Democrat John McNamara has received the endorsement of District 1199, the SEIU Union for health care workers, for a seat on the New Britain City Council from Ward 4.
McNamara is a former Democratic Town Chair and previously was elected Chair of the Board of Assessment Appeal and served as the Building Commission Chair in city government. He is running in Ward 4 in neighborhoods near Central Connecticut State University and extending out to the Brittany Farms and Batterson Park area. This year 15 Common Councilors will be elected from five wards, replacing a hybrid Council comprised of five at-large and 10 ward members.
In gaining the endorsement McNamara said he fully supports Recovery For All, a labor and community coalition working for a more progressive, statewide tax system “to stabilize unsustainable municipal finances and reduce reliance on property taxes that are hitting homeowners and tenants especially hard this year because of new assessments.”
In Connecticut, over 26,000 workers are members of District 1199. The Union represents nurses, certified nursing assistants, personal care attendants, technicians, clerical employees, service and maintenance workers, and other workers in a variety of health care settings including state services, nursing homes, home care, hospitals and community programs for the developmentally disabled.
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“I am grateful to District 1199 for the endorsement and I pledge to support the union in its efforts to improve the wages and benefits of its members who deliver vital health care services in New Britain and throughout the state,” said McNamara.
In addition to District 1199 McNamara has received the endorsement of three other labor unions, CSEA Local 2001, the Congress of Ct Community Colleges and AFT Connecticut (American Federation of Teachers Connecticut).
New Britain Alderman John McNamara 