tentative Agreement at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation
Home Care
Union home care workers presented the newly ratified 1199 Personal Care Attendants contract with the State of Connecticut on Wednesday, … Continue reading Home Care Workers Win Paid Time Off and Health Insurance Funding for the First Time in Newly Ratified 1199 Union Contract
Connecticut
District 1199 New England union member and New Britain resident Anne Barden will be participating in a livestream media briefing … Continue reading 1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing
Home Care
Jordan DeAngelo tested positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 23, one week before paid time off for pandemic-related illnesses for personal … Continue reading Home Care Workers Lose Paid COVID Sick Time
State Employees
Healthcare, custodial and maintenance staff represented by unions in the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) are extremely concerned that … Continue reading Statement of SEBAC Leadership on Vaccine Mandate for Workers in State Hospitals and Long-term Care Facilities
COVID-19
District 1199 New England is encouraging workers to get vaccinated against COVID since last December based on the advice and … Continue reading Statement on requirement for employees of long-term care facilities to receive COVID-19 vaccinations
Connecticut
One hundred and forty days have passed since Denitra Pearson lost her job caring for the elderly in their homes. … Continue reading ‘CT’s Uneven Recovery’ – Poor people are still suffering from economic downturn brought by COVID
Connecticut
I’m not an old person. I’m 48 years old. But there are days when I get up and I just … Continue reading Op-Ed from the Hartford Courant: ‘When COVID-19 hit Connecticut’s nursing homes, we cared for your loved ones, but we got no love back’
Connecticut
Grace Davis was born during the Spanish flu and outlived two husbands. At 101 years old, she was still going … Continue reading The clouds are starting to open:’ Residents and staff remember hardship, contemplate future one year after COVID hit Connecticut’s nursing homes
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