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COVID-19

Report offers clues to what went wrong in lethal COVID outbreak in nursing homes

  • August 20, 2020

COVID-19 hit nursing homes in the Northeast states particularly hard, but those living in Connecticut long term care facilities died more frequently than in any other state – a result

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COVID-19

State extends funding for nursing home staff testing through October

  • August 13, 2020

State officials, who had planned to fund the broad testing of nursing home staff through Aug. 31, are extending their financial support through late October, pointing to the importance of

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Major unions push for paid leave in COVID-19 aid bill

  • August 10, 2020

The country’s top five labor union groups are calling on Congress to include expanded paid leave benefits in a new COVID-19 relief bill. “Never before have paid leave protections been more necessary,”

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COVID-19

Lamont is guarding reserves for recession to come. Critics say he’s prioritizing austerity over COVID response

  • August 5, 2020

Five months into the pandemic, with another COVID wave looming and the national economy in free fall, Gov. Ned Lamont is socking away Connecticut’s dollars, reminding lawmakers these resources may

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COVID-19

Free Testing for Asymptomatic or Symptomatic PCAs

  • August 4, 2020

Please see below the links to the health center web sites.  This is the best means to access FREE testing that does not require a doctor’s order, and is available

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Rhode Island

RI Nursing Home Workers Postpone Strike Plans for August 5th

  • July 31, 2020

BREAKING: Nursing home workers have announced they will postpone their plans to strike on August 5 at the urging of Governor Raimondo who has pledged to end the staffing crisis:

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COVID-19

Home Care – August 2020 Newsletter

  • July 31, 2020

Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay All home care workers protected by District 1199’s union contract with Connecticut’s Department of Social Services and Department of Developmental

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COVID-19

Broad testing of nursing home staff is considered crucial in stopping COVID. But who will pay for it?

  • July 30, 2020

For months, Lurlette Newell avoided hugs from her grandchildren, a heartbreaking ordeal for a woman who loves to show affection. But Newell, a certified nursing assistant at the Westside Care

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Home Care

Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay

  • July 29, 2020

All home care workers protected by District 1199’s union contract with Connecticut’s Department of Social Services and Department of Developmental Services will receive a lump sum of hazard pay in

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Connecticut

State Unions Coalition Lauds Gov. Lamont’s Action to Protect Frontline Essential Workers

  • July 28, 2020

HARTFORD – The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) today issued the following statement on Governor Ned Lamont’s executive order providing workers who contracted COVID-19 on the job with presumed

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