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		<title>SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s Statement on Updated Nursing Home COVID Fatality Data by DPH </title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/05/19/seiu-1199ne-president-rob-barils-statement-on-updated-nursing-home-covid-fatality-data-by-dph/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 20:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Nursing home caregivers have sacrificed everything during the coronavirus pandemic, including paying with their own lives and the lives of &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/05/19/seiu-1199ne-president-rob-barils-statement-on-updated-nursing-home-covid-fatality-data-by-dph/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s Statement on Updated Nursing Home COVID Fatality Data by DPH </span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Union Reaches Tentative Agreement at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/05/18/union-reaches-tentative-agreement-at-windsor-health-and-rehabilitation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 16:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that SEIU 1199 NE Members along with Management at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation have reached &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/05/18/union-reaches-tentative-agreement-at-windsor-health-and-rehabilitation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Union Reaches Tentative Agreement at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Home Care Workers Win Paid Time Off and Health Insurance Funding for the First Time in Newly Ratified 1199 Union Contract</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/04/20/home-care-workers-win-paid-time-off-and-health-insurance-funding-for-the-first-time-in-newly-ratified-1199-union-contract/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Care]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Union home care workers presented the newly ratified 1199 Personal Care Attendants contract with the State of Connecticut on Wednesday, &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/04/20/home-care-workers-win-paid-time-off-and-health-insurance-funding-for-the-first-time-in-newly-ratified-1199-union-contract/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Home Care Workers Win Paid Time Off and Health Insurance Funding for the First Time in Newly Ratified 1199 Union Contract</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/10/27/1199-new-england-union-member-to-participate-in-national-council-for-occupational-safety-and-health-covid-19-briefing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Releases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10.28.21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Barden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media Advisory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 2021]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[District 1199 New England union member and New Britain resident Anne Barden will be participating in a livestream media briefing &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/10/27/1199-new-england-union-member-to-participate-in-national-council-for-occupational-safety-and-health-covid-19-briefing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">1199 New England Union Member to Participate in National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Briefing</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Home Care Workers Lose Paid COVID Sick Time</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/10/13/home-care-workers-lose-paid-covid-sick-time/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jordan DeAngelo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jordan DeAngelo tested positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 23, one week before paid time off for pandemic-related illnesses for personal &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/10/13/home-care-workers-lose-paid-covid-sick-time/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Home Care Workers Lose Paid COVID Sick Time</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Statement of SEBAC Leadership on Vaccine Mandate for Workers in State Hospitals and Long-term Care Facilities</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/09/23/statement-of-sebac-leadership-on-vaccine-mandate-for-workers-in-state-hospitals-and-long-term-care-facilities/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[State Employees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[September 2021]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Healthcare, custodial and maintenance staff represented by unions in the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) are extremely concerned that &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/09/23/statement-of-sebac-leadership-on-vaccine-mandate-for-workers-in-state-hospitals-and-long-term-care-facilities/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Statement of SEBAC Leadership on Vaccine Mandate for Workers in State Hospitals and Long-term Care Facilities</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Statement on requirement for employees of long-term care facilities to receive COVID-19 vaccinations</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/08/09/statement-on-requirement-for-employees-of-long-term-care-facilities-to-receive-covid-19-vaccinations/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[District 1199 New England is encouraging workers to get vaccinated against COVID since last December based on the advice and &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/08/09/statement-on-requirement-for-employees-of-long-term-care-facilities-to-receive-covid-19-vaccinations/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Statement on requirement for employees of long-term care facilities to receive COVID-19 vaccinations</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;CT&#8217;s Uneven Recovery&#8217; &#8211; Poor people are still suffering from economic downturn brought by COVID</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/03/29/cts-uneven-recovery-poor-people-are-still-suffering-from-economic-downturn-brought-by-covid/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denitra Pearson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2021]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One hundred and forty days have passed since Denitra Pearson lost her job caring for the elderly in their homes. &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/03/29/cts-uneven-recovery-poor-people-are-still-suffering-from-economic-downturn-brought-by-covid/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8216;CT&#8217;s Uneven Recovery&#8217; &#8211; Poor people are still suffering from economic downturn brought by COVID</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Op-Ed from the Hartford Courant: &#8216;When COVID-19 hit Connecticut’s nursing homes, we cared for your loved ones, but we got no love back&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/03/28/when-covid-19-hit-connecticuts-nursing-homes-we-cared-for-your-loved-ones-but-we-got-no-love-back/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 14:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m not an old person. I’m 48 years old. But there are days when I get up and I just &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/03/28/when-covid-19-hit-connecticuts-nursing-homes-we-cared-for-your-loved-ones-but-we-got-no-love-back/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Op-Ed from the Hartford Courant: &#8216;When COVID-19 hit Connecticut’s nursing homes, we cared for your loved ones, but we got no love back&#8217;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The clouds are starting to open:’ Residents and staff remember hardship, contemplate future one year after COVID hit Connecticut’s nursing homes</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/03/22/the-clouds-are-starting-to-open-residents-and-staff-remember-hardship-contemplate-future-one-year-after-covid-hit-connecticuts-nursing-homes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CT Mirror]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Francene Bailey]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Grace Davis was born during the Spanish flu and outlived two husbands. At 101 years old, she was still going &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/03/22/the-clouds-are-starting-to-open-residents-and-staff-remember-hardship-contemplate-future-one-year-after-covid-hit-connecticuts-nursing-homes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The clouds are starting to open:’ Residents and staff remember hardship, contemplate future one year after COVID hit Connecticut’s nursing homes</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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