Hartford Courant – SEIU 1199 NE https://www.seiu1199ne.org Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:28:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://www.seiu1199ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1199NE-Favicon-Circle-Logo-120x116.png Hartford Courant – SEIU 1199 NE https://www.seiu1199ne.org 32 32 Opinion: A CT worker has two full-time jobs. Patients, students, and workforce deserve better. https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2024/09/01/opinion-a-ct-worker-has-two-full-time-jobs-patients-students-and-workforce-deserve-better/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=8371 Continue reading Opinion: A CT worker has two full-time jobs. Patients, students, and workforce deserve better.]]> OP-ED: “Donna Brooks: Connecticut lets down women in addiction recovery” https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2023/03/06/op-ed-donna-brooks-connecticut-lets-down-women-in-addiction-recovery/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 19:57:41 +0000 https://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=7372 Continue reading OP-ED: “Donna Brooks: Connecticut lets down women in addiction recovery”]]> ‘Robin David: Connecticut’s home care workers need better wages and benefits’ Hartford Courant: OP-ED https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/03/31/robin-david-connecticuts-home-care-workers-need-better-wages-and-benefits-hartford-courant-op-ed/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:35:03 +0000 http://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=6556 Continue reading ‘Robin David: Connecticut’s home care workers need better wages and benefits’ Hartford Courant: OP-ED]]> Op-Ed from the Hartford Courant: ‘When COVID-19 hit Connecticut’s nursing homes, we cared for your loved ones, but we got no love back’ https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/03/28/when-covid-19-hit-connecticuts-nursing-homes-we-cared-for-your-loved-ones-but-we-got-no-love-back/ Sun, 28 Mar 2021 14:06:45 +0000 http://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=5685 Continue reading Op-Ed from the Hartford Courant: ‘When COVID-19 hit Connecticut’s nursing homes, we cared for your loved ones, but we got no love back’]]> One dead in COVID-19 outbreak at Norwich nursing home; state says at least 15 people infected https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/08/21/one-dead-in-covid-19-outbreak-at-norwich-nursing-home-state-says-at-least-15-people-infected/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:21:43 +0000 http://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=4986 Continue reading One dead in COVID-19 outbreak at Norwich nursing home; state says at least 15 people infected]]> Gov. Ned Lamont will issue order making it easier for essential workers who contract COVID-19 to collect workers’ compensation https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/07/20/gov-ned-lamont-will-issue-order-making-it-easier-for-essential-workers-who-contract-covid-19-to-collect-workers-compensation/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:01:48 +0000 http://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=4882 Continue reading Gov. Ned Lamont will issue order making it easier for essential workers who contract COVID-19 to collect workers’ compensation]]> “Home care workers like me deserve a wage that provides dignity and respect” https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/07/01/home-care-workers-like-me-deserve-a-wage-that-provides-dignity-and-respect/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:22:21 +0000 http://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=4851 Continue reading “Home care workers like me deserve a wage that provides dignity and respect”]]> Thousands gather at state Capitol on Juneteenth; protesters confront Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin over defunding police https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/06/19/thousands-gather-at-state-capitol-on-juneteenth-protesters-confront-hartford-mayor-luke-bronin-over-defunding-police/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:56:28 +0000 http://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=4813 Continue reading Thousands gather at state Capitol on Juneteenth; protesters confront Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin over defunding police]]> Union representing nursing homes workers says state failed to protect workers and their patients https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/06/17/union-representing-nursing-homes-workers-says-state-failed-to-protect-workers-and-their-patients/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:20:57 +0000 http://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=4789 Continue reading Union representing nursing homes workers says state failed to protect workers and their patients]]> Even with expanding COVID-19 testing, DOC employees describe ‘a perfect storm’ within Connecticut prisons and jails https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2020/05/23/even-with-expanding-covid-19-testing-doc-employees-describe-a-perfect-storm-within-connecticut-prisons-and-jails/ Sat, 23 May 2020 14:44:56 +0000 http://www.seiu1199ne.org/?p=4731 Continue reading Even with expanding COVID-19 testing, DOC employees describe ‘a perfect storm’ within Connecticut prisons and jails]]>