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Connecticut

Disparities in Hispanic and black death rates much worse than previously reported

  • May 29, 2020

After reporting for weeks that Connecticut Hispanics are only half as likely to die from COVID-19 as non-Hispanic whites, state officials now say that Hispanics here are substantially more likely to die

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COVID-19

Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Focuses on Nursing Home Workers

  • May 28, 2020

Members of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus traveled the state Monday visiting nursing homes from Stamford to Hartford to let the workers know they have their backs. Sen.

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COVID-19

Federal Workplace Safety Officials Investigate Three Connecticut Nursing Homes

  • May 27, 2020

Federal workplace safety inspectors are investigating the death or hospitalization of at least three Connecticut elder care workers due to complications from COVID-19. The investigations come as union officials say

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Community Programs (CT)

Health Care Heroes: Saluting Front-Line Workers in the Battle Against the Coronavirus

  • May 26, 2020

They don’t wear capes. But they do have masks. Doctors left their private practices to help staff emergency rooms and intensive care units. Nurses held the hands of dying patients too

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COVID-19

Unease Increases Among Inmates, DOC Employees

  • May 26, 2020

Inmates in the state prison system are becoming increasingly aggressive toward staff due to the way the coronavirus pandemic is being handled, according to union officials and prison employees. There’s

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COVID-19

‘Working People Want Real Change’: A Union Chief Sounds Off on the Crisis

  • May 26, 2020

Growing up as the oldest girl among 10 siblings in a large Catholic family in Detroit, Mary Kay Henry learned the power of collective action at an early age. Sometimes,

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Connecticut

Even with expanding COVID-19 testing, DOC employees describe ‘a perfect storm’ within Connecticut prisons and jails

  • May 23, 2020

Even as the state Department of Correction significantly expands COVID-19 testing of incarcerated people, agency employees say that deep concerns persist about adequate social distancing and medical staffing in Connecticut

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Connecticut

‘Money Bags and Body Bags’ protest rolls through affluent Greenwich neighborhoods

  • May 22, 2020

A noisy caravan of union demonstrators descended on Greenwich on Thursday afternoon, putting a spotlight on what they say are the health risks and medical burdens faced by service workers

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COVID-19

Progressives look to bring CT’s tax fairness debate to the grassroots level

  • May 19, 2020

The next Connecticut income tax debate is heating up — but not at the Capitol. A key state legislative caucus is crafting a letter urging town and city councils, local

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COVID-19

‘We’re essential workers and we’re hurting right now’: Coronavirus is taking a devastating toll on nursing home employees

  • May 18, 2020

With the coronavirus tearing through the Chelsea Place Care Center in Hartford, Cassondra Diaz was careful to take precautions. She always wore a mask, even though she worked as a

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