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Community Programs (CT)

Union Group Home Workers Withdraw Strike Notices After $184-Million Agreement

  • June 4, 2021

Group home workers withdrew notices for a strike due to begin Friday morning after agreeing on a $184-million state funding package for the next two years. Over 2,100 caregivers were

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Community Programs (CT)

Group Home and Home Care Workers Rally for Living Wages and Benefits

  • May 27, 2021

“Home care, group home, and nursing home workers are the invisible backbone of the healthcare system. All three of these workforces make poverty wages, forcing caregivers to work two, three

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State Employees

State Healthcare Workers and Legislators Demand Halt to Downsizing of Public Safety Net

  • May 24, 2021

Legislators, Recovery For All Connecticut coalition, frontline doctors, nurses, mental health staff, social workers, and other state healthcare workers will rally alongside service recipients and community allies Monday to demand

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Community Programs (CT)

Group Home Caregivers Delay Strike in Hopes of New Union Contract

  • May 20, 2021

Strike notices due this Friday for six group home agencies in Connecticut were withdrawn and reset with a new strike deadline of June 4th at 6:00 AM in hopes of

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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

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

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

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Community Programs (CT)

Union Workers Deliver Strike Notices at Six Group Home Agencies

  • May 7, 2021

More than 2,000 workers at six group home agencies in Connecticut are ready to strike starting on May 21 at 6:00 AM. The six group home agencies receiving strike notifications

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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

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Press Releases

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

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Connecticut

1199 Statement on Gov. Lamont’s Neglectful Budget Proposal

  • February 12, 2021

As we look at Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed budget, it’s evident that the needs of the working poor and the middle class were not a priority. How can we recover

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