COVID-19
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — The coronavirus statistics reflect social distancing may be working statewide, but there is a crisis happening … Continue reading State to dedicate 2 nursing homes, other alternate sites to COVID-positive patients
Congressional Democrats are trying to add $13 per hour hazard payments for frontline health care workers up to a total … Continue reading Democrats Seek Hazard Pay For Health Workers Amid Pandemic
Video streaming conference on April 8th with SEIU 1199 NE President Rob Baril and nursing home workers who are risking … Continue reading Urgent Update on Nursing Homes and COVID-19
#ProtectAllWorkers #CaregiversCount Caregivers and all essential workers deserve #dignity and #respect. That includes having access to effective Personal Protective Equipment in times of COVID-19. … Continue reading We need to #ProtectAllWorkers!
Connecticut
Watch today’s press conference with Senator Richard Blumenthal, #SEIU1199NE and AFT Connecticut workers on the impact of coronavirus at our … Continue reading Virtual Roundtable with U.S. Sen. Blumenthal and the SEIU Connecticut State Council on the Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Connecticut
#ProtectAllWorkers Effective March 31, 2020, Gov. Lamont announced that Connecticut residents economically impacted by COVID-19 may receive 90-day grace periods … Continue reading Gov. Lamont announces 90-Day grace period for mortgage payments
Featured Post
Below is a UConn Health Labor Coalition report made publicly available and open to news media citation, reproduction and distribution … Continue reading A Union-made Solution to the PPE Shortage
by Lisa Backus | Mar 30, 2020 11:30am If Lynda Frank gets sick while working as a home personal care aide, she’s … Continue reading Home Health Aides Seek Basic Protections
Connecticut
Social distancing is one way to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but for health care workers who provide care in people’s … Continue reading Coronavirus brings new challenges for CT home health aides, clients
Connecticut
The following protocol is based on standards reviewed and supported by the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), Department of Public … Continue reading DDS Exposure Protocol and Screening Checklist