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More than 3,400 workers at 33 nursing homes in Connecticut are ready to strike starting on May 14 at 6:00 AM. All 33 nursing homes that received strike notifications Friday are chain facilities from Genesis (11), Icare (11), RegalCare (7), and Autumn Lake (4). After bravely enduring the strenuous assignment to serve nursing home residents
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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 the state provide funding to pay for structural changes that will let workers have a living wage, benefits and the capacity to retire with dignity. Rally participants picketed in front of 410 Capitol Avenue with
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The State of Connecticut must provide adequate funding for public services to save lives. The COVID-19 pandemic and its side effects have magnified the importance of building a robust structure to address unprecedented need for services the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Correction.
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As we look at Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed budget, it’s evident that the needs of the working poor and the middle class were not a priority. How can we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing economic harm on the working people of Connecticut with austerity measures and accounting tricks? How can we acknowledge
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As we look at Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed budget, it’s evident that the needs of the working poor and the middle class were not a priority. How can we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing economic harm on the working people of Connecticut with austerity measures and accounting tricks? How can we acknowledge
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It’s time to expand health care services As a public health and economic crisis affects all of us during this unprecedented moment in history, working people in Connecticut—Black, Brown, and White—are struggling for their very survival. More than 6,000 people in Connecticut have lost their lives due to the pandemic. Over 200,000 remain unemployed. Working-class
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Nursing home remains under investigation by the National Labor Relations Board Nursing home workers on the front lines at Apple Rehab in Rocky Hill formed a union informational picket line Tuesday to protest the employer’s ongoing unfair labor practices. Charges filed at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for unfair labor practices include allegations of
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All home care workers protected by District 1199’s union contract with Connecticut’s Department of Social Services and Department of Developmental Services will receive a lump sum of hazard pay in the amount of 7.5% for all hours worked in the months of April, May and June 2020. The agreement between District 1199 and the State