| Danbury Nurses Union Unit 47

Negotiations 3/21/17

Some agreements were made during negotiations on 3/21. Attached you will find a link to the proposals put forth (this includes counterproposals by the hospital) as well as a short summary of the meeting itself. Please take the time to review the information. Remember, to view the information click on the links below ending in .pdf. Share it with your coworkers. The Next Negotiation Days are Crucial. March 27, 2017 has been added beginning at 9am-3pm at the Ethan Allen. We also have Negotiations March 28 and 29 beginning at 9am with no end time at the Ethan Allen Hotel. Come out and support

Proposals 3/6/17

Here are the 4th set of proposals from Unit 47. You will also find a counter proposal from the hospital in regards to the Labor Management Committee. Please take the time to read through the proposals and review previous proposals. Remember you do not need to log in just click the links ending in .pdf.

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/nurses_4th_set_of__proposals.2_2017.pdf

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/hospital_counter_3-6.pdf

Proposals 3/1/2017

Here are the proposals that were brought forward today by Unit 47 as well as the Hospital. Please take the time to review the proposals as well as the previous proposals.

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/nurses_3rd_set_of__proposals.2_2017.pdf

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/floating_policy.pdf

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/hospital_proposals_3-1.pdf

Proposals 2/22/17

Here are the additonal proposals brought forward on February 22 by Unit 47. No additional proposals were put forth by the hospital at this time.

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/nurses_2nd_set_of__proposals_2017.pdf

Proposals 2/15/2017

Attached you will find copies of both Unit 47's initial proposals as well as Danbury Hospital's proposals. Please remember these can change at any time and these are just the beginning for both sides.

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/danbury_hospital_proposals.pdf

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/unit_47_initial_proposals.pdf

Get Health Insurance Through Your Employer? ACA Repeal Will Affect You, To

JoAnn Volk

January 11, 2017

Close-up photograph of an employee group health insurance application form.

Much of the recent attention on the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused on the fate of the 22.5 million people likely to lose insurance through a repeal of Medicaid expansion and the loss of protections and subsidies in the individual insurance market. Overlooked in the declarations of who stands to lose under plans to “repeal and replace” the ACA are those enrolled in employer-sponsored health plans — the primary source of coverage for people under 65.

Newsletter January to February 2017

Attached you will find a digital copy of the newsletter. Take time to read it over in order to see all the important union updates, including negotiations. As a reminder, this issue is the last issue that you will also be receiving a paper issue, from this point forward it will be digital only. Happy Reading!

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/newsletterjan-feb2017.pdf

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Renewing RN License

Please be aware, you will now only receive your CT RN Licensure renewal as a PDF. Please be sure to keep the email you receive with your renewed license when you renew it. Below you will also find information about online renewal of CT RN Licensures.

Call for stories about the ACA

Kelly Troutner, Director of at AFT Nurses and Health Professionals, has reached out with concerns over what could happen to health care with the new Congress and president. Threats to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and cut Medicaid and Medicare are considered real and could affect our members and our patients; as well as hospital, state, and municipal budgets.

Kelly has asked our help in providing stories from members about how changes could affect them, their families, and their patients. These stories need not be polished, everything helps, including just a few lines expressing concerns. They will be used to advocate for quality, affordable health care.

Could you reach out our healthcare members and ask their help?

Responses can be sent to me at Jbrady@aftct.org if you like.

Saving Medicaid, ACA, and existing healthcare programs from cuts

Dear Friends,

My friend Linda Yannone and I have been working with different groups to expand healthcare benefits in our state. However right now its important to make sure that the healthcare benefits, (like the ACA and its Medicaid expansion program) that advocates have fought so long and hard for are not dismantled.

We've been working with Daniela Giordano, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) CT and a coalition of other organizations including CT Citizens Action Group (CCAG) in a Medicaid Strategy group to prevent cuts to Medicaid and where possible expand healthcare coverage in CT.

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