SPECTRUM STRIKERS WIN VICTORY!

Photo Above: Picket Line at Park Place Health Center in Hartford CT [File Copy - Click on photo for full screen]

The Spectrum health care workers from District 1199 have been on strike for five mouths. In a spirited demonstration yesterday at Park Place Health Center in Hartford the workers and supporters welcomed a victory! The National Labor Relations Board found that Spectrum Health Care fired or suspended 14 employees in violation of federal labor law. A hearing on the ruling will be held Nov. 2.

Carmen Boudier, president of New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, said as she rallied the striking workers outside Park Place Health Center in Hartford, “It means that the boss violated our union contract in many ways..."

As the strike continues your support is needed.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP.

JOIN THE PICKET LINES ANYTIME BETWEEN 6 AM AND 12 MIDNIGHT at the following strike locations:

Birmingham Health Center, 210 Chatfield Street, DerbyCT

Hilltop Health Center, 126 Ford Street, Ansonia

Laurel Hill Healthcare, 106 East Lake Street, Winsted

Park Place Health Center, 5 Greenwood Street, Hartford

SEND A DONATION:

Send a donation to: The 1199 Strike and Defense Fund. Checks should be sent to: District 1199, 77 Huyshope Avenue , Hartford , CT 06106. The union has been on strike since April 15, 2010

Posted and photo by Tom Connolly