Connecticut
Frontline long-term caregivers look back at the early days of the pandemic The New England Health Care Employees Union, District … Continue reading Book Release Ceremony: “Care Under COVID”
Connecticut
Join us today in Hartford at Shiloh Baptist Church for a press conference and rally to demand a People’s Budget. … Continue reading A People’s Economic Recovery – October 20th, 2020
Connecticut
We are extremely disappointed that the Department of Public Health was not able to step in earlier and do better … Continue reading Press Release – SEIU 1199 Union Statement on Discharge at Three Rivers in Norwich
COVID-19
When Tanya Beckford was infected with COVID-19 while working at an assisted-living facility in Newington earlier this year, she told … Continue reading Nursing home workers ask Connecticut lawmakers for help as they prepare for a potential second wave of coronavirus infections
A coalition of labor unions, including the Connecticut AFL-CIO, Connecticut Education Association (CEA), State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), and … Continue reading New Labor Ad Campaign Urges a “People’s Recovery”
Progressive contenders in November election pledge support for workers and quality care 1199 Endorses Jorge Cabrera for State Senate … Continue reading 1199 Endorses Candidates Cabrera, Moore, McGee, Gibson, Farrar and Bello
The president of the local union that represents nursing home workers said the state has treated them as if they … Continue reading Union representing nursing homes workers says state failed to protect workers and their patients
More than three months after a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., became the center of the country’s first coronavirus outbreak, a majority … Continue reading Most Nursing Home Workers in New Survey Say ‘Life is at Risk’ Daily From Coronavirus
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
As Connecticut leaders this week unveiled plans to ramp up testing among the most vulnerable communities hit by COVID-19, the … Continue reading Data: 70% of CT coronavirus-linked deaths have occurred in senior care facilities