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Nursing Homes

Examining Long-Term Care in America: The Impact of the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes

  • September 22, 2022

Watch as Adelina Ramos, a Certified Nursing Assistant testifies before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic has posed to nursing home residents

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Members of 1199 New England gather for a press conference outside Hamden High School 9/17/22; Photo: David Dal Zin (AFL-CIO CT) Front Feature

As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action

  • September 18, 2022

On Saturday, September 17th SEIU 1199NE nursing home caregivers gathered for a press conference at Hamden High School, to raise awareness on the critically short-staffed nursing home conditions, followed by a

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Connecticut

1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing

  • October 27, 2021

District 1199 New England union member and New Britain resident Anne Barden will be participating in a livestream media briefing by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National

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Featured Post

Union Gets Icare Contract with $20/hr Minimum for CNAs and $30/hr Minimum for LPNs

  • May 13, 2021

Union nursing home workers at Icare facilities agreed to a new contract that sets a historic $20 per hour minimum wage for certified nursing assistants and $30 per hour for

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Nursing Homes

Workers at Providence nursing home return to their jobs after three-day strike.

  • October 5, 2020

The union representing about 100 nursing assistants, maintenance workers and other staff at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Providence began a three-day strike on Friday over demands for

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Nursing Homes

All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak

  • September 16, 2020

NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the Three Rivers Healthcare nursing home following an investigation into a

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COVID-19

Demand an end to the lethal status quo in nursing homes

  • June 18, 2020

Since April, Rhode Island nursing homes have received over $50 million dollars in state and federal funding in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This is on top of the $242 million they made

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Nursing Homes

RI lawmakers push for better protection in nursing homes

  • June 18, 2020

Although the numbers are down in Rhode Island, there is an urge to better protect the state’s most vulnerable population in the wake of COVID-19. Nursing home residents are the

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Hospitals

We Need To Do Better For Our Elderly

  • November 7, 2019

From the Warwick Beacon – Visit the website to read the article here – While nobody likes to admit it – time is an undefeated opponent. Take all the supplements

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Connecticut

SEIU 1199 NE Gana Juicio Sumario en Demanda de Care One/HealthBridge

  • October 30, 2019

El Tribunal de Distrito de EE.UU. en Nueva Jersey otorgó un juicio sumario en seis cargos y desestimó otros dos cargos a favor de la Unión de Trabajadores de la

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