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Health care union plans strike at three facilities (1000+ CT)
Associated Press
Published May 31 2005

HARTFORD, Conn. -- More than 1,000 unionized health care workers were planning a two-day strike Wednesday at three private agencies that help the disabled, mentally retarded and mentally ill.

The New England Health Care Employees Union District 1199 wants better wages and health care plans for their workers, who have been without a contract since April.

"You can't walk into a grocery store and say, 'I'll pay you 75 cents for this loaf of bread, and if I get more money from my employer next week, I'll pay you a dollar,"' said union spokeswoman Deborah Chernoff. "And that's basically what we're being asked to do." <snip>

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-31183038.apds.m0242.bc-ct--disamay31,0,3976936.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire
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