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		<title>Expand Services To Save Lives: Building a Robust &#038; Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2023/01/24/seiu-1199nes-2nd-annual-symposium-on-health-care-policy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Connecticut’s public health safety net is crumbling. Every day, people seeking medical attention, mental health support, and addiction recovery services &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2023/01/24/seiu-1199nes-2nd-annual-symposium-on-health-care-policy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Expand Services To Save Lives: Building a Robust &#038; Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Home Care Workers Rally For Wages, Benefits</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/09/24/home-care-workers-rally-for-wages-benefits/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At 65-years-old, Karlene Whonder works 55 hours a week as a home care worker in order to make sure she &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/09/24/home-care-workers-rally-for-wages-benefits/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Home Care Workers Rally For Wages, Benefits</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Home Care Workers Want Fair Pay, But Can’t Strike</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/06/21/home-care-workers-want-fair-pay-but-cant-strike/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Care]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than 10,000 home care workers represented by the New England Health Care Workers Union, SEIU District 1199 are waiting &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/06/21/home-care-workers-want-fair-pay-but-cant-strike/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Home Care Workers Want Fair Pay, But Can’t Strike</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Moms Are Caregivers : OP-ED from CT News Junkie</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/05/09/moms-are-caregivers-op-ed-from-ct-news-junkie/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 17:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Mother’s Day, my hope is that all mothers, but especially those of us who are caregivers to children with &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/05/09/moms-are-caregivers-op-ed-from-ct-news-junkie/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Moms Are Caregivers : OP-ED from CT News Junkie</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OP-ED from CT News Junkie &#8211; I AM A MAN</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/04/04/op-ed-from-ct-news-junkie-i-am-a-man/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sunday, April 4th, we will observe Easter, a Christian tradition celebrating the defeat of death and the hope for redemption. &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/04/04/op-ed-from-ct-news-junkie-i-am-a-man/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OP-ED from CT News Junkie &#8211; I AM A MAN</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Long-term Care Workers Rally For A Pay Increase, Bill of Rights</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/12/24/long-term-care-workers-rally-for-a-pay-increase-bill-of-rights/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, CT –&#160; Health care workers kept a safe distance from each other as they gathered on the north steps &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/12/24/long-term-care-workers-rally-for-a-pay-increase-bill-of-rights/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Long-term Care Workers Rally For A Pay Increase, Bill of Rights</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pandemic Creates New Challenges For Disabled</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/06/29/pandemic-creates-new-challenges-for-disabled/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Web Admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Picture being developmentally disabled, out of work, and trying to navigate the labyrinth of obtaining unemployment benefits that has frustrated &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/06/29/pandemic-creates-new-challenges-for-disabled/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Pandemic Creates New Challenges For Disabled</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>No Where To Hide From COVID-19 Behind Bars</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/06/15/no-where-to-hide-from-covid-19-behind-bars/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Web Admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[State residents may feel confined by social and work restrictions brought on by COVID-19, but for prisoners and workers in &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/06/15/no-where-to-hide-from-covid-19-behind-bars/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">No Where To Hide From COVID-19 Behind Bars</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Focuses on Nursing Home Workers</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/05/28/black-and-puerto-rican-caucus-focuses-on-nursing-home-workers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Web Admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 20:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Members of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus traveled the state Monday visiting nursing homes from Stamford to Hartford &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/05/28/black-and-puerto-rican-caucus-focuses-on-nursing-home-workers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Focuses on Nursing Home Workers</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Unease Increases Among Inmates, DOC Employees</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/05/26/unease-increases-among-inmates-doc-employees/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Web Admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 15:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Inmates in the state prison system are becoming increasingly aggressive toward staff due to the way the coronavirus pandemic is &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/05/26/unease-increases-among-inmates-doc-employees/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Unease Increases Among Inmates, DOC Employees</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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