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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

March 1, 2023March 7, 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

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

January 24, 2023February 16, 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

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Home Care Personal Care Attendants Honor MLK in Capitol Candlelight Vigil

January 13, 2023January 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

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CMS Aprueba Fondos para Mejorar Condiciones de PCAs y Cuido Doméstico

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

SEIU 1199NE recibió información de que los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS) aprobaron los fondos federales necesarios para el contracto de Asistentes Domésticos Personales (PCA) en Connecticut. Esta aprobación permitirá, por primera vez, que las personas que trabajan de PCA puedan recibir un estipendio para suplementar los gastos de seguro médico. Actualmente,

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

December 20, 2022December 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

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

November 30, 2022December 5, 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

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SEIU 1199NE Bus Drivers, Monitors, and Aides Reach Tentative Contract Agreement with First Student

November 1, 2022November 7, 2022

Today, SEIU 1199 New England bus drivers, monitors and aides announced a tentative contract agreement with their employer, First Student, thereby averting an open strike planned for November 2 at 5:30AM. Workers announced the intent to strike after contract negotiations stalled after the 275 employees who work in the Lincoln, West Warwick and Cranston bus

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As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action

September 18, 2022September 19, 2022

On Saturday, September 17th SEIU 1199NE nursing home caregivers gathered for a press conference at Hamden High School, to raise awareness on the critically short-staffed nursing home conditions, followed by a day of canvassing in Hamden, because long-term care funding and high-quality standards are established by the people we elect to office. “Certified nursing assistants are

Connecticut

Solnit Children’s Center In Urgent Need of Staff as Acute Units Remain Closed

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

Children and families in urgent need of support are waiting to receive mental health care at top state facilities like the Solnit Children’s Center in Middletown. SEIU District 1199 New England is calling on Gov. Ned Lamont to take immediate action by staffing all critical health care and mental health and addiction services to save

Connecticut

Connecticut Must Staff and Expand Critical Health Care Services to Save Lives!

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022

Staffing critical health care services makes all the difference in saving lives. Right now, children in urgent need of support| are waiting to receive mental health care at top facilities like the Solnit Children’s Center. Connecticut must hire the frontline nurses and all other indispensable health care providers to ensure we reopen every unit available

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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

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

CMS Aprueba Fondos para Mejorar Condiciones de PCAs y Cuido Doméstico

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

SEIU 1199NE Bus Drivers, Monitors, and Aides Reach Tentative Contract Agreement with First Student

As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action

Solnit Children’s Center In Urgent Need of Staff as Acute Units Remain Closed

Connecticut Must Staff and Expand Critical Health Care Services to Save Lives!

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