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Union for 3,500 nursing home workers calls for strike
Source: Charlotte Observer
HARTFORD, CONN.
A union representing 3,500 workers has called for a strike at 27 nursing homes in Connecticut beginning April 24.
The Service Employees International Union, District 1199, announced Wednesday that its members voted to authorize a strike. Workers include nursing aides, dietary and housekeeping staff and nurses.
Their contracts expired in March.
At Paradigm Healthcare, a for-profit Connecticut company, employees received 2 percent raises for three of four years of the last contract. It received no raise in the third year.
FULL short story at link.
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/health-family/article17926592.html
