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Community Programs (CT)

Union Strike Ends with Two-Year Contracts, but Struggle to End Poverty Continues

  • June 15, 2023

Group home and day program members of the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, agreed to new contracts at six agencies in recent days, ending a weekslong strike

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Community Programs (CT)

Union Strike Continues as Caregivers Undergo Negotiations for New Contracts

  • June 12, 2023

Please see the quote below for SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s statement on the state budget. “Union group home and day program caregivers will continue striking until we settle contracts

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Press Releases

Strike Continues with Group Home and Day Program Caregivers Revival Rally at Emanuel Lutheran Church, Followed by March to State Capitol

  • June 5, 2023

Striking group home and day program caregivers and allies rallied for a moral budget that ends poverty for long-term care workers and expands lifesaving services at Emanuel Lutheran Church, followed

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Community Programs (CT)

Long-Term Caregivers Will Hold Press Conference Tuesday as Strike to End Poverty for Group Home and Day Program Workers Approaches

  • May 24, 2023

On Tuesday, May 23 at 12:00 PM, group home and day program caregivers held a press conference as 1,700+ members of SEIU 1199 New England are heading into an indefinite

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Community Programs (CT)

Care Providers for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Set to Strike on May 24 to End Poverty for Group Home Workers

  • May 16, 2023

More than 1,700 group home care providers across the state are set to strike on Wednesday, May 24 at 6:00 AM, in demand of living wages, affordable health insurance, and

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Featured Post

Long-Term Care Workers Rally at Legislative Office Building to End Poverty for Caregivers

  • April 19, 2023

Long-term care workers rallied outside the Legislative Office Building in demand of a $25/hr minimum wage for group home, home care and nursing home workers, affordable health insurance, paid time

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Featured Post

Health Care Frontline Staff to Rally at Capitol in Demand of Response and Action to District 1199’s Petition Letter Recently Delivered to Gov. Ned Lamont

  • April 28, 2022

Union health care workers from the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held a rally at the Capitol in demand of an official response and corresponding action to

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Connecticut

Health Care Frontline Staff Rally at Capitol and Deliver Petition Letter about the Budget to Gov. Ned Lamont

  • April 26, 2022

Union health care workers from the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held an info picket at the Capitol and then hand deliver a petition letter from our

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Community Programs (CT)

Mental Health Workers at Sound Community Services Set to Strike For Three Days Starting Sunday at 6:00 AM

  • April 24, 2022

Mental health workers employed by Sound Community Services are on strike in demand of increased wages, access to benefits, and improved staffing conditions that will allow them to provide quality

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Community Programs (CT)

Frontline Workers Outraged as Sunrise Northeast Shuns Long-Standing Caregivers with Threat of Permanent Replacements

  • December 2, 2021

Striking workers rallied Thursday at Sunrise Northeast as the group home and day program provider continues to deny workers a fair contract after more than a month on strike, and

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