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State Employees

Expand Services To Save Lives: Building a Robust & Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut

  • January 24, 2023

Connecticut’s public health safety net is crumbling. Every day, people seeking medical attention, mental health support, and addiction recovery services are turned away from receiving the care they need. Hundreds

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Home Care Workers Rally For Wages, Benefits

  • September 24, 2021

At 65-years-old, Karlene Whonder works 55 hours a week as a home care worker in order to make sure she and her husband can afford medication for their health issues.

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Home Care

Home Care Workers Want Fair Pay, But Can’t Strike

  • June 21, 2021

More than 10,000 home care workers represented by the New England Health Care Workers Union, SEIU District 1199 are waiting for negotiations to resume this week with the state for

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Home Care

Moms Are Caregivers : OP-ED from CT News Junkie

  • May 9, 2021

This Mother’s Day, my hope is that all mothers, but especially those of us who are caregivers to children with special needs, will gain the ability to care for our

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OP-ED from CT News Junkie – I AM A MAN

  • April 4, 2021

Sunday, April 4th, we will observe Easter, a Christian tradition celebrating the defeat of death and the hope for redemption. But April 4th is also the 53rd anniversary of the

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Long-term Care Workers Rally For A Pay Increase, Bill of Rights

  • December 24, 2020

HARTFORD, CT –  Health care workers kept a safe distance from each other as they gathered on the north steps of the state Capitol Tuesday night to call on lawmakers

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COVID-19

Pandemic Creates New Challenges For Disabled

  • June 29, 2020

Picture being developmentally disabled, out of work, and trying to navigate the labyrinth of obtaining unemployment benefits that has frustrated thousands of people with no disabilities. Or imagine trying to

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COVID-19

No Where To Hide From COVID-19 Behind Bars

  • June 15, 2020

State residents may feel confined by social and work restrictions brought on by COVID-19, but for prisoners and workers in Connecticut’s jails the luxury of self-isolating at home doesn’t exist.

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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

Unease Increases Among Inmates, DOC Employees

  • May 26, 2020

Inmates in the state prison system are becoming increasingly aggressive toward staff due to the way the coronavirus pandemic is being handled, according to union officials and prison employees. There’s

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