Unionized employees at a Waterbury nursing home planned a protest Tuesday afternoon over staff reductions and cuts to health-care coverage.
The facility, Waterbury Gardens at 128 Cedar Ave., was slated to be the site of a union rally at 2:30 pm today, according to the union, SEIU 1199NE. More than 130 members of the New England Health Care Employees Union District 1199 work at the 150-bed nursing home, owned by Priority Healthcare Group of Valley Stream, N.Y.
The union said it was protesting unfair labor practices as charged in a filing earlier this month with the National Labor Relations Board. “The employer violated [the National Labor Relations Act] by implementing changes to the terms and conditions of employment without reaching impasse with the Union,” the filing stated. The union also claims that the company retaliated against workers for engaging in protected union activities.
Priority Healthcare Group operates a network of nursing homes in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan and Vermont.
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