It’s a good career, but people are running away from it because it doesn’t pay well. People are running away going to Target or go to Amazon to work, now we're left overworked.
Johannah Alabi, CNA, WFSB 5/1/2025
Coverage from the CT Mirror
...you can’t solve the problems that exist for publicly funded workers with nickels and dimes. To make progress, it takes real money.
- Rob Baril, SEIU 1199NE President, CT Mirror 5/1/25
Coverage on NPR website and radio broadcast
Connecticut needs to get their budget properly funded by raising, literally, the fiscal guardrails on the rainy day fund, so they can get their budget up to speed, so it's not so detrimental once cuts come from Washington D.C.
Judy Kyle, LPN, NPR 5/1/2025
The governor said that we are essential workers. Pay us essentially,” Grant said. “The cost of living is going up now with the tariffs and everything else. It is hard for us to provide for our families. We are not able to do the adequate work that we need to because we're tired and we're understaffed and overworked.
Sylvia Grant, , NPR 5/1/2025
Coverage from the Hartford Courant
Most nursing home workers currently earn between $18 and $22 per hour, and the union leader said some could earn more money working at McDonald’s.
Rob Baril, Hartford Courant 5/1/25
We will not be pushed aside any longer. We will no longer be brought to tears as they suffer in silence. They deserve real quality of care. They deserve dignity. They deserve respect. And so do we.
Michael Furlow, New Haven Independent, 5/2/25
Some Additional Great Member Quotes below ;
We were promised it would never happen again. But here we are—cutting corners, putting lives at risk, and expecting workers like me to carry the burden. Well, I’m here to say: Enough is enough!
Michael Furlow 5/1/2025
The work we do is vital, it is life-sustaining. Yet, we’re not worthy of a salary that allows us to sustain our own lives.
Judy Kyle 5/1/2025