Press Releases

2022

• CMS Funding Approval for PCAs a Boost for Health Care and Paid Time Off – 12.20.22
• CT’s Funding Application for PCA Health Insurance Denied by CMS, Resubmitted – 11.29.22
• SEIU 1199NE Bus Drivers, Monitors, and Aides Reach Tentative Contract Agreement with First Student – 11.1.22
• As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action – 9.17.22
• Solnit Children’s Center In Urgent Need of Staff as Acute Units Remain Closed – 9.15.22
• Healthcare Workers March on DMHAS Headquarters, Escalate Demands to Staff Open Positions, Expand Lifesaving Services -7.20.22
• Statement by SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril on Today’s Supreme Court Decision Overturning Abortion Rights – 6.24.22
• Mental Health Staff Settle New Union Contract at Gilead and Sound Community Services – 6.10.22
• Connecticut Nursing Home Workers to Join Day of Action, Launch National Campaign in Demand of Industrywide Reform with Pickets in Rocky Hill, Uncasville and West Haven – 6.8.22
• SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s Statement on Updated Nursing Home COVID Fatality Data by DPH – 5.19.22
• Union Reaches Tentative Agreement at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation – 5.18.22
• Advisory: In 3rd Week of Strike for Serious Labor Violations and Affordable Health Care, Caregivers at Windsor Rehab to Rally Tuesday at 10:00 AM – 5.10.22
• 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 – 4.27.22
• Home Care Workers Win Paid Time Off and Health Insurance Funding for the First Time in Newly Ratified 1199 Union Contract – 4.20.22
• Mental Healthcare Information Picket Will be Active Today in New London – 4.19.22
• Local Nursing Home Workers Hold Action, Raise Demands for Higher Wages, Affordable Healthcare, Racial Justice Measures – 3.15.22
• Home Care Providers Arrested at Capitol as They Call on State to Provide Health Insurance, Living Wages, Paid Sick Days – 2.17.22
• Connecticut Patients, Providers, Advocates to Detail Policy, Budget Priorities for State’s Mental Health Crisis to Gov. Lamont, Legislative Leaders – 2.3.22
• CT in Crisis: Mental Health Symposium to Examine Growing Crisis Among Children & Adults -1.11.22

2021

• District 1199NE Reaches Tentative Agreement with Sunrise Northeast Inc. to End Strike – 12.8.21
• Frontline Workers Outraged as Sunrise Northeast Shuns Long-Standing Caregivers with Threat of Permanent Replacements – 12.2.21
• SEIU 1199 National Apprenticeship Week with Pilot Program Cohort in Nursing Aide Apprentice Partnership with Genesis HealthCare – 11.16.21
• Union Workers Rally at Sunrise Inc. in Hartford Marking End of First Month on Strike – 11.11.21
• 1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing -10.27.21
• Workers Denounce DMHAS’ Shut Down Of Young Adult Services Resident In Hartford – 10.26.21
• The Strike At Sunrise Continues – 10.18.21
• District 1199 NE Settles Historic Contract with Whole Life to Avert Strike – 10.4.21
• District 1199 NE Settles Historic Contract with Network Inc. to Avert Strike – 9.30.21
• Union Workers Deliver Strike Notice at Two Group Home Agencies – 9.21.21
• Long-Term Care Workers Unite in Civil Disobedience Demanding Fair Wages for PCAs – 8.3.21
• SEBAC Unions Demand Fair Contracts from the Lamont Administration – 6.29.21
• Union Group Home Workers Withdraw Strike Notices After $184-Million Agreement – 6.4.21
• Group Home and Home Care Workers Rally For Living Wages and Benefits – 5.27.21
• Group Home Caregivers Delay Strike in Hopes of New Union Contract – 5.20.21
• Union Gets Icare Contract with $20/hr Minimum for CNAs and $30/hr Minimum for LPNs – 5.13.21
• Press Conference for Union Update on Friday’s Pending Nursing Home Strike – 5.12.21
• Governor’s Nursing Home Proposal Fails to Address Poverty Wages and Staffing – 5.11.21
• Additional Strike Notices Sent For Six Facilities Starting May 28th – 5.10.21
• Strike Set for May 14 at 33 Nursing Homes in Connecticut – 4.30.21
• It’s Time To Treat Us With Dignity – 4.20.21
• Peaceful Civil Disobedience in Hartford to Demand Funding for Long-Term Care – 4.8.21
• State Healthcare Workers March for a Moral Budget to Expand Services – 4.6.21
• Moral Budget Requires Funding State Services To Meet Growing Needs of CT Residents – 4.1.21
• Long-Term Care Workers Stop Traffic in Fight Against Poverty Wages – 3.10.21
• Connecticut Must Expand Mental Health and Addiction Services – 3.3.21
• Natchaug Hospital and the Institute of Living Workers Win MLK Holiday For All At Hartford Healthcare – 2.26.21
• 1199 Statement on Governor Lamont’s Neglectful Budget Proposal – 2.12.21
• Home Care Workers Use Civil Disobedience to End Allied Payroll Nightmare – 2.11.21
• Connecticut Deserves A Recovery For All – 1.27.21

