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Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman are joining a growing chorus of voices — including residents’ family members, elected officials, and other community leaders — to lend support to 700 nursing home workers on strike since last week against HealthBridge for unfair labor practices. The Governor and Lt. Governor joined workers on the
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HealthBridge “failed and refused to bargain in good faith with the Union” when it implemented changes to wages, hours and other conditions of employment, the National Labor Relations Board stated in a sweeping federal Complaint issued on Friday, July 6 against the New Jersey-based nursing home corporation. Despite claims from HealthBridge officials that unilateral changes
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The following letter to the editor appeared in the CT Post in support of the HealthBridge caregivers, written by the son of a long-term resident of West River Health Center in Milford: I am writing in reference to your story “HealthBridge workers set to go on strike Tuesday.” As the son of a longtime resident, I would like to
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1199 caregivers at five HealthBridge nursing homes in Connecticut began strikes on July 3 over unfair labor practices after the company unlawfully ended negotiations and unilaterally implemented what it claimed was its “last, best and final” offer.
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As pressure from residents, family members, community members and elected officials mounts — and the number of citations from the CT Department of Public Health and National Labor Relations Board pile up by the day — it’s clear that HealthBridge saw that Judgement Day was coming. That’s why, on March 28, 2012, HealthBridge said that
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On Monday, March 19th, State Representative Kevin Ryan came to the 1199 Training Fund office to meet with members and a Training Fund instructor regarding proposed legislation that will substantially increase state spending on “Incumbent Worker Training” grants. These grants go to employers provide education and training for their employees, generally for classes held at
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In its “Know Your Trustees” series, NYU Local has this profile of Daniel Straus, one of the owners of HealthBridge – which has illegally locked out 100 caregivers in Milford since December 2011, and is threatening to close its other facilities in Connecticut, putting 1200 residents at risk of eviction. The profile includes some stunning
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The Hartford Courant is reporting that the State of Connecticut: has denied permission for Wethersfield Health Care Center to close, even as the owners of the nursing home have been aggressively publicizing its closure and encouraging its residents to leave. […] The state Department of Social Services, which regulates nursing homes, told HealthBridge Tuesday night that
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On the day their union contract was set to expire, health care workers employed by Waterbury Hospital demonstrated their anger at the status of contract bargaining (which began on January 25th) by picketing outside of their facility in advance of that evening’s negotiations. Nearly 75 union members took part in the action, in spite of
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a sweeping federal Complaint today against HealthBridge Management/Care One, saying the long-term care corporation “failed and refused to bargain in good faith with the Union” in negotiations for new contracts for 800 caregivers at six Connecticut nursing homes. Several news sources have already picked up the story (click