COVID-19
In a virtual hearing Tuesday, nursing home operators were grilled about why so many patients died of COVID-19. Nursing home … Continue reading Nursing home administrators offer mixed answers for COVID outbreaks, deaths
Progressive contenders in November election pledge support for workers and quality care 1199 Endorses Jorge Cabrera for State Senate … Continue reading 1199 Endorses Candidates Cabrera, Moore, McGee, Gibson, Farrar and Bello
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont said Friday he will soon issue an executive order that will make it easier for … Continue reading Gov. Ned Lamont will issue order making it easier for essential workers who contract COVID-19 to collect workers’ compensation
Connecticut
Long-term caregivers keep fighting on the front lines to protect Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations. Nursing home workers, home care workers, … Continue reading Support the Long-Term Care Workers’ Bill of Rights
One night in April, after coming off her shift at a Farmington nursing home, Chasity Williams started to feel sick. … Continue reading ‘Sad and tragic:’ Federal nursing home data show at least 3,400 staffers infected, 14 dead
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Picture being developmentally disabled, out of work, and trying to navigate the labyrinth of obtaining unemployment benefits that has frustrated … Continue reading Pandemic Creates New Challenges For Disabled
Wearing a mask and speaking through a megaphone, Jesse Martin prompted a crowd that had gathered outside the state Department … Continue reading Union Health Care Workers Petition To Remove DPH Official, Demand Better Protections
State officials have announced that they’re scaling back COVID-19 testing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It’s a policy … Continue reading Lamont Allows Reduced Testing Of Nursing Home Workers, Cites Changing Federal Guidance
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“Durante las últimas semanas hemos sido testigos una vez más de los asesinatos de personas afroamericanas de tal forma que … Continue reading Desde Covid-19 hasta la Responsabilidad Policial, Queremos Respirar…
COVID-19
As a shuttle bus driver at Yale New Haven Hospital, Denise Rogers constantly came in close contact with nurses and … Continue reading Essential workers tell lawmakers they’re being denied workers compensation for COVID-19 because they can’t prove where they got the virus