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Featured Post

PCA Contract Lifting Hourly Wages to $23/hr Receives Final Approval

  • March 26, 2024

SEIU 1199NE, the New England Health Care Employees Union, is proud to announce that a new home care PCA contract was approved Monday in both chambers of Connecticut’s General Assembly.

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Home Care

Contrato de PCAs para Aumentar Salarios a $23/hr Recibe Aprobación Final

  • March 26, 2024

SEIU 1199NE, la Unión de Empleados de la Salud de Nueva Inglaterra, se enorgullece en anunciar que un nuevo contrato para proveedores de cuidado en el hogar fue aprobado el

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Featured Post

Home Care PCAs Optimistic as GT Independence Takes Over Payroll System

  • November 8, 2023

A new payroll agency for home care providers will replace Allied Community Services, following a plague of paycheck processing errors that afflicted thousands of PCAs and HUSKY patients for years. 

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Community Programs (CT)

Union Strike Ends with Two-Year Contracts, but Struggle to End Poverty Continues

  • June 15, 2023

Group home and day program members of the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, agreed to new contracts at six agencies in recent days, ending a weekslong strike

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Press Releases

Union Strike Continues as Caregivers Undergo Negotiations for New Contracts

  • June 12, 2023

Please see the quote below for SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s statement on the state budget. Strikers will be present on the picket line at the State Capitol for the

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Community Programs (CT)

Care Providers for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Set to Strike on May 24 to End Poverty for Group Home Workers

  • May 16, 2023

More than 1,700 group home care providers across the state are set to strike on Wednesday, May 24 at 6:00 AM, in demand of living wages, affordable health insurance, and

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Healthcare Providers from State Agencies to Engage in Peaceful Civil Disobedience as Demands to Restore and Expand Lifesaving Services Must be Rendered in CT’s Budget

  • April 20, 2023

State healthcare staff and supporters engaged in peaceful civil disobedience Thursday during a sit-in at the Connecticut State Capitol in demand of a budget that restores and expands public lifesaving

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Long Term Care

Speaker Ritter in Town Hall with Long-Term Caregivers to Share Stories and Call for Living Wages

  • April 6, 2023

Group home staff, nursing home workers, and home care attendants held a Town Hall on Thursday with Connecticut’s Speaker of the House Matt Ritter, expressing their urgent demand for the

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Front Feature

Press Release: Statement on our recent PCA agreement with Gov. Lamont

  • March 16, 2023

“We thank Governor Ned Lamont and his team for extending the Premium Assistance enrollment through April 7th. Union estimates show that 1,500 to 2,000 home care providers could benefit from

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Featured Post

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

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