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Community Programs (CT)

Group Home and Home Care Workers Rally for Living Wages and Benefits

  • May 27, 2021

“Home care, group home, and nursing home workers are the invisible backbone of the healthcare system. All three of these workforces make poverty wages, forcing caregivers to work two, three

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Uncategorized

Candlelight Vigil for Long-Term Care ‘Bill of Rights’ – 12.22.20

  • December 22, 2020

Nursing home workers, group home workers and personal care attendants who provide home care services for the elderly and people with disabilities will unite in a candlelight vigil to demand

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Connecticut

Support the Long-Term Care Workers’ Bill of Rights

  • July 10, 2020

Long-term caregivers keep fighting on the front lines to protect Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations. Nursing home workers, home care workers, group home workers and other caregivers in nontraditional settings have

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COVID-19

Remembering Long-Term Care Workers & Clients Fighting COVID-19

  • June 18, 2020

Join us at Bushnell Park’s North Hill by the State Capitol as we remember and honor thousands of long-term care workers and residents/clients affected by COVID-19. Too many nursing home

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Connecticut

DMHAS Workers Participate in Caravan to Protect Essential Mental Health Services during COVID-19 Pandemic

  • May 14, 2020

State mental health workers participated in a car caravan Thursday to express their concerns over the growing denial of care services at the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

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Connecticut

SEIU1199NE media coverage on COVID-19

  • March 13, 2020

The union, which represents 25,000 government and private-sector health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes, group homes and home care settings, raised a host of concerns at a press conference

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Workers Announce Strike Deadline Against Cassena Care due to Unfair Labor Practices

  • November 25, 2019

Union caregivers from District 1199NE, SEIU, sent their intent to strike notice to Cassena Care Norwalk, Stamford and New Britain with a strike deadline set for December 10, 2019, at

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Connecticut

1199 Press Conference – Protecting Connecticut’s Nursing Homes Threatened by Defunding

  • September 16, 2019

Monday, September 16th, the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, nursing home administrators, workers, residents, family members and policymakers held a press conference on protecting Connecticut’s nursing homes.

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Connecticut

Elder-Care Facilities’ Cut Funds

  • August 15, 2019

Thursday afternoon, Hamden Mayor Curt Leng, accompanied by state politicians, officials, staff, reps from Local 1199 SEIU, the New England health care employees union, and patients in wheelchairs gathered in

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Connecticut

Governor Lamont Signs Paid Family and Medical Leave Bill

  • June 25, 2019

Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation on Tuesday, June 25th that will establish an employee-funded family and medical leave program in Connecticut. 1199 Member and PCA, Kharlene Wonder gave a compelling

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