More than 2,000 group home workers threaten to strike by May 21
By Keith M. Phaneuf
Connecticut’s largest health care workers’ union announced Friday that more than 2,000 group home staffers who serve the developmentally disabled and people suffering from mental illness or drug addiction plan to strike on May 21.
The announcement by SEIU District 1199 New England comes just seven days before 3,400 of its member nursing home workers are set to hit the picket lines a move that dramatically increases the pressure on state officials to increase public support for health care services.
Union officials say negotiations are continuing and also that a formal strike warning does not commit the bargaining unit to a work stoppage on the notice date.
More than 2,000 group home workers threaten to strike by May 21
Work stoppage could exceed 5,000 caregivers if nursing home staffers strike as well
Oak Hill School. Group home workers have threatened to strike.
Connecticut’s largest health care workers’ union announced Friday that more than 2,000 group home staffers who serve the developmentally disabled and people suffering from mental illness or drug addiction plan to strike on May 21.
The announcement by SEIU District 1199 New England comes just seven days before 3,400 of its member nursing home workers are set to hit the picket lines a move that dramatically increases the pressure on state officials to increase public support for health care services.
Committee advances Democratic budget focused on equity
SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
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The Connecticut General Assembly s budget-writing committee approved, along party lines, a proposed two-year $46 billion state spending plan crafted by the majority Democrats who say that it attempts to address many equity issues that came to light during the pandemic and the nation s reckoning on race.
The committee s budget bill is essentially a response to Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont s proposed budget unveiled in February, which also spends roughly $46 billion over two years. However, it includes more money than Lamont s budget for financially struggling nonprofit agencies that provide social services, as well as to local health and school districts, workforce development programs, higher education and other initiatives.
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Democrats adjust Lamont s budget, focus on equity, nonprofits
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State Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, co-chairwoman of the budget-writing Appropriations Committee.Michael Cummo / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, co-chairwoman of the budget-writing Appropriations CommitteeArielle Levin Becker / THE CT MIRRORShow MoreShow Less
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The legislative Appropriations Committee has revised about one-fifth of Gov. Ned Lamont proposed two-year $46-billion budget for the two years starting July 1.John Minchillo / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Majority Democrats in the General Assembly have targeted about 20 percent of Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed budget for changes, including more funding for non-profit social service providers, in a two-year $46-billion spending plan that would use $1.7 billion in anticipated federal support.