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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
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Nursing home workers, group home workers and personal care attendants who provide home care services for the elderly and people … Continue reading Candlelight Vigil for Long-Term Care ‘Bill of Rights’ – 12.22.20
Politics
Throughout June, July and August, 1199 members met with candidates running for office in November. Members identified issues that were … Continue reading 1199 – Legislator Look up, Voter Registration & How To Vote From Home
Nursing Homes
The union representing about 100 nursing assistants, maintenance workers and other staff at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in … Continue reading Workers at Providence nursing home return to their jobs after three-day strike.
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
NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the … Continue reading All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak
Nursing Homes
NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the … Continue reading All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak
Good union home care jobs must be at the center of fixing our nation’s overstretched and underfunded long-term care system … Continue reading September 4th is Home Care Day!
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
Last spring, as coronavirus swept through Connecticut and the state’s nursing homes became ground zero for deadly outbreaks, nursing aide … Continue reading ‘We were used’: Hundreds of nursing home workers are laid off as financial crisis hits the facilities