“This is an excellent first step in a path towards living wages for essential employees like ourselves,” - Esabel Chubka, Dietary Aide
I am incredibly proud of the people I work with for coming together to advocate for themselves and our residents. It is a relief to hear that the owner of our facility will finally take our demands for better wages and adequate staffing seriously. I believe this is an excellent first step in a path towards living wages for essential employees like ourselves.
- Esabel Chubka, Dietary Aide
Esabel Chuka, Dietary Aide
- Wage increases that include either $2 an hour for all employees or a 4% increase (whichever is greater).
- Entry into the SEIU Training and Education Fund to provide tuition reimbursement for career advancement and other educational benefits.
- New 401(k) retirement plan: Offered to all bargaining unit employees employed a minimum of 90 days by January, 2027.
- Affordable healthcare insurance - workers were able to push back on a more expensive plan that would have hiked their out of pocket costs.
Contact: Communications Office of SEIU 1199NE at 860-280-6443 or comms@seiu1199ne.org
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About SEIU 1199NE: District 1199 SEIU New England represents 29,000 health care and service workers in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Southeastern Massachusetts. In Rhode Island, 1199 SEIU NE represents 5,000 members. 1199 SEIU NE is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) – a union of over 2 million members across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. SEIU has been a national leader in pushing the growing Fight for $15 and a Union movement.