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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)

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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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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Long Term Care

Speaker Ritter in Town Hall with Long-Term Caregivers to Share Stories and Call for Living Wages

  • April 6, 2023

Group home staff, nursing home workers, and home care attendants held a Town Hall on Thursday with Connecticut’s Speaker of the House Matt Ritter, expressing their urgent demand for the

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Long-Term Care Workers Hold Press Conference Demanding “$25 for 2025”

  • February 7, 2023

Long-term care workers – including group home workers, home care providers, and nursing home workers – held a press conference on Tuesday, February 7th in Hearing Room 1C of the

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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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State Employees

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

  • September 23, 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

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

  • August 3, 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

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

  • August 2, 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

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