Press Release

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

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

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,

Home Care

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

CT in Crisis: Mental Health Symposium to Examine Growing Crisis Among Children & Adults – 2022

January 11, 2022

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

Home care workers without health care visit the Governor’s mansion in Greenwich

December 9, 2021

Greenwich is home to the four most expensive zip codes in Connecticut. Ned Lamont’s mansion is in one of them. This holiday season home care workers, mostly Black, Brown and

Community Programs (CT)

District 1199 NE Settles Contract with Whole Life Inc. to Avert Strike

October 4, 2021

The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, settled on a new contract for group home and day program workers at Whole Life Inc., pending member ratification. Upon

Community Programs (CT)

District 1199 NE Settles Historic Contract with Network Inc. to Avert Strike

September 29, 2021

The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, settled on a new contract for group home and day program workers at Network Inc. on Wednesday, cancelling the October

Community Programs (CT)

Union Workers Deliver Strike Notice at Two Group Home Agencies

September 21, 2021

The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, delivered strike notices at group home agencies Whole Life and Network with a deadline to begin striking on October 5th

COVID-19

Statement on requirement for employees of long-term care facilities to receive COVID-19 vaccinations

August 9, 2021

District 1199 New England is encouraging workers to get vaccinated against COVID since last December based on the advice and recommendation of experts. The vaccine is an essential tool to

Long-Term Care Workers Unite in Civil Disobedience Demanding Fair Wages for PCAs

August 3, 2021

Connecticut’s independent home care personal care attendants (PCAs) rallied at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford on Tuesday to demand a fair contract from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration. A group of