DPH – SEIU 1199 NE

SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s Statement on Updated Nursing Home COVID Fatality Data by DPH

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

“Nursing home caregivers have sacrificed everything during the coronavirus pandemic, including paying with their own lives and the lives of their relatives. Surviving union caregivers are not surprised to see that the number of dead nursing home workers from COVID-related complications is much higher than previously reported by the Department of Public Health. We expect

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Yale Law School Clinic and 1199NE Release Major Report on Nursing Home Working Conditions amid Potential Strike at 33 Facilities

May 10, 2021May 13, 2021

With a potential strike of 3,400 workers at 33 nursing homes pending this Friday, the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) of the Yale Law School and SEIU District 1199NE released a major new report detailing the experiences of nursing home workers throughout the pandemic. The report, titled “‘We Were Abandoned’: How Connecticut Failed

Strikes possible at more than 50 CT nursing homes this spring

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

Still reeling financially from the coronavirus pandemic, Connecticut’s nursing home industry could face strikes at more than 50 facilities this spring, an industry leader and a key state health official warned Wednesday morning. And while Gov. Ned Lamont just ordered more emergency aid to cash-strapped facilities, the state’s largest nursing home coalition said the support

Peaceful Civil Disobedience in Hartford to Demand Funding for Long-Term Care

April 9, 2021April 15, 2021

Union long-term care workers and leaders were detained for acts of peaceful civil disobedience Thursday in Hartford in demand that the state provide funding to pay for structural changes that will let workers have a living wage, benefits and the capacity to retire with dignity. Rally participants picketed in front of 410 Capitol Avenue with

Connecticut

Press Release – SEIU 1199 Union Statement on Discharge at Three Rivers in Norwich

September 16, 2020November 24, 2020

We are extremely disappointed that the Department of Public Health was not able to step in earlier and do better to fix the problems observed at Three Rivers in Norwich. After nearly six months working with COVID-19 in Connecticut’s nursing homes, and after thousands of residents have passed away, Three Rivers is another example of

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak

September 16, 2020

NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the Three Rivers Healthcare nursing home following an investigation into a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. Since July 24, DPH officials said, at least 21 residents and six staff members at the Norwich nursing home were infected with

Nursing Homes

All patients removed after Norwich nursing home COVID outbreak

September 16, 2020December 2, 2020

COVID-19

Family of Norwich Nursing Home Residents Raise Concerns; DPH Investigation Into Outbreak Continues

August 27, 2020

The Department of Public Health continues to investigate a COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Norwich. According to DPH, as of last Thursday 13 residents and two staff members at Three Rivers Healthcare tested positive for the virus. Several people remain hospitalized and one person has since died. “I know that the infection is

Nursing Homes & Hospitals

One dead in COVID-19 outbreak at Norwich nursing home; state says at least 15 people infected

August 21, 2020

The state Department of Public health is investigating a coronavirus outbreak at a Norwich nursing home, where at least one resident has died and several are hospitalized after a supervisor returned from an out-of-state trip and tested positive when she returned to work. State DPH spokesman Av Harris said 13 residents and at least two

COVID-19

Union Health Care Workers Petition To Remove DPH Official, Demand Better Protections

June 26, 2020

Wearing a mask and speaking through a megaphone, Jesse Martin prompted a crowd that had gathered outside the state Department of Public Health building in Hartford late Thursday afternoon. “What do we want?” he asked. “Hazard pay!” the crowd yelled back. “When do we want it?” “Now!” Martin, vice president of labor union SEIU 1199NE,

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SEIU 1199NE President Rob Baril’s Statement on Updated Nursing Home COVID Fatality Data by DPH

Yale Law School Clinic and 1199NE Release Major Report on Nursing Home Working Conditions amid Potential Strike at 33 Facilities

Strikes possible at more than 50 CT nursing homes this spring

Peaceful Civil Disobedience in Hartford to Demand Funding for Long-Term Care

Press Release – SEIU 1199 Union Statement on Discharge at Three Rivers in Norwich

One dead in COVID-19 outbreak at Norwich nursing home; state says at least 15 people infected

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