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Connecticut’s independent home care personal care attendants (PCAs) rallied at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford on Tuesday to demand a … Continue reading Long-Term Care Workers Unite in Civil Disobedience Demanding Fair Wages for PCAs
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“As a union home care worker, I feel that our pain must be heard, our struggles understood, and that those … Continue reading OP-ED | Home Care Workers Call For Higher Pay, Benefits
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Strike notices due this Friday for six group home agencies in Connecticut were withdrawn and reset with a new strike … Continue reading Group Home Caregivers Delay Strike in Hopes of New Union Contract
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Union nursing home workers at Icare facilities agreed to a new contract that sets a historic $20 per hour minimum … Continue reading Union Gets Icare Contract with $20/hr Minimum for CNAs and $30/hr Minimum for LPNs
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Still reeling financially from the coronavirus pandemic, Connecticut’s nursing home industry could face strikes at more than 50 facilities this … Continue reading Strikes possible at more than 50 CT nursing homes this spring
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Union long-term care workers and leaders were detained for acts of peaceful civil disobedience Thursday in Hartford in demand that … Continue reading Peaceful Civil Disobedience in Hartford to Demand Funding for Long-Term Care
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Over 200 state healthcare workers, community partners and elected officials marched in Hartford to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Dr. … Continue reading State Healthcare Workers March for a Moral Budget to Expand Services
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More than 100 long-term care workers blocked traffic in Hartford at the Department of Social Services to draw attention to … Continue reading Long-Term Care Workers Stop Traffic in Fight Against Poverty Wages
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So far, tens of thousands of Connecticut residents have already received the COVID-19 vaccine. Yet nationally, vaccine rollout has been … Continue reading Checking In On The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
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Luz Morales was working as a certified nursing assistant at RegalCare at Waterbury, a nursing home, when she fell ill … Continue reading Conn. Front-Line Union Workers Detail Pandemic Challenges In New Book