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About 2,000 unionized workers at privately run group homes across the state agreed Thursday to delay a planned strike as the Lamont administration continues to work with both sides in the labor dispute.
Union delays strike at 200 group homes, seeks funding deal May 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The union representing more than 2,000 workers at 200 group homes across Connecticut announced Thursday it will delay a strike planned for Friday after Gov. Ned Lamont's office expressed interest in improving state funding levels for the facilities. District 1199 New England, SEIU reset the strike date to June 4 at 6 a.m. with the hope that new agreements can be reached on labor contracts that expired with six group home agencies: Oak Hill, Network, Whole Life, Mosaic, Journey...
Jessica Hill / AP Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont reached a deal between the state’s largest health care workers’ union and the nursing home industry late Thursday afternoon that would avert a strike Friday at 26 facilities. The nursing home operators still must finalize contract details with workers. The agreement came two hours after the administration sweetened its offer to fund the industry in the next state budget. Nursing home operators still must finalize contract details with workers “We have a basic agreement, which is a four-year deal, to put front-and-center our nurses w...
SEIU calls off strike by Connecticut nursing home workers, accepts governor’s inadequate last-minute deal Connecticut Democratic Governor Ned Lamont, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and nursing home operators reached an eleventh-hour agreement to prevent 2,800 workers at 26 nursing homes throughout the state from going on strike early Friday morning. The deal will also prevent another 1,200 workers at other facilities from striking May 28. The proposed agreement provides raises that are inadequate to ensure these essential workers a decent living in one of the country’s m...
By Keith Phaneuf, Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror Gov. Ned Lamont reached a deal between the state’s largest health care workers’ union and the nursing home industry late Thursday afternoon that would avert a strike Friday at 26 facilities. The agreement came two hours after the administration sweetened its offer to fund the industry in the next state budget. “We have a basic agreement, which is a four-year deal, to put front-and-center our nurses who have been there at the nursing homes taking care of our seniors through thick and thin over the last 14 months,” Lamont said at...