Connecticut
Union health care workers from the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held an info picket at the Capitol and then hand deliver a petition letter from our rank-and file executive board members to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office. What: Info picket and delivery of petition letter to fund long-term care service so that
Community Programs (CT)
Mental health workers employed by Sound Community Services are on strike in demand of increased wages, access to benefits, and improved staffing conditions that will allow them to provide quality care, while protecting themselves and their families. A separate strike deadline by union mental health workers is scheduled at Gilead Community Services in Middletown, starting
Community Programs
On Tuesday, April 19th from 3:45 to 5:15 PM, union mental health workers employed by Sound Community Services held an information picket in demand of increased wages, access to benefits, and improved staffing conditions that will allow them to provide quality care, while protecting themselves and their families. This information picket is in anticipation of
Community Programs (CT)
1199NE SEIU members who provide mental health services at two Connecticut facilities will hold a rally Friday to call on their employers to recognize their service and sacrifice, increase wages, provide affordable benefits and staffing that protects the safety of patients and providers alike. They will also demand legislators to approve an 8% increase in
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On Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 10:00 a.m., legislators and mental health experts held a symposium to highlight the growing and unprecedented mental health and addiction crisis in Connecticut and offered a bold, unified vision for policymakers to enact in order to help children and adults during the upcoming legislative session. Speaker of the House Matt
State Employees
Concerned advocates and community organizations called on Governor Ned Lamont to expand mental health and addiction supports in order to meet the growing demand for these critical services in Connecticut. In a press conference held at Blue Hills Hospital on Wednesday, frontline workers encouraged Governor Lamont to make structural investments in mental health that address