Connecticut
Long-term caregivers keep fighting on the front lines to protect Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations. Nursing home workers, home care workers, … Continue reading Support the Long-Term Care Workers’ Bill of Rights
One night in April, after coming off her shift at a Farmington nursing home, Chasity Williams started to feel sick. … Continue reading ‘Sad and tragic:’ Federal nursing home data show at least 3,400 staffers infected, 14 dead
COVID-19
Picture being developmentally disabled, out of work, and trying to navigate the labyrinth of obtaining unemployment benefits that has frustrated … Continue reading Pandemic Creates New Challenges For Disabled
Wearing a mask and speaking through a megaphone, Jesse Martin prompted a crowd that had gathered outside the state Department … Continue reading Union Health Care Workers Petition To Remove DPH Official, Demand Better Protections
State officials have announced that they’re scaling back COVID-19 testing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It’s a policy … Continue reading Lamont Allows Reduced Testing Of Nursing Home Workers, Cites Changing Federal Guidance
Connecticut
Thousands of racial justice protesters marched through Hartford on Friday, rallying at the Capitol and later confronting Mayor Luke Bronin … Continue reading Thousands gather at state Capitol on Juneteenth; protesters confront Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin over defunding police
This is part of a series of shows from Where We Live about the future of work after the COVID-19 … Continue reading The Future Of Work: Gender Disparities In The Workplace Worsen During The Pandemic
Los trabajadores estatales de Connecticut estamos arriesgando nuesrtas vidas en la línea de batalla contra el coronavirus. Mientras tanto, algunos … Continue reading No Tienes Que Llamarme Héroe
More than three months after a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., became the center of the country’s first coronavirus outbreak, a majority … Continue reading Most Nursing Home Workers in New Survey Say ‘Life is at Risk’ Daily From Coronavirus
Connecticut’s state workers are risking their lives in the front lines of novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, some politicians want to take … Continue reading You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero – New Advertisement