2020

• Health Care Union Endorses COVID-19 Vaccination for Frontline Workers – 12.14.20
• Working People Rally To Demand That The Ultra Rich Pay Their Fair Share – 10.20.20
• Union Holds Informational Picket at Apple Rehab Rocky Hill for Unfair Labor Practices – 10.6.20
• Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay – 7.29.20

News Articles

2023

More patients are losing their doctors — and their trust in the primary care system – OPB.org – 12.22.23

Doctor, staffing shortages strain Rhode Island community health centers – The Public’s Radio – 11.17.23

CT hires new home care payroll vendor after allegations of late pay – Hartford Courant – 11.9.23

PCA Union Optimistic as State Transitions to New Payroll Vendor – CT News Junkie – 11.8.23

TEACHERS, WORKERS, STUDENTS AND ALLIES DEMAND RESOURCES FROM GOVERNOR LAMONT AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AMID TERRIFYING $200 MILLION BUDGET CUTS – La Voz Hispana CT – 10.20.23

Want a Safer Workplace? Join a Union. – Prospect.com – 10.5.23

Home Care Work is One of the Fastest-Growing Job Sectors and Deserves a Living Wage – CT Examiner – 8.31.23

CT Asks Judge To Close A Waterbury Nursing Home It Costs State 1 Million A Month To Run – Hartford Courant – 8.4.23

State asks judge to close Waterbury Gardens nursing home – CT Mirror – 8.3.23

Hospital’s Work Stoppage Suit Belongs In RI, Union Says – Law360 – 6.20.23

Connecticut group home workers end strike but continue struggle against poverty – People’s World – 6.20.23

Connecticut group home workers end strike – WTNH – 6.16.23

Settlement in SEIU strike reached – Fox 61 – 6.15.23

CT union to end weekslong strike at group homes. Contracts “far shorter” than their goals. – Hartford Courant – 6.15.23

CT union to end weekslong strike at group homes – CT Mirror – 6.14.23

South Windsor mother one of many struggling with group home strike – CT Insider – 6.13.23

These long-term care workers in CT didn’t get the wages they wanted. Will their strike continue? – CT Insider – 6.13.23

Disappointed about state budget, CT group home workers say more funding is needed – WNPR – 6.8.23

CT House approves two-year, $51.1 billion budget with large tax cuts in vote after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday – Hartford Courant – 6.5.23

Ritter: Deal To End Group Home Strike Up To Lamont, Workers – CT News Junkie – 6.5.23

Municipal pension reforms & SEIU Union strikes for budget boost | The Real Story – Fox 61 – 6.4.23

Protesters arrested as Lamont, lawmakers strike CT budget deal – CT Mirror – 6.1.23

A CT budget crisis is ‘on the horizon,’ legislators warn – CT Mirror – 5.30.23

Group home workers continue to strike outside Governor Lamont’s home – WFSB – 5.27.23

1,700 Connecticut caregivers facing poverty go on strike at six group homes – People’s World – 5.26.23

