1199 SPECTRUM STRIKE - WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

[Photo above: Carmen E. Boudier, President of District 1199, center of photo with sun glasses, walks the picket with stirkers from Park Place Health Center in Hartford, CT.] Click on photo for full screen.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM 1199 PRESIDENT CARMEN BOUDIER AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP OUR UNION SISTERS AND BROTHERS...

May 2010

Sisters and Brothers:

As you know, 400 health care workers in our union are currently on strike at four Connecticut nursing homes over Unfair Labor Practices committed by their employer, Spectrum Healthcare.

Spectrum has threatened permanent replacements. We are at the Labor Board opposing their right to do so.

Many of you have asked how you can help. First, please join us whenever you can at one of the picket lines (addresses below). Second, if you wish to donate to support the strikers, please make checks out to:

The 1199 Strike and Defense Fund
Checks should be sent to: District 1199, 77 Huyshope Avenue , Hartford , CT 06106

Thank you for your support of these brave women and men.

Birmingham Health Center
210 Chatfield Street
Derby , CT

Hilltop Health Center
126 Ford Street
Ansonia , CT

Laurel Hill Healthcare
106 East Lake Street
Winsted , CT

Park Place Health Center
5 Greenwood Street
Hartford , CT

In solidarity,

Carmen E. Boudier
President

Source: AFL-CIO, Hartford
Posted by: Tom Connolly