About 60 members of SEIU 1199 New England, employees of Saint Mary Home, held a rally outside the Albany Avenue entrance Wednesday afternoon to draw attention to their wage and benefit requests.
By Ronni Newton
Members of SEIU 1199 New England, including certified nursing assistants, dietary workers, housekeeping staff, and other employees held a peaceful rally at the Albany Avenue entrance to Saint Mary Home in West Hartford Wednesday afternoon, intended to draw attention to their wage and benefit requests.
Jesse Martin, vice president of SEIU 1199, said that while the union has been able to enhance benefits for many caregivers and other health care workers across Connecticut, and in 2021 successfully settled contracts with more than 50 nursing homes in the state that have agreed to pay their certified nursing assistants at least $20 per hour and their dietary, housekeeping, and laundry workers at least $18.50 per hour, Saint Mary Home – which is operated by Trinity Health Senior Communities – has proposed a wage of just $15.96, less than a dollar above minimum wage.
While other nursing homes across the state have agreed to grant the now federally-recognized Juneteenth holiday to their employees, that benefit is not being provided to the roughly 160 Saint Mary Home workers, more than 80% of whom are Black or brown.
“They have struggled tremendously during this pandemic,” Martin said. “But in our current negotiations with Saint Mary Home they have refused to meet those...
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