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Connecticut

New – On Time, Every Time Campaign Video

  • October 7, 2019

SEIU Local 1199NE represents some 10,000 independent provider home care workers in Connecticut. While the workers aren’t pulbic employees, they are paid exclusively by public funds. Two fiscal intermediaries are

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Front Feature

My Turn: Patrick J. Quinn: Don’t fall for Lifespan’s tricks

  • May 31, 2019

Women & Infants and Butler Hospitals, along with other affiliates that make up Care New England, have been vital parts of the Rhode Island community for generations. As the executive

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Connecticut

Gov. Ned Lamont signs bill that incrementally increases Connecticut’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023

  • May 27, 2019

SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril opened the ceremony in which Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill that will raise Connecticut’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023. The current

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Connecticut

Nursing Home Strike Withdrawn Upon Contract Agreement with iCare

  • May 24, 2019

Negotiations will continue with 16 remaining nursing homes without contracts. Over 1,000 caregivers reached an agreement for a new contract with iCare facilities on Friday to avert a strike in

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Connecticut

Healthcare Safe Staffing Task Force Recommends Adding 253 Frontline Positions to Meet Basic Needs of Inmate Care at DOC

  • May 16, 2019

Reaching safe staffing levels to provide basic inmate healthcare in Connecticut’s prisons would require hiring 253 additional caregivers. That is the recommendation conveyed Thursday by a task force constituted by

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Connecticut

SEIU 1199 Nursing Home Workers Set New Strike Deadline

  • May 9, 2019

Nursing home caregivers represented by the New England Health Care Employees Union,District 1199 SEIU, voted in favor of a new strike deadline in 20 facilities, effective June 3rd. Workers are

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Connecticut

Trump Administration Targets Home Care Workforce with Racist CMS Rule Change

  • May 2, 2019

HARTFORD – Today, as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing attack against working people and Medicaid, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a rule that denies more

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Connecticut

UPDATE: Nursing Home Workers’ Strike

  • April 30, 2019

Nursing home workers and SEIU 1199 New England leadership will hold a press conference on Wednesday, May 1st at 4:00 PM in Room 1D at the LOB to provide updates

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