Nursing Homes

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

March 17, 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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Local Nursing Home Workers Hold Action, Raise Demands for Higher Wages, Affordable Healthcare, Racial Justice Measures

March 15, 2022

1199NE SEIU members who work at three nursing homes across the Hartford area will hold an action Tuesday, to raise awareness of their demands for wage increases, affordable health care, fair retirement plans, and enforceable policies to address racial discrimination on the job and in the communities where they work. People who care for residents

Nursing Home Workers Protest Poverty Pay and Benefits as Third Year of Working Through Pandemic Looms

February 23, 2022

SEIU 1199 New England members, who provide care to patients and keep St. Mary’s nursing home running, rallied outside the facility to bring attention to the crisis of low pay that makes it difficult to care for their families even as they care for others. St. Mary Home, which is operated by Trinity Health Senior

Connecticut

1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing

October 27, 2021

District 1199 New England union member and New Britain resident Anne Barden will be participating in a livestream media briefing by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) on Thursday, October 28 at 2 pm ET “about a pending workplace COVID-19 vaccine and testing standard, soon to be released by the U.S.

Union Gets Icare Contract with $20/hr Minimum for CNAs and $30/hr Minimum for LPNs

May 13, 2021

Union nursing home workers at Icare facilities agreed to a new contract that sets a historic $20 per hour minimum wage for certified nursing assistants and $30 per hour for licensed practical nurses, averting Friday’s nursing home strike. On top of the wage increases for all workers, all Icare workers will also have a pension

Press Releases

Press Conference for Union Update on Friday’s Pending Nursing Home Strike

May 12, 2021

Connecticut nursing home union workers provide updates on the #Strike set to begin Friday at 6:00 AM. Quotes by Rob Baril, President District 1199NE, SEIU, on the new strike date set for Friday, May 28th affecting seven RegalCare facilities and over 600 workers. “RegalCare operator Eliyahu Mirlis should not be allowed to run any nursing homes in

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Governor’s Nursing Home Proposal Fails to Address Poverty Wages and Staffing

May 11, 2021

Governor Ned Lamont’s economic proposal in a recent letter to the Union from OPM Secretary Melissa McCaw clearly falls short of the allocation of resources necessary to both lift nursing home workers out of poverty and improve staffing numbers for direct care services. Some 4,000 frontline workers at 39 nursing homes in Connecticut continue to

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

May 10, 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

Press Releases

Strike Set for May 14 at 33 Nursing Homes in Connecticut

April 30, 2021

More than 3,400 workers at 33 nursing homes in Connecticut are ready to strike starting on May 14 at 6:00 AM. All 33 nursing homes that received strike notifications Friday are chain facilities from Genesis (11), Icare (11), RegalCare (7), and Autumn Lake (4). After bravely enduring the strenuous assignment to serve nursing home residents

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Nursing Home Strikes Loom Large In CT As Strike Votes Are Underway

April 23, 2021

Connecticut continues to slide closer to a major nursing home strike with initial union votes at 33 facilities overwhelmingly favoring a strike, and balloting at 11 more homes scheduled to begin shortly after May 1. Rob Baril, president of SEIU District 1199 New England —which represents about 5,000 nursing home workers in the state — said

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

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

Nursing Home Workers Protest Poverty Pay and Benefits as Third Year of Working Through Pandemic Looms

1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing

Union Gets Icare Contract with $20/hr Minimum for CNAs and $30/hr Minimum for LPNs

Press Conference for Union Update on Friday’s Pending Nursing Home Strike

Governor’s Nursing Home Proposal Fails to Address Poverty Wages and Staffing

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

Strike Set for May 14 at 33 Nursing Homes in Connecticut

Nursing Home Strikes Loom Large In CT As Strike Votes Are Underway

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