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COVID-19

SEIU 1199NE Campaign: “You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero” – Press Conference 6.10.20

  • June 10, 2020

The New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held a press conference on Wednesday, June 10th to speak up on supporting state workers through the COVID-19 pandemic. State workers

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Connecticut

Most Nursing Home Workers in New Survey Say ‘Life is at Risk’ Daily From Coronavirus

  • June 9, 2020

More than three months after a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., became the center of the country’s first coronavirus outbreak, a majority of nursing home workers believe they’re risking their lives on the job

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COVID-19

You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero – New Advertisement

  • June 8, 2020

Connecticut’s state workers are risking their lives in the front lines of novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, some politicians want to take away our wages to “balance the budget.” State unions have

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COVID-19

Desde Covid-19 hasta Responsabilidad Policiaca, Queremos Respirar

  • June 4, 2020

…George Floyd…Breonna Taylor…Ahmaud Arbery… Durante las últimas semanas hemos sido testigos una vez más de los asesinatos de personas afroamericanas de tal forma que nos recuerda los linchamientos de la

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COVID-19

Nursing Homes Fought Federal Emergency Plan Requirements for Years. Now, They’re Coronavirus Hot Spots.

  • June 1, 2020

On Dec. 15, 2016, the nation’s largest nursing home lobby wrote a letter to Donald Trump, congratulating the president-elect and urging him to roll back new regulations on the long-term

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COVID-19

A Minnesota death resonates in Connecticut: ‘A constant message that our lives don’t matter’

  • June 1, 2020

Of all the agonizing final moments of George Floyd’s life, as he gasped for air from beneath a police officer’s knee, the most painful for Barbara Sands was when he called for

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Connecticut

Trabajadores del Depto. de Corrección buscan acción estatal para detener contagio de COVID-19 en prisiones de Connecticut

  • May 29, 2020

Connecticut Hartford Trabajadores del Depto. de Corrección buscan acción estatal para detener contagio de COVID-19 en prisiones de Connecticut Por Redaccion de la Voz Hispana  – May 26, 2020 30

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Connecticut

Disparities in Hispanic and black death rates much worse than previously reported

  • May 29, 2020

After reporting for weeks that Connecticut Hispanics are only half as likely to die from COVID-19 as non-Hispanic whites, state officials now say that Hispanics here are substantially more likely to die

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COVID-19

Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Focuses on Nursing Home Workers

  • May 28, 2020

Members of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus traveled the state Monday visiting nursing homes from Stamford to Hartford to let the workers know they have their backs. Sen.

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COVID-19

Federal Workplace Safety Officials Investigate Three Connecticut Nursing Homes

  • May 27, 2020

Federal workplace safety inspectors are investigating the death or hospitalization of at least three Connecticut elder care workers due to complications from COVID-19. The investigations come as union officials say

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