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)
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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
Earlier this week, members at Greater Bridgeport Mental Health Center, Connecticut Valley Hospital, and other facilities across the state were … Continue reading State Team Video Updates / SEBAC Report and Statement 3.23.20
Home Care
Act now and send this petition to the Commissioners regarding our well being amidst COVID-19! Toma acción ahora y envía … Continue reading Take Action – Regarding Home Care Workers and COVID-19
The union, which represents 25,000 government and private-sector health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes, group homes and home care … Continue reading SEIU1199NE media coverage on COVID-19
A health care staff shortage in the state Correction Department is driving up overtime costs and creating a dangerous situation … Continue reading CT News Junkie – “Staffing Shortage Pushes Overtime Pay Through The Roof In DOC, Creates ‘Dangerous Situation’”
WATERBURY – A 71-year-old New York man who owned a city nursing home pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling millions from … Continue reading Owner of Waterbury nursing home pleads guilty to federal theft charges
Andrew John Puglisi’s group home is off a side street in Newington, just five minutes from where he grew up. … Continue reading Susan Campbell: We are falling far short in caring for the most vulnerable. Here’s one example.