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COVID-19

Lamont Allows Reduced Testing Of Nursing Home Workers, Cites Changing Federal Guidance

  • June 22, 2020

State officials have announced that they’re scaling back COVID-19 testing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It’s a policy shift that comes as a major union representing eldercare workers

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COVID-19

Desde Covid-19 hasta la Responsabilidad Policial, Queremos Respirar…

  • June 22, 2020

“Durante las últimas semanas hemos sido testigos una vez más de los asesinatos de personas afroamericanas de tal forma que nos recuerda los linchamientos de la era Jim Crow, previo

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

ICare Delegates Meeting – Tuesday 6/23

  • June 22, 2020

Join us for and ICare Delegates meeting Tuesday 6/23 at 5:30pm Time: Jun 23, 2020 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98369886893 Meeting ID: 983 6988

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Connecticut

Thousands gather at state Capitol on Juneteenth; protesters confront Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin over defunding police

  • June 19, 2020

 Thousands of racial justice protesters marched through Hartford on Friday, rallying at the Capitol and later confronting Mayor Luke Bronin outside his home over the issue of police funding. On

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COVID-19

Essential workers tell lawmakers they’re being denied workers compensation for COVID-19 because they can’t prove where they got the virus

  • June 19, 2020

As a shuttle bus driver at Yale New Haven Hospital, Denise Rogers constantly came in close contact with nurses and other health care workers as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading

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COVID-19

Demand an end to the lethal status quo in nursing homes

  • June 18, 2020

Since April, Rhode Island nursing homes have received over $50 million dollars in state and federal funding in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This is on top of the $242 million they made

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Nursing Homes

RI lawmakers push for better protection in nursing homes

  • June 18, 2020

Although the numbers are down in Rhode Island, there is an urge to better protect the state’s most vulnerable population in the wake of COVID-19. Nursing home residents are the

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COVID-19

Remembering Long-Term Care Workers & Clients Fighting COVID-19

  • June 18, 2020

Join us at Bushnell Park’s North Hill by the State Capitol as we remember and honor thousands of long-term care workers and residents/clients affected by COVID-19. Too many nursing home

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COVID-19

Union representing nursing homes workers says state failed to protect workers and their patients

  • June 17, 2020

The president of the local union that represents nursing home workers said the state has treated them as if they “were invisible” as the deaths mounted in facilities across the

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Uncategorized

iCare Delegate Assembly 6.16.20

  • June 15, 2020

ICare Delegate meeting:  Discuss info picket and layoffs  Topic: Icare Delegates meeting Time: Jun 16, 2020 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Zoom Meeting Details https://zoom.us/j/91073737759   Meeting ID:

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