Group Home Workers Start Indefinite Strike Across Connecticut – The Day – 5.24.23

CT union calls group home strike while pay demands look unlikely – CT Mirror – 5.24.23

Cuidadores contratados por Medicaid en Connecticut se van a huelga – Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra – 5.23.23

Group Home, Day Program Workers Strike for Better Pay – NBC CT – 5.24.23

CT group home caregivers rally ahead of Wednesday strike – WNPR – 5.23.23

Nearly 2,000 long-term caregivers in CT set to strike over wages – CT Insider – 5.23.23

‘It is wrong’: Charlesgate workers ask state to keep nursing home open. Here’s what is happening there. – Providence Journal – 5.17.23

Union to strike at group homes serving 1,500 disabled clients – Hartford Business Journal -5.17.23

Union to strike at group homes serving 1,500 disabled clients – CT Mirror – 5.16.23

Connecticut union to strike at group homes serving 1,500 disabled clients – Hartford Courant – 5.16.23

Caregivers protest planned closure of Providence nursing center – WPRI – 5.16.23

Opinion: CT’s essential workers are drowning in poverty – CT Post – 5.9.23

CT Caregivers Call on State Leaders for Better Working Conditions – Public News Service – 5.8.23

West Hartford Nursing Home Workers Protest Pay: Union – Patch.com – 5.4.23

West Hartford senior caregivers picket for better wages: ‘We have to feed our families’ – CT Insider – 5.2.23

Charlesgate Nursing Center set to close this summer – WPRI.com – 4.28.23

Dan Haar: Two home care workers describe a tough struggle as state debates their pay – CT Insider – 4.17.23

Esto es lo que debe saber sobre el sistema de atención domiciliaria en CT – CT Mirror – 4.12.23

Many CT residents prefer to age at home. Here’s what to know about the state’s home care system – CT Mirror – 4.10.23

More people are aging at home, but the state provides little oversight of a growing industry of home care providers – CT Mirror – 4.2.23

CT hasn’t spent millions budgeted for health care, human services – CT Mirror – 3.31.23

“Every day you walk on eggshells”: Workers vote no confidence in Women and Infants chief – RI Current – 3.29.23

Union workers at Women and Infants Hospital vote no confidence – NBC 10 NEWS (WJAR) – 3.28.23

Connecticut retirement community residents, staff push for better conditions – WTNH -3.20.23

CT’s aging population is growing. There are not enough people and facilities to take care of them – Hartford Business Journal – 3.20.23

Connecticut’s Elder Care Reckoning – CT Mirror – 3.19.23

Health Care Enrollment Extended For Home Care Workers – CT News Junkie – 3.16.23

‘Shame on us’, CT lawmakers, union and others demand restoration of substance abuse recovery programs for women and girls – Hartford Courant – 3.9.23

Funding and staffing shortages force Connecticut women’s recovery program to close – Fox 61 – 3.8.23

14 arrested at Connecticut capitol building during health insurance protest – WTNH – 3.1.23

14 arrested at CT Capitol protest – CT Mirror – 3.1.23

14 protesters arrested at state Capitol complex – Hartford Courant – 3.1.23

14 arrested for disorderly conduct at State Capitol – Fox 61 – 3.1.23

Union Members Stage Die-In For Negotiated Health Insurance – CT News Junkie – 3.1.23

CONNECTICUT LONG-TERM CARE WORKERS LOBBY FOR $25 AN HOUR BY 2025 – HealthLeadersMedia.com – 2.23.23

LTC wage-hike effort headed for run-in with state minimum staffing proposal – McKnight’s.com – 2.15.23

Connecticut long-term care workers lobby for $25 an hour by 2025 – WSHU – 2.9.23

Long Term Care Workers Begin Push For Better Pay – CT News Junkie – 2.7.23

Long-term care workers plan to call for better wages, benefits – WTNH -2.7.23

Long-term care workers want Connecticut to spend money on them in the new budget – WPNR – 2.7.23

Governor plans hike in tax credit for the working poor – WTIC 1080 – 1.30.23

Union membership on the rise in R.I. – Providence Business News – 1.30.23

Bridgeport coalition launches campaign to influence this year’s mayoral election – WSHU.org – 1.24.23

