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Union leaders blast CT governor's plan to call in National Guard over nursing home worker strike Salon 5/12/2021 Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has called up the state's National Guard to deal with an impending strike among long-term care facility and nursing home workers — a move that was blasted by union leaders despite the administration's insistence that the force would only be used to move at-risk residents in case of emergency.  "I authorize you to immediately call up a sufficient force of ...

Lamont: 'Basic agreement' reached with nurses union to hopefully prevent workers' strike "I am very hopeful that this strike has been averted," he said during a press conference Thursday afternoon. Author: FOX61 Staff Updated: 10:14 PM EDT May 13, 2021 HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. Ned Lamont said the state is very close to negotiating a "basic" four-year agreement with the nursing union to prevent a proposed strike set for Friday. "I am very hopeful that this strike has been averted," he said during a press conference Thursday afternoon, adding that a "basic agreem...

Published May 11. 2021 9:25PM  By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press Gov. Ned Lamont's chief of staff said Tuesday that an additional $280 million in state funding proposed for nursing homes is the administration's “last best offer” in an effort to avoid strikes at dozens of nursing homes across Connecticut, but the union representing the workers said it falls short of addressing “poverty” wages. The union, District 1199 New England, SEIU, contends the 4.5% annual wage increase for the next two years would not be enough to establish a $20 per hour minimum for unionized certified nursing a...

Gov. Ned Lamont's chief of staff said Tuesday that an additional $280 million in state...

Cloe Poisson / CTMirror.org Gov. Ned Lamont put the state’s largest health care workers’ union on notice Tuesday evening that he’d made his last and best financial offer to avert a strike threatened for Friday. The governor’s chief of staff, Paul Mounds Jr., also used a virtual news conference to challenge SEIU District 1199 New England and more than three dozen congregate care facilities to remain at the bargaining table and hammer out a deal. The $280 million, two-year package the administration disclosed publicly Monday “was the best and final offer proposal which would be p...