Nursing Homes

Direct Caregivers, Residents, Administrators and U.S. Sen. Blumenthal to Advocate for Critical Staff and Funding in Nursing Homes

March 20, 2023March 21, 2023

Monday, March 20th at Autumn Lake at New Britain, nursing home workers, residents, administrators and elected officials, including U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, came together in a “Staff-In Day” to advocate for federal and state policy advancements in direct care staffing, resources and Medicaid funding. “I am very proud of the work we do. It’s hard

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

February 7, 2023February 24, 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 Legislative Office Building. Workers demand “$25 for 2025”, and other protections that will lift Connecticut’s frontline caregivers out of poverty and improve services. In anticipation

Nursing Homes

Examining Long-Term Care in America: The Impact of the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

Watch as Adelina Ramos, a Certified Nursing Assistant testifies before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic has posed to nursing home residents and staff and what measures can be adopted to ensure nursing homes are better equipped to protect residents and staff in the future.

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As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action

September 18, 2022September 19, 2022

On Saturday, September 17th SEIU 1199NE nursing home caregivers gathered for a press conference at Hamden High School, to raise awareness on the critically short-staffed nursing home conditions, followed by a day of canvassing in Hamden, because long-term care funding and high-quality standards are established by the people we elect to office. “Certified nursing assistants are

Connecticut Nursing Home Workers to Join Day of Action, Launch National Campaign in Demand of Industrywide Reform with Pickets in Rocky Hill, Uncasville and West Haven

June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

On Wednesday, June 8, at 2:30 PM, SEIU 1199NE union caregivers are set to join a nationwide day of action in more than a dozen states by lifting their local demands as nursing home staff members and going national with their campaign. Nursing home workers have identified common issues nationally and are organizing around demands including safe

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s Statement on Updated Nursing Home COVID Fatality Data by DPH

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

“Nursing home caregivers have sacrificed everything during the coronavirus pandemic, including paying with their own lives and the lives of their relatives. Surviving union caregivers are not surprised to see that the number of dead nursing home workers from COVID-related complications is much higher than previously reported by the Department of Public Health. We expect

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

In Third Week of Strike for Serious Labor Violations and Affordable Health Care, Caregivers at Windsor Health and Rehab Center Set to Rally Tuesday at 10:00 AM

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

On Tuesday, May 10th, union nursing home workers held a strike line rally at Windsor Health and Rehab Center. Caregivers at Windsor Health and Rehab Center are in their third week of strike, which began on April 22. Administrators have failed to present any proposal that would provide affordable health insurance for some of the poorest

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,

Connecticut

Health Care Frontline Staff Rally at Capitol and Deliver Petition Letter about the Budget to Gov. Ned Lamont

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

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

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Stamford Nursing Home Workers Hold Action, Raise Demands for Higher Wages, Affordable Healthcare, Racial Justice Measures

March 17, 2022April 20, 2022

1199NE SEIU members who care for residents at the Villa at Stamford for Premier Rehabilitation & Healthcare nursing home held an action today to raise awareness of their demands for wage increases, affordable health care, affordable retirement, and enforceable policies to address racial discrimination on the job and in the communities where they work. Today’s

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Direct Caregivers, Residents, Administrators and U.S. Sen. Blumenthal to Advocate for Critical Staff and Funding in Nursing Homes

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

Examining Long-Term Care in America: The Impact of the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes

As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action

Connecticut Nursing Home Workers to Join Day of Action, Launch National Campaign in Demand of Industrywide Reform with Pickets in Rocky Hill, Uncasville and West Haven

SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s Statement on Updated Nursing Home COVID Fatality Data by DPH

In Third Week of Strike for Serious Labor Violations and Affordable Health Care, Caregivers at Windsor Health and Rehab Center Set to Rally Tuesday at 10:00 AM

Stamford Nursing Home Workers Hold Action, Raise Demands for Higher Wages, Affordable Healthcare, Racial Justice Measures

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