2022

OP-ED “Donna Brooks: Connecticut lets down women in addiction recovery” – The Hartford Courant – 12.27.22

The Pandemic Changed Their Lives – And Brought Them Closer Together – C-HIT – 12.26.22

‘That’s Not Right: Workers, records describe troubling conditions at Pawtucket Nursing Home – The Providence Journal – 12.23.22

Home Care Workers Finally Get A Win – CT News Junkie – 12.20.22

Union Calls On Lamont To Make Good On Its Contract – CT News Junkie – 12.1.22

Butler Hospital workers picket over ARPA funds, staffing levels – Uprise RI – 11.11.22

After the Win: What Happens After a Successful Union Election? – UnionTrack.com – 11.1.22

Bus driver strike averted as tentative agreement reached with First Student – The Providence Journal – 11.1.22

Women & Infants caregivers raise signs, concerns amid staffing shortage – NBC 10 (WJAR) – 11.1.22

Home Care Workers Fight Homelessness, Sickness To Implement Contract – CT News Junkie – 10.27.22

First Student Bus Drivers and Monitors in Multiple Communities Vote to Strike – GoLocalProv – 10.25.22

The Future of Activism In Nursing Homes – Skilled Nursing News – 10.25.22

To Fight for Equality in Connecticut, a New Coalition Takes Shape – The Nonprofit Quarterly – 10.12.22

Staffing shortages at CT’s psychiatric hospital for children leave many in need of care, others in limbo – CT Post – 9.23.22

Five Questions With: Jesse Martin – Providence Business News – 9.16.22

The lasting impact of “right to work” laws – AXIOS – 9.5.22

Hartford HealthCare promised workers raises, instead they charged for meals never provided – WNPR – 8.17.22

Union Calls On Lamont To Hire More Health Care Workers – CT News Junkie – 7.20.22

Patients, staff push for state-run dental clinic’s reopening – The Day – 7.19.22

Why did the state suspend a Norwich dental clinic dedicated to those with disabilities? – The Norwich Bulletin – 7.19.22

Health care union workers discuss reduction of services at Connecticut Valley Hospital – Middletown Press – 7.7.22

Connecticut officials react to Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade – Hartford Courant – 6.24.22

Still stuck at home during COVID: One person’s story – CT Mirror – 6.16.22

PHOTOS: Apple Rehab workers protest in Uncasville – The Norwich Bulletin – 6.13.22

Mental health staff at Gilead, Sound Community Services agree to new contracts with wage hikes up to 20% – Hartford Business Journal – 6.10.22

‘System on the brink of collapse’: CT nursing home workers join national campaign for better wages, conditions – CT Insider – 6.8.22

Health care union workers discuss reduction of services at Connecticut Valley Hospital – Middletown Press – 6.7.22

Access Workers Picket – Patch.com – 5.26.22

CT COVID data shows more nursing home staff deaths than were reported – CT Insider – 5.19.22

Tentative settlement reached in Windsor Nursing Home Strike – Journal Inquirer – 5.18.22

Home Childcare Providers call on Governor McKee to settle a fair contract with higher wages and more support – UPRISE RI – 5.10.22

Darnell Ford: Failing to fill mental health care jobs hurts Connecticut – Hartford Courant – 5.2.22

One out of six CT government jobs is vacant as workers keep leaving – CT Mirror – 5.1.22

Connecticut mental health care workers strike over quality patient care – People’s World – 4.28.22

Health Care Workers Call for New Hires – CT News Junkie – 4.27.22

Blackstone Valley Community Health Center workers picket for fair contract – UpRise RI – 4.26.22

Women & Infants employees protest inaccessible time off, citing high levels of burnout – The Providence Journal – 4.26.22

Mental healthcare employees continue strike at Sound Community Services – Fox 61 CT – 4.25.22

Sound Community Services CEO responds to mental health workers strike over pay – Fox 61 CT – 4.24.22

Windsor nursing home workers hit the picket line Friday – WFSB – 4.23.22

New London mental health workers to strike over pay, staffing levels – Fox 61 CT – 4.23.22

