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Statement from SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry on the attack on the US Capitol incited by President Trump: It’s no coincidence that at the same time millions of voters of all races elected Georgia’s first Black senator, violent white supremacists traveled to Washington, DC, to desecrate our democracy. Power-hungry, self-serving Republican leaders and the
Connecticut
Join us today in Hartford at Shiloh Baptist Church for a press conference and rally to demand a People’s Budget. A budget that prioritizes the needs of those most vulnerable in our communities, not billionaires and corporations. With elected officials, representatives from local communities, faith and labor based organizations… Workers For Justice: https://www.facebook.com/WorkersForJustice SEIU CT State
Good union home care jobs must be at the center of fixing our nation’s overstretched and underfunded long-term care system and addressing the systemic racism and sexism that devalues essential home care workers. SEIU home care workers and caregiving activists across the country are taking action on Home Care Day 2020 to call on elected
Rhode Island
The downside to legislating during campaign season looks like the union-backed fliers asking why incumbent House members “turned their back” on nursing home residents during COVID-19 that hit doorsteps this month. In a normal year, interest groups can punish or reward lawmakers for action or inaction in the year gone by, but by the time
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The country’s top five labor union groups are calling on Congress to include expanded paid leave benefits in a new COVID-19 relief bill. “Never before have paid leave protections been more necessary,” the coalition of unions wrote in a letter to congressional leaders obtained by The Hill. The coalition, which includes the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers,
A noisy caravan of union demonstrators descended on Greenwich on Thursday afternoon, putting a spotlight on what they say are the health risks and medical burdens faced by service workers due to imbalances in the economic system during the coronavirus pandemic. As part of the demonstration — called “Money Bags and Body Bags” — the union
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Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry, who leads the second largest union in the United States, has a message for Democratic candidates for president: Don’t think you are going to get our support by simply marching with workers on the “Fight for 15” picket lines. In a speech she is scheduled to give Wednesday in
Connecticut
As a working mother in Connecticut, SEIU1199 member Denitra Pearson experiences firsthand the importance of having the freedom of Paid Family & Medical Leave. Connecticut can be a place where working families can afford to have the freedom of caring for their newborns without worrying about losing their basic economic security. See Denitra speak at
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Our country’s economy and democracy are lopsided, with too much power in the hands of corporations and corporate-owned politicians who have rigged the system in favor of the greedy few. That is why #SEIU1199 members are in Washington, D.C., today for #WeThePeople19‘s Membership Summit. http://seiu.me/tw-wtp #UnionPower #StrongerTogether WE MUST FIGHT with everything we’ve got. Our families, our communities, our