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 hit nursing homes in the Northeast states particularly hard, but those living in Connecticut long term care facilities died more frequently than in any other state – a result of missteps by the state and a nursing home industry hamstrung by limited knowledge of the pathogen’s nature, how it spreads and to whom it
All home care workers protected by District 1199’s union contract with Connecticut’s Department of Social Services and Department of Developmental Services will receive a lump sum of hazard pay in the amount of 7.5% for all hours worked in the months of April, May and June 2020. The agreement between District 1199 and the State
Progressive contenders in November election pledge support for workers and quality care 1199 Endorses Jorge Cabrera for State Senate District 17 As a union representative and organizer for the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 919, Jorge has been a longtime advocate for working class families in Connecticut. Jorge was also one of the
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Long-term caregivers keep fighting on the front lines to protect Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations. Nursing home workers, home care workers, group home workers and other caregivers in nontraditional settings have risked their lives and livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide essential services for those who need them most. Protecting workers will place Connecticut in
One night in April, after coming off her shift at a Farmington nursing home, Chasity Williams started to feel sick. Her stomach hurt. She had trouble breathing. Her appetite vanished. In the days that followed, she began to vomit and developed cold sweats. “I would wake up and feel like I was dying,” said Williams,
For me, July 1 is my “a little more Independence Day.” I’m getting a raise from $15.85 to $16.25 an hour, along with 10,000 personal care attendants like me who with our union negotiated a raise through Connecticut’s Medicaid waiver program. It’s more than I ever expected to make, but life in Connecticut, where you need to
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,
Join us at Bushnell Park’s North Hill by the State Capitol as we remember and honor thousands of long-term care workers and residents/clients affected by COVID-19. Too many nursing home residents, home care consumers and group home clients have died from novel coronavirus complications or fallen sick in Connecticut. Despite all the risks involved and
The president of the local union that represents nursing home workers said the state has treated them as if they “were invisible” as the deaths mounted in facilities across the state and that new laws are needed to protect them if the coronavirus were to return. During a conference call to discuss possible legislation that