Women and Infants Hospital Caregivers to Picket Demanding Safe Staffing Levels and Time Off – GoLocalProv – 4.23.22

Workers strike at Windsor nursing home – Journal Inquirer – 4.22.22

Strikes averted at four Connecticut nursing homes but not in Windsor – WNPR – 4.21.22

Nursing Home Workers Ready To Strike in Windsor – CT News Junkie – 4.21.22

Home Care Workers Finally Have Something To Celebrate – CT News Junkie – 4.20.22

Sound Community Services workers picket ahead of planned 3-day strike next week – The Day – 4.19.22

Another Potential Nursing Home Strike Looms At 5 Homes – CT News Junkie – 4.13.22

Workers at five Connecticut nursing homes threaten April 22 strike – Hartford Courant – 4.12.22

Workers at five Connecticut nursing homes plan strike at the end of the month – WNPR – 4.12.22

Union warns five nursing homes of plans to strike on April 22 – CT Mirror – 4.12.22

70-Hour Work Weeks, Sleeping In A Car: Personal Care Assistants Struggle To Care For Themselves – C-HIT.org – 4.6.22

Robin David: Connecticut’s home care workers need better wages and benefits – Hartford Courant – 3.31.22

Nursing-home Workers in Stamford Say They Must Fight for ‘Crumbs Off the Cake’ – CT Examiner – 3.18.22

Mental health care workers hold strike votes – The Day – 3.18.22

Home Care Workers Make A Delivery – CT News Junkie – 3.9.22

Home care workers rally at governor’s residence, Capitol asking Gov. Lamont for higher pay and benefits – Hartford Courant – 3.8.22

Unions: Losing public jobs will worsen CT’s race and gender pay gaps – Connecticut Mirror – 3.7.22

Union Says Public Sector Is A Pathway To The Middle Class – CT News Junkie – 3.2.22

Care New England CEO: ‘Future is strong’ even after hospital merger is rejected – The Boston Globe – 3.1.22

20 Arrested During Protest Outside State Capitol: Hartford Police – NBC Connecticut – 2.17.22

20 Arrested In Home Care Worker Protest – CT News Junkie – 2.17.22

Dozens arrested during healthcare protest in Hartford – WTNH -2.17.22

Susan Campbell (opinion): CT’s cruelty toward frontline workers – Stamford Advocate – 2.15.22

SEIU, 1199NE, and other unions back Lifespan-Care New England merger – The Public’s Radio – 2.10.22

States take on COVID sick leave with federal help nowhere in sight- Politico – 2.6.22

Home Care Workers Relied On State Subsidies, According to Survey – CT News Junkie – 2.3.22

Personal care assistants call for paid sick time, health insurance – The Day – 2.2.22

CT union calls for state to fill over 300 addiction services positions; ‘Things are out of control’ – CT Insider -1.27.22

Unions Beg State To Hire More Workers For Addiction Treatment – CT News Junkie – 1.26.22

Just 21 of 152 Beds Filled — Workers Claim De Facto Closure of State Detox Programs – CT Examiner – 1.26.22

Drug counselors: State hospitals severely short-staffed in wake of teen’s fentanyl overdose – CT News 12 – 1.25.22

Connecticut substance use disorder counselors: Staffing, service shortages show state’s lack of commitment to ‘most vulnerable’ – Hartford Courant – 1.25.22

Union Calls on State to Hire More Addiction Treatment Workers – NBC Connecticut – 1.25.22

Omicron Wave Hits Home Care Workers’ Health And Paychecks – CT News Junkie – 1.20.22

2021

Solnit Youth Psychiatric Center Struggles with Staffing Shortages, Downsizing – CT Examiner – 1.17.22

Mental health groups ask governor for more money, incentives for new hires – CT News 12 – 1.11.22

Coalition Calls For Greater Access To Mental Health Services – CT News Junkie – 1.11.22

CT legislative leaders: Mental health system in ‘deep crisis’ is priority in 2022 session – CT Mirror – 1.11.22

