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A labor union representing nurses, certified nursing assistants and other healthcare workers says it has notified 33 nursing homes in Connecticut of plans for a strike on May 14. In a statement released Friday, officials with District 1199 of the Service Employees International Union said more than 3,400 employees are prepared to walk off the job in protest of low wages and short-staffing practices implemented by facility operators. “Connecticut’s long-term care system relies on poverty wages,” said District 1199 President Rob Baril. “By going on strike, we are telling nursing home op...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thirty-three Connecticut nursing homes received notifications on...

The strike notices, served on facilities owned by RegalCare, Genesis HealthCare, Autumn...

CT nursing home workers protest ahead of planned strike FacebookTwitterEmail HARTFORD — Amid looming strikes, hundreds of nursing home workers will rally outside the governor’s mansion Saturday afternoon in a show of displeasure over stalled contract negotiations. Pedro Zayas, communications director for SEIU District 1199 New England, said over 200 nursing home employees are expected to join members of Recovery For All Coalition, an organization of labor and faith organizations that has been pressing state officials for more tax relief for the poor and greater state spending on health ca...

Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org Kara O’Dwyer, center, and other protestors with health care union SEIU 1199 New England gathered in April to ask for better treatment of nursing home, long-term care, home care, group home workers, including health insurance, better wages and proper PPE. The state’s largest health care workers’ union warned 33 nursing homes that about 3,400 of its members are poised to strike in two weeks. The strike notices, served on facilities owned by RegalCare, Genesis HealthCare, Autumn Lake Healthcare and iCare Management chains, could be the beginning of a larger work ...