MEUI Local 506

When we fight we win!!

Connecticut AFL-CIO President @labor_ed joined food service workers from our CT State Universities as they picket for a living wage and fair contract! Many workers are forced to get second and third jobs just to get by, despite working full-time. One job should be enough!

To register click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsaKYrZ63GxV8Tg78lu2c_BaF2fAFKh31hIP8P56AfjLfXjA/viewform?usp=send_form

https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-02-18/livable-wages-working-families/ct-paraeducators-organize-to-get-a-living-wage/a95341-1
Little by little more and more people are seeing we need to treat our essential workers with more respect and better pay!!

CT paraeducators organize to get a living wage Connecticut union organizers are working to get pension plans for paraeducators. In recent years, they have won a flurry of benefits from organizing but getting a pension plan has not been easy, since a General Assembly bill to create one has not made it through the Appropriations Committee in three...

🚨 Starbucks & Amazon workers are ON STRIKE for fair union contracts! Tell Starbucks CEO: no contract, no coffee!

I support striking Starbucks workers! Sign on now and stay informed about our efforts to protect workers’ rights! 

On November 21, Executive Board Member Cara Brennan presented a check for $250 to Selectman, Jim Tripp, Portland CT and Food Bank Director, Kevin Backman, on behalf of MEUI Local 506.

https://www.seiu.org/2024/11/seius-verrett-we-wont-back-down

SEIU President April Verrett stated: “We will not allow anyone to take away our fundamental rights and freedoms. Hear us: when you attack just one of us, you’re attacking every worker who makes our communities, our economy, and our nation strong."

SEIU’s Verrett: We Won’t Back Down Our shared future is one rooted in joy and optimism, where we have Unions for All so that workers can share in the nation’s prosperity.

Yesterday Comptroller Sean Scanlon hosted a press conference about the expansion of the paraeducator health insurance subsidy plan that will assist over 6,000 paras with co-payments. Our paras - the backbone of our schools - testified and wrote to their legislators in support of this needed lifeline. We thank all paras for their dedication to student achievement and our elected leaders who support their fight for respect and dignity.

Recognizing as the heroes they truly are! Yesterday, leaders gathered in the Office of Governor Ned Lamont to receive an official proclamation honoring . AFT AFL-CIO Connecticut AFL-CIO AFSCME SEIU CSEA SEIU Local 2001 Connecticut Employees Union Independent UAW International Union UAW Region 9A