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About 185 members of the state's largest health care workers' union were scheduled to hit the picket lines early Tuesday morning as negotiations stalled
About 185 members of the state’s largest health care workers’ union were scheduled to...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Nearly 150 unionized group home workers went on strike Tuesday,...
About 185 members of the state’s largest health care workers’ union were scheduled to hit the picket lines early Tuesday morning as negotiations stalled with a major chain serving the disabled. Employees at 28 group homes and day programs run by Sunrise Northeast, who’ve been working under a contract that expired in March, ordered the work stoppage after the union and management failed to make sufficient progress in negotiations on a new deal, said Rob Baril, president of SEIU District 1199 New England.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Nearly 150 unionized group home workers went on strike Tuesday, while another 100 have reached an agreement with their employer and called off their threatened walkout. Employees at Sunrise Inc., which operates 28 group homes for people with disabilities across Connecticut, started forming picket lines at 6 a.m.