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1199 PCAs at the Capitol 3.10.22 Connecticut

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

  • December 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

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Home Care

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

  • November 30, 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

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Home Care

Home Care Workers Win Paid Time Off and Health Insurance Funding for the First Time in Newly Ratified 1199 Union Contract

  • April 20, 2022

Union home care workers presented the newly ratified 1199 Personal Care Attendants contract with the State of Connecticut on Wednesday, including wage increases up to $18.25 per hour in January,

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Connecticut Home Care Providers, Healthcare Workers Applaud Governor Lamont’s Pledge to Support Living Wages, Benefits, Fill State Healthcare Jobs

  • April 1, 2022

1199NE SEIU members and leaders announced Friday a step forward in their campaign to transform Connecticut’s state-funded home care jobs into good jobs. Governor Lamont sat down with 1199NE leaders

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Home Care

‘Robin David: Connecticut’s home care workers need better wages and benefits’ Hartford Courant: OP-ED

  • March 31, 2022

Some nights I drive along Route 8 in Naugatuck close to midnight, headed to my client’s house. My job is to help Mr. West, who is elderly, live at home

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Connecticut Home Care Providers Announce Meeting with Governor on Jobs with Liveable Wages, Health Insurance

  • March 10, 2022

Local home care providers with 1199NE SEIU shared an update today in their campaign to turn State-funded home care jobs into good jobs with health care, paid sick days, retirement,

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Home Care Providers Arrested at Capitol as We Call on State to Provide Health Insurance, Living Wages, Paid Sick Days

  • February 17, 2022

Home care providers with SEIU 1199NE, supported by community and elected leaders including Reverend Josh Pawelek, shut down the intersection of Capitol Ave, Trinity St., Washington St., and Lafayette St.

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Home Care

PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS FACE A CRISIS; GOVERNOR LAMONT MUST SUPPORT NEW CONTRACT WITH SICK LEAVE, AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND RETIREMENT SECURITY

  • February 3, 2022

This afternoon, February 2nd at 3pm, Personal Care Attendants (or PCAs) were joined bylegislators and labor leaders to discuss the challenging, even desperate, conditions for homecare workers who take care

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Home care workers without health care visit the Governor’s mansion in Greenwich

  • December 9, 2021

Greenwich is home to the four most expensive zip codes in Connecticut. Ned Lamont’s mansion is in one of them. This holiday season home care workers, mostly Black, Brown and

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Home Care

Halloween Horror Stories at the Governor’s Mansion with Home Care Workers and Allies

  • October 28, 2021

This Halloween PCAs want to let the neighborhood know that it’s scary how the State of Connecticut tricks and treats home care services! Home care workers, also known as personal

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