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Long-Term Caregivers Will Hold Press Conference Tuesday as Strike to End Poverty for Group Home and Day Program Workers Approaches

May 24, 2023

On Tuesday, May 23 at 12:00 PM, group home and day program caregivers held a press conference as 1,700+ members of SEIU 1199 New England are heading into an indefinite strike the following day, Wednesday at 6:00 AM, that will affect six community program agencies across the state of Connecticut. Strike notices for an indefinite

Coalition Highlights Needed Investments in DOC to Create True “Second Chance Society”

February 24, 2023

Justice Reinvestment Coalition advocates held a press conference on Friday, February 24th, at 3:30 PM in Hearing Room 1D of the Legislative Office Building. Advocates and partners highlighted the Coalition’s funding proposals addressing the staffing crisis, improving medical attention, mental health supports, and reentry programs, while providing more oversight throughout DOC healthcare. The Coalition is

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 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

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Public Healthcare Workers Raise Urgent Demand for Gov. Lamont to Fill 1,000 Vacancies by August 1, Cite Record-High April Retirement Numbers, Dangerous Shortage of Lifesaving Care

April 28, 2022

Public healthcare workers with 1199NE SEIU held a press conference Wednesday raising the urgent need to fill vacancies in state agencies, pointing to newly-released April numbers showing a record 1,137 state workers notified the state they will retire. As Connecticut facilities are already understaffed and demand for care skyrockets, state workers are calling on Governor

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PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS FACE A CRISIS; GOVERNOR LAMONT MUST SUPPORT NEW CONTRACT WITH SICK LEAVE, AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND RETIREMENT SECURITY

February 3, 2022

This afternoon, February 2nd at 3pm, Personal Care Attendants (or PCAs) were joined bylegislators and labor leaders to discuss the challenging, even desperate, conditions for homecare workers who take care of individuals with disabilities in their homes, empowering them tolive independently and empowering the families of individuals with disabilities to continueworking full-time. Rob Baril, president

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Workers Denounce DMHAS’ Shut Down of Young Adult Services Residence in Hartford

October 26, 2021

Mental health workers expressed serious concerns Tuesday for Governor NedLamont’s intent to close a 10-bed residence providing transitional living services in Hartford foryoung adults who are 18 to 25 years old. According to a letter from Governor Lamont’s administration, the Young Adult ServicesProgram at 556 Blue Hills Avenue (the Hilltop Residential Program) will be shut

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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

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Moral Budget Requires Funding State Services to Meet Growing Need of CT Residents

April 1, 2021

The State of Connecticut must provide adequate funding for public services to save lives. The COVID-19 pandemic and its side effects have magnified the importance of building a robust structure to address unprecedented need for services the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Correction.

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Moral Budget Requires Funding State Services to Meet Growing Need of CT Residents

April 1, 2021

Labor-based coalition urges Lamont, lawmakers to tax wealthy to fund ‘people’s recovery’ from pandemic

January 4, 2021

A coalition of labor leaders, progressive legislators and other activists upped the pressure Monday on Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly to tax Connecticut’s wealthy to preserve vital services coming out of the coronavirus pandemic. The “People’s Recovery” plan offered by the Bargaining for the Common Good coalition is centered on households earning more

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Coalition Highlights Needed Investments in DOC to Create True “Second Chance Society”

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

Public Healthcare Workers Raise Urgent Demand for Gov. Lamont to Fill 1,000 Vacancies by August 1, Cite Record-High April Retirement Numbers, Dangerous Shortage of Lifesaving Care

PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS FACE A CRISIS; GOVERNOR LAMONT MUST SUPPORT NEW CONTRACT WITH SICK LEAVE, AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND RETIREMENT SECURITY

Workers Denounce DMHAS’ Shut Down of Young Adult Services Residence in Hartford

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

Moral Budget Requires Funding State Services to Meet Growing Need of CT Residents

Moral Budget Requires Funding State Services to Meet Growing Need of CT Residents

Labor-based coalition urges Lamont, lawmakers to tax wealthy to fund ‘people’s recovery’ from pandemic

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