Nursing Homes & Hospitals
Nursing home care providers with 1199NE SEIU announced the delivery of Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike notices at 5 Hartford-area … Continue reading Nursing Home Care Providers at Five Hartford-Area Facilities Announce Strike Vote, Deliver Strike Notices for Unfair Labor Practices
Community Programs (CT)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2021, the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, reached an Agreement for a new … Continue reading The Strike At Sunrise Ends
Featured Post
“As a union home care worker, I feel that our pain must be heard, our struggles understood, and that those … Continue reading OP-ED | Home Care Workers Call For Higher Pay, Benefits
Connecticut
Caregivers encouraged to take new vaccines in the ongoing fight to curb virus spread HARTFORD – The New England Health … Continue reading Press Release: Health Care Union Endorses COVID-19 Vaccination for Frontline Workers
Home Care
We were all a little lonelier this Thanksgiving as COVID-19 means that visiting with friends and relatives is risky business. … Continue reading ‘Personal caregivers do noble work — and are not adequately compensated’ – an OP-ED from the CT Mirror
COVID-19
Bipartisan lawmakers yesterday slammed Gov. Ned Lamont’s $450,000 interim report on how his administration has failed to stop Covid-19 from … Continue reading Frank Lalli the Health Care Detective™ : Mathematica Interim Report on COVID-19 Outbreak in Connecticut Nursing Homes
Uncategorized
The country’s top five labor union groups are calling on Congress to include expanded paid leave benefits in a new COVID-19 relief … Continue reading Major unions push for paid leave in COVID-19 aid bill
COVID-19
In a virtual hearing Tuesday, nursing home operators were grilled about why so many patients died of COVID-19. Nursing home … Continue reading Nursing home administrators offer mixed