Organized Labor

Members of SEIU 1199 say a newly announced contract will avert a planned May 27 strike and provide $164 million for nursing homes and $149 million for group homes.

Caregivers are urging Gov. Ned Lamont and state legislators to address their contracts which expired two-weeks ago. They would also like them to share more insight into the impact of recent federal cuts to public health programs.

“Unemployment benefits being available to striking workers will ensure financial hardship will not impede workers’ ability to get a fair contract when a company has not bargained in good faith,” one union member said.

Democrats were joined by 25 Republicans in defeating a bill that would have prohibited unions from requiring non-union members to pay fees to cover the cost of collective bargaining.

It will be the inaugural contractor to sign on. Co-founder David Richards said he expects this to impact several hundred — primarily immigrant — workers during peak building season.

Drivers are already organizing support for a union effort, one month before a ballot question approving unionizing becomes law.

Citing lack of transparency and clarity, Governor Ned Lamont vetoed a bill that would have provided millions in state aid for striking workers.

Graduate student workers are calling on the University of Maine system to negotiate a fair contract with the newly formed union.

Unionized employees of MASS MoCA, the contemporary art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts, voted Tuesday to ratify an agreement on wages, ending a three-week strike that began March 6.

Unionized employees who work in North Adams at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art went on strike Wednesday morning, seeking a higher minimum hourly wage. Employees and the museum have been negotiating this part of a contract since October.