Long Term Care

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, 2022April 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 the Union’s petition letter regarding adjustments to the state’s budget. Budget adjustments are needed now to ensure that the new union contracts establishing livable wages,

State Employees

Statement of SEBAC Leadership on Vaccine Mandate for Workers in State Hospitals and Long-term Care Facilities

September 23, 2021September 24, 2021

Healthcare, custodial and maintenance staff represented by unions in the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) are extremely concerned that the precarious staffing shortages that existed long before COVID-19 could be dangerously exacerbated by even a fractional reduction of this workforce if the COVID-19 vaccination requirement deadline set by Governor Ned Lamont’s Executive Order 13G

Long-Term Care Workers Unite in Civil Disobedience Demanding Fair Wages for PCAs

August 3, 2021August 6, 2021

Connecticut’s independent home care personal care attendants (PCAs) rallied at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford on Tuesday to demand a fair contract from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration. A group of participants engaged in peaceful civil disobedience at the gates of the residence with 15 trespassing tickets issued by the Hartford Police Department. “If Connecticut cares

OP-ED | Home Care Workers Call For Higher Pay, Benefits

August 2, 2021August 9, 2021

“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 that each personal care attendant (PCA), and those we care for, can live in dignity. We need Gov. Ned Lamont to fund our Long-Term Care

State Employees

Long-Term Care Workers Join SEBAC Press Conference for Fair Contracts with the State

July 13, 2021July 15, 2021

Connecticut’s independent home care workers will join SEBAC state workers in demand of a fair contract that lifts long-term care workers out of poverty. SEIU District 1199’s union contract with the State of Connecticut covers some 10,000 independent home care personal care attendants serving 6,000 people across the state. Today is the Service Employees International Union Day of

Home Care

Home Care Workers Want Fair Pay, But Can’t Strike

June 21, 2021June 22, 2021

More than 10,000 home care workers represented by the New England Health Care Workers Union, SEIU District 1199 are waiting for negotiations to resume this week with the state for increased pay, health care and a path to retirement. Negotiations with the state have gone nowhere, according to Diedre Murch, home care director and vice

Home Care

Long-Term Caregivers Rally for Racial and Economic Justice for Home Care Workers

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021

Long-term care union members of District 1199 New England, SEIU, will rally Thursday, June 17th at the Office of Policy and Management starting at 4:00 PM in demand of racial and economic justice and a fair contract with the state. Caregivers made significant gains during this legislative session to overcome poverty wages and benefits by

Community Programs (CT)

Union Group Home Workers Withdraw Strike Notices After $184-Million Agreement

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021

Group home workers withdrew notices for a strike due to begin Friday morning after agreeing on a $184-million state funding package for the next two years. Over 2,100 caregivers were due for a strike Friday at 6:00 AM in demand of livable wages and benefits, affordable health insurance and a path to retirement as enumerated

Community Programs (CT)

Group Home Caregivers Delay Strike in Hopes of New Union Contract

May 20, 2021May 21, 2021

Strike notices due this Friday for six group home agencies in Connecticut were withdrawn and reset with a new strike deadline of June 4th at 6:00 AM in hopes of reaching a new agreement. Union group home workers are encouraged by Governor Ned Lamont’s outreach to discuss improved funding for their long-term care services, setting

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Yale Law School Clinic and 1199NE Release Major Report on Nursing Home Working Conditions amid Potential Strike at 33 Facilities

May 10, 2021May 13, 2021

With a potential strike of 3,400 workers at 33 nursing homes pending this Friday, the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) of the Yale Law School and SEIU District 1199NE released a major new report detailing the experiences of nursing home workers throughout the pandemic. The report, titled “‘We Were Abandoned’: How Connecticut Failed

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