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Hartford Courant journalists are attempting to unionize
Suffering from a declining workforce in recent years, Hartford Courant employees say they took steps on Monday to form a union. Journalists of the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper on
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Connecticut labor leaders call for tax hikes for the wealthy and other ‘alternatives to austerity’
Labor leaders are calling on Governor Ned Lamont to keep tax hikes for the rich on the table as the legislature looks to solve Connecticut’s budget crisis. Asserting that Connecticut’s
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When Nursing Home Care Falls Short
A nursing home’s role is to care for its patients, not compromise their health. Yet, across Connecticut, a number of facilities have come up short in fulfilling this most basic
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Check out our Weekly News Round-up – 1/1/19 to 1/5/19
Below are various articles relevant to the State, 1199 and the work we do! Lamont Administration Begins To Take Shape https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20190102_lamont_administration_begins_to_take_shape1/ Governor-elect Ned Lamont stayed busy during the holidays
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Staffing Levels, Culture Challenge Quality Of Nursing Home Care
WNPR published a story regarding the various issues in Nursing Homes regarding staffing. “It isn’t often that DPH mandates staffing or requires nursing homes to hire consultants, but the order
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DENIED: A LOOK INTO INMATE HEALTH CARE
For the past couple of weeks, 1199 has been working with the Connecticut Mirror to follow up on staffing levels and quality of services at the Department of Correction. On
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Public vs. private social services debate reaches the Lamont transition
Here is an article from the CT Mirror regarding policy transition committees as they report their preliminary findings and recommendations. “Schwartz noted that more than 2,000 developmentally disabled citizens are
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District 1199 President David Pickus To Retire at End of the Year
I write to you today, my union brothers and sisters, to announce my retirement as President of SEIU 1199 New England effective December 31, 2018. I have served over 40
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Are Connecticut Inmates Receiving Adequate Medical Care?
Multiple lawsuits allege Connecticut’s prison system failed to properly diagnose and treat prisoners with serious illnesses. What steps have been taken to improve health care behind bars? Listen to the