COVID-19
Please see below the links to the health center web sites. This is the best means to access FREE testing … Continue reading Free Testing for Asymptomatic or Symptomatic PCAs
Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay All home care workers protected by District 1199’s union contract … Continue reading Home Care – August 2020 Newsletter
All home care workers protected by District 1199’s union contract with Connecticut’s Department of Social Services and Department of Developmental … Continue reading Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay
For me, July 1 is my “a little more Independence Day.” I’m getting a raise from $15.85 to $16.25 an hour, along … Continue reading “Home care workers like me deserve a wage that provides dignity and respect”
Este correo electrónico estará disponible en español pronto. The twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racism have exposed that, too often, … Continue reading Home Care – Raises, Hazard Pay, Masks & Holiday Pay coming up – Updates 7.1.20
This is part of a series of shows from Where We Live about the future of work after the COVID-19 … Continue reading The Future Of Work: Gender Disparities In The Workplace Worsen During The Pandemic
Connecticut
After reporting for weeks that Connecticut Hispanics are only half as likely to die from COVID-19 as non-Hispanic whites, state … Continue reading Disparities in Hispanic and black death rates much worse than previously reported
Janell Roberts was stunned when she opened a box of personal protective equipment shipped by the state Department of Social … Continue reading Home health aide: ‘They are playing a game with our lives’
COVID-19
As PCAs, too often we’ve been treated like we’re invisible. As a majority female workforce, made up disproportionately of black and … Continue reading Updates on PPE for PCAs – 5.13.20
by Lisa Backus | Mar 30, 2020 11:30am If Lynda Frank gets sick while working as a home personal care aide, she’s … Continue reading Home Health Aides Seek Basic Protections