Fifty-two years ago, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously asserted the dignity of all work, he seemed to foresee this moment when it would become so clear that the labor of everyone — farmworkers, grocers, delivery drivers, caregivers, nursing assistants — was essential to all of our health and well-being. “One day,”
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There have been 35 deaths from COVID-19 at Kimberly Hall North nursing home in Windsor, nearly four times the state’s official number for the facility, as the coronavirus continues to decimate elderly residents of Connecticut’s long-term care facilities. “There’s truly a devastating number of deaths and cases,” said Dr. Richard Feifer, senior vice president and
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy held a virtual Town Hall meeting with Connecticut workers from the Service Employees International Union on Tuesday at 12:00PM to discuss the impact of coronavirus. As service providers and essential workers in Connecticut, many SEIU members are bravely showing up to do their jobs every day on the front lines
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Read the Story from The Hartford Courant HereAngeline Bernadel loved her job at West River Healthcare Center in Milford. But by mid-March, the 52-year-old nurse had become concerned about the new coronavirus, which was just beginning its grim race through nursing homes across the state. “She was panicked,” said her husband, Jean Bernadel. “She told
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About half the nursing homes in the state – 108 – have had at least one case of COVID-19 and it has left workers feeling scared and not prepared. Outside the State Capitol in Hartford on Thursday, there was a loud and urgent message being sent to state leaders. “We need the protective gear that
When the first Connecticut prison inmate tested positive for COVID-19 at the end of March, officials at the Department of Correction acted fast. The 32-year-old man had been isolated from the rest of the incarcerated population at Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center as soon as he started showing symptoms. Once he tested positive, authorities placed him in