1199 SPECTRUM STRIKE UPDATE
[Photo above: District 1199 on the picket line at a Spectrum facility] Click on photo for full screenRALLY IN THE VALLEY
* DATE: Saturday, May 8, 2010
* TIME; 11AM to 1PM
* PLACE: Birmingham Health Center Picket Line
210 Chatfield Street, Derby
400 nurses, aides and support staff at four nursing homes operated by Spectrum Healthcare have been on strike since April 15th over Unfair Labor Practices. The homes are Birmingham Health Center in Derby, Hilltop Health Center in Ansonia, Laurel Hill Healthcare in Winsted, and Park Place Health Center in Hartford.
Spectrum is the only nursing home company to provoke a strike, after 33 other nursing homes settled fair contracts on the same terms that are on the table with Spectrum.
Spectrum illegally fired more than 50 workers prior to the strike and is under investigation by the National Labor Relations Board. 83% of the facilities Spectrum operates in Connecticut have been repeatedly cited by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) for having illness and injury rates that are more than twice the national average.
400 nurses, aides and support staff at four nursing homes operated by Spectrum Healthcare have been on strike since April 15th over Unfair Labor Practices. The homes are Birmingham Health Center in Derby, Hilltop Health Center in Ansonia, Laurel Hill Healthcare in Winsted, and Park Place Health Center in Hartford.
Spectrum is the only nursing home company to provoke a strike, after 33 other nursing homes settled fair contracts on the same terms that are on the table with Spectrum.
Spectrum illegally fired more than 50 workers prior to the strike and is under investigation by the National Labor Relations Board. 83% of the facilities Spectrum operates in Connecticut have been repeatedly cited by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) for having illness and injury rates that are more than twice the national average.
The company says that it has hired permanent replacements for the strikers who are standing up for themselves, their families and their residents.
Join the members of District 1199 who are fighting for fairness. If this employer can get away with violating the law and hiring permanent replacements – who’s next?
ALSO, YOU CAN JOIN THE PICKET LINES ANYTIME FROM 6AM TO 12 MIDNIGHT.
The locations are:
BIRMINGHAM HEALTH CENTER -- 210 Chatfield St. -- Derby,
CTHILLTOP HEALTH CENTER - 126 Ford St. - Ansonia,
CTLAUREL HILL HEALTHCARE - 108 East Lake St. - Winsted,
CTPARK PLACE HEALTH CENTER - 5 Greenwood St. - Hartford, CT
Source: http://www.nehceu.org/
Posted by Tom Connolly
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