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Connecticut

Support the Long-Term Care Workers’ Bill of Rights

  • July 10, 2020

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

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

‘Sad and tragic:’ Federal nursing home data show at least 3,400 staffers infected, 14 dead

  • July 2, 2020

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.

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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

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

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COVID-19

Lamont Allows Reduced Testing Of Nursing Home Workers, Cites Changing Federal Guidance

  • June 22, 2020

State officials have announced that they’re scaling back COVID-19 testing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It’s a policy shift that comes as a major union representing eldercare workers

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Connecticut

Thousands gather at state Capitol on Juneteenth; protesters confront Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin over defunding police

  • June 19, 2020

 Thousands of racial justice protesters marched through Hartford on Friday, rallying at the Capitol and later confronting Mayor Luke Bronin outside his home over the issue of police funding. On

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COVID-19

The Future Of Work: Gender Disparities In The Workplace Worsen During The Pandemic

  • June 11, 2020

This is part of a series of shows from Where We Live about the future of work after the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has caused major disruptions for workers’ careers,

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COVID-19

No Tienes Que Llamarme Héroe

  • June 10, 2020

Los trabajadores estatales de Connecticut estamos arriesgando nuesrtas vidas en la línea de batalla contra el coronavirus. Mientras tanto, algunos políticos quieren quitarnos nuestro salario para “balancear el presupuesto”. Las

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Connecticut

Most Nursing Home Workers in New Survey Say ‘Life is at Risk’ Daily From Coronavirus

  • June 9, 2020

More than three months after a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., became the center of the country’s first coronavirus outbreak, a majority of nursing home workers believe they’re risking their lives on the job

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COVID-19

You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero – New Advertisement

  • June 8, 2020

Connecticut’s state workers are risking their lives in the front lines of novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, some politicians want to take away our wages to “balance the budget.” State unions have

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