Community Programs (CT)
On Tuesday, December 8, 2021, the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, reached an Agreement for a new contract for group home and day program workers at
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On Tuesday, November 16 at 1:00 PM, District 1199 New England celebrated National Apprenticeship Week at St. Joseph’s Center nursing home in Trumbull with the State of Connecticut Department of
Community Programs (CT)
On Thursday, November 11th, striking workers rallied at Sunrise Inc. in Hartford to mark the end of the first month of the strike in demand of livable wages, affordable health
Community Programs (CT)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2021, the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, reached an Agreement for a new contract for group home and day program workers at Sunrise
Home Care
Connecticut’s independent home care PCAs participated in a demonstration Thursday, September 23, at 210 Capitol Ave. at 4:00 PM. Workers, who are majority Black, Latina, and working-class women making $16.25
Community Programs (CT)
The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, delivered strike notices at group home agencies Whole Life and Network with a deadline to begin striking on October 5th
COVID-19
District 1199 New England is encouraging workers to get vaccinated against COVID since last December based on the advice and recommendation of experts. The vaccine is an essential tool to
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“As a union home care worker, I feel that our pain must be heard, our struggles understood, and that those in leadership must take all actions necessary to make sure
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Union nursing home workers at Icare facilities agreed to a new contract that sets a historic $20 per hour minimum wage for certified nursing assistants and $30 per hour for
Nursing Homes & Hospitals
Governor Ned Lamont’s economic proposal in a recent letter to the Union from OPM Secretary Melissa McCaw clearly falls short of the allocation of resources necessary to both lift nursing