Lamont, labor headed for a showdown over ‘hero pay’ – CT Mirror – 1.13.22

Union Says Agreement Reached In Sunrise Strike – CT News Junkie – 12.8.21

Sunrise Northeast workers on strike set to be permanently replaced – WTNH – 12.2.21

Sunrise Strike Escalates With Notification of Replacement Workers – CT News Junkie -12.2.21

Union: Group homes owner threatens striking workers’ jobs – Fox 61 CT – 12.2.21

OP-ED | Grateful For Caring – CT News Junkie – 11.24.21

Apprenticeships Grow Nursing Home Workforce, Partnership With Union – CT News Junkie – 11.17.21

Season 2 Premiere: Rob Baril – EPISODE 1 – Black Work Talk – 11.17.21

New nursing assistant program gets more people certified faster – CT News 12 – 11.16.21

Father of Sunrise Group Home Resident Weighs in on Strike – NBC CT – 11.14.21

Sunrise Caregiver Strike Hits One Month Mark – NBC CT – 11.11.21

Sunrise Strike Hits One Month Mark – CT News Junkie – 11.11.21

Sunrise union workers end first month of strike over wages, health care – WTNH – 11.11.21

Group home workers with Sunrise have been on strike for a month – The Day – 11.10.21

Sunrise Strike Continues – CT News Junkie – 11.10.21

CT Closing Mental Health, Addiction Facility For Young Adults – Public News Service – 10.27.21

Advocates decry state closure of Hartford mental health residential beds for young adults – WNPR – 10.27.21

Treatment Center For Young Adults To Close – CT News Junkie – 10.27.21

Connecticut to temporarily cut 10 rehab beds for young adults amid statewide mental health crisis – Hartford Courant – 10.26.21

Connecticut to close mental health treatment facility for young adults – CT Post -10.26.21

Connecticut to close mental health treatment facility for young adults – New Haven Register – 10.26.21

Essential Workers Demand a New Expectation – STN Channel 2 – 10.24.21

Sunrise Group Home caregivers strike continues into Day 9, families of residents challenged to care for loved ones – WTNH – 10.20.21

‘I just am at wit’s end’: Mother of group home resident grapples with impact of strike – The Day – 10.18.21

Sunrise caregivers take to the picket line for third day ahead of union, management negotiations – WTNH – 10.14.21

Group home workers strike in New London and across Connecticut – Yahoo! Finance – 10.12.21

Frontline caregivers at Sunrise Group Home and Day Programs strike over wages, benefits – WTNH – 10.12.21

Caregivers stage strike, demand better pay, benefits from Sunrise group homes – WSFB Channel 3 – 10.12.21

Wages, health insurance the center of union health care worker strike – Fox 61 – 10.12.21

Group Home Strike Looming – CT News Junkie – 10.12.21

Workers to launch strike against major group home operator – The Day -10.12.21

Caregivers go on strike Tuesday over wages, benefits at Sunrise, Inc. programs for the disabled – Hartford Courant – 10.12.21

Workers to launch strike against major group home operator – CT Mirror – 10.12.21

‘If we don’t value ourselves…there is no other voice.’ Sunrise group home workers strike – The Bulletin – 10.12.21

CT workers to launch strike against major group home operator – CT Insider -10.12.21

Help For Heroes – The Progressive Magazine – 10.11.21

Another Group Home Contract Brokered – CT News Junkie – 10.4.21

Union Reaches Deal With Group Home Agency, Cancels Strike – AP News – 10.4.21

‘Historic’ Deal Brokered With One, But Work Stoppage, Strike Still An Option For Others – CT News Junkie – 9.29.21

One Group Home Settles with 1199; Two More Face Strikes – CT Mirror – 9.29.21

One Group Home Settles With 1199; Two More Face Strikes – WNPR – 9.29.21

Strike averted at one Connecticut nursing home provider; more strikes threats loom as workers seek better pay, benefits – Hartford Courant – 9.29.21

New contract gives CT group home workers big win with higher wages, lower health insurance costs – WTNH – 9.29.21

Hundreds of Group Home Workers Threaten to Strike on Oct. 5 – NBC Connecticut – 9.29.21

300 workers agree to settle group home strike as more loom – AP News – 9.29.21

Union agrees on contract with one group home agency, but strike notices are active at others – The Day – 9.29.21

Group Home Agreement Avoids Healthcare Worker Strike – Fairfield Citizen – 9.29.21

Home Care Workers Rally For Wages, Benefits – CT News Junkie – 9.24.21

Hundreds of group home workers could strike in spite of state deal – CT News 12 – 9.21.21

‘Agencies Need To Step Up’: Group Home Workers Vote To Strike As Union Contract Negotiations Stall – WNPR – 9.21.21

Group home union set to strike for increases it says the state guaranteed – CT Post – 9.21.21

Group Home Workers Prepare Strike Notices – CT News Junkie – 9.21.21

Threat of strikes returns at group homes for the developmentally disabled – CT Mirror – 9.21.21

Hundreds of workers at group homes across Connecticut have voted to authorize a strike next month – Hartford Courant – 9.21.21

Amid Stalled Negotiations, Connecticut Union Claims Critical Shortage Of Mental Health Workers – WSHU Public Radio – 8.26.21

CVH Staff Say Shortages Endanger Patients, Limit Care – CT News Junkie – 8.26.21

Mental health workers: Staff shortages limit state services amid high demand – The Register Citizen – 8.25.21

Lamont says he will work with union seeking to delay nursing home vaccine mandate – Stamford Advocate – 8.18.21

Vendor Gets Contract Extension As Pay Problems Persist For Home Care Workers – CT News Junkie – 8.9.21

OP-ED | Home Care Workers Call For Higher Pay, Benefits – CT News Junkie – 8.2.21

Chanting ‘no more cuts, tax the rich,’ hundreds of unionized state workers rally at Capitol ahead of contract fight – Hartford Courant – 7.13.21

State employees protest Lamont’s hard line against raises – CT Mirror – 7.13.21

Nursing Home Workers Struggle To Meet State Fingerprint Deadline – NBC CT – 7.13.21

Health Workers Must Get Fingerprinted Or Will Lose Job – AP News – 7.2.21

Opinion: Care Workers of the World, Unite! – Garnet Oak Magazine – 6.29.21

Home care workers press their case for higher wages before Labor Secretary Marty Walsh – McKnight’s Senior Living – 6.24.21

Home Care Workers Want Fair Pay, But Can’t Strike – CT News Junkie – 6.21.21

Strike averted as union representing CT group home workers reach wage deal with governor – WTNH – 6.4.21

Group home workers call off strike after late-night deal – AP News – 6.4.21

Governor Lamont Confirms Agreement To Avoid Strike at Group Homes for Those With Disabilities – CT Gov. Portal – 6.4.21

Group Home Union Workers Make A Stand In Hartford As Friday Strike Deadline Looms – WNPR – 6.2.21

As strike looms, group home operators prepare to relocate residents – CT Post – 6.1.21

“Strike threat could push hundreds out of group homes and into nursing homes” – CT Mirror – 5.28.21

‘It’s for survival.’ After nursing home deal, group home workers threaten strike – New Haven Register – 5.27.21

“Editorial: Good Work In Averting Strike” – MyRecordJournal.com – 5.24.21

“Group Home Strike Temporarily Averted” – CT News Junkie – 5.20.21

“Group home strike is forestalled after union, CT officials make progress in talks” – CT Mirror – 5.20.21

“At ‘Recovery for All’ rally, workers call on governor to address inequality” – Hartford Courant – 5 17.21

“Friday’s strike postponed after state, nursing home union comes to tentative agreement” – WSFB – 5.13.21

“After push by Gov. Lamont, nursing home owners and union reach deal to avoid disruptive strike. Nursing home workers will earn at least $20 per hour.” – Hartford Courant – 5.13.21

“State Announces Agreement to Avoid Nursing Home Strike” – CT News Junkie – 5.13.21

“Lamont reaches deal to avert nursing home strike” – CT Mirror – 5.13.21

“UPDATE: Connecticut Nursing Home Workers Ready To Strike” – WSHU Public Radio – 5.13.21

“Nursing home workers’ union says deal with state is ‘not there yet’” – CT Mirror – 5.12.21

“Lamont Calls On National Guard To Help With Potential Nursing Home Strike” – CT News Junkie – 5.11.21

“Union, Law Clinic Find Infection Controls Lacking In Nursing Homes” – CT News Junkie -5.10.21

“OP-ED | Moms Are Caregivers” – CT News Junkie – 5.9.21

Life has never been easy for single moms. The pandemic made it harder – CT Mirror – 5.8.21

“Group home workers join nursing home employees in massive SEIU strike threat” – Stamford Advocate – 5.7.21

“Lawmakers Signal Desire To Increase Nursing Home Worker Pay” – NBC Connecticut – 5.5.21

“Housekeepers Among Nursing Home Workers Expected to Strike Next Week” – CMM Online -5.6.21

“Operators of 33 nursing homes face strike threat from 3,400 workers who want $20 per hour, PPE stockpiled” – McKnight’s Long Term Care News – 5.4.21

“Workers at 33 Connecticut nursing homes prepared to strike beginning May 14 as they fight for better wages, health care” – Hartford Courant – 5.3.21

“Union sends strike notices to 33 Connecticut nursing homes” – AP News – 5.3.21

“Union sends strike warning to 33 CT nursing homes” – Hartford Business Journal – 5.3.21

“Strike set at 33 nursing homes over pay, benefits” – WTIC – 5.3.21

“Workers at 33 nursing homes threaten to strike starting May 14” Westfair Online – 5.3.21

“Connecticut nursing home workers prepare to go on strike May 14th” – Fox 61 – 5.2.21

“CT nursing home workers protest ahead of planned strike” – Greenwich Time – 5.1.21

“CT Nursing Home Workers Protest Ahead of planned strike” – New Haven Register – 5.1.21

“Union representing hundreds of nursing home workers threaten to strike if demands aren’t met – Brooklyn News 12 – 4.30.21

“Nursing Home Workers Prepare To Strike” – CT News Junkie – 4.30.21

“Union warns nursing homes that thousands of workers are prepared to strike” – Connecticut Mirror – 4.30.21

“Nursing home workers at 30+ facilities across CT set to strike starting May 14” – WTNH – 4.30.21

“Funding, Staffing Issues Leave Mental Health Cases In Police Hands – CT News Junkie” – 4.28.21

“Nursing home strikes loom large in CT as strike votes are underway – CT Mirror” – 4.23.21

“Strikes Possible At More Than 50 Nursing Homes This Spring” – CT Mirror – 4.15.21

“Demonstrators arrested in Hartford rallying for livable wages for long-term care workers” – Fox 61 – 4.8.21

“State healthcare workers march for budget increases to address social need” – Fox 61 – 4.7.21

“Op-Ed: I AM A MAN” – CT News Junkie – 4.3.21

“Poor people are still suffering from economic downturn brought from COVID” – CT Mirror – 3.29.21

“Opinion: When COVID-19 hit Connecticut’s nursing homes, we cared for your loved ones, but we got no love back” – Hartford Courant – 3.28.21

‘The clouds are starting to open:’ Residents and staff remember hardship, contemplate future one year after COVID hit Connecticut’s nursing homes – CT Mirror – 3.22.21

“Frontline services — and frontline workers — are forgotten by Lamont’s budget” – CT Mirror – 3.11.21

“Motorcade and Protest at Governor’s Residence” – Hartford News – 1.25.21

“Public Employees Union Serve Despite COVID” – Wall Street Journal – 2.23.21

“Conn. Front-Line Union Workers Detail Pandemic Challenges In New Book – WNPR – 1.4.21

2020

“Long-term Care Workers Rally For A Pay Increase, Bill of Rights” – CT News Junkie – 12.23.20

” ‘They can’t continue:’ Nursing homes struggle to maintain staffing as COVID cases continue to rise” – The CT Mirror – 12.10.20

“Personal caregivers do noble work — and are not adequately compensated” – The CT Mirror – 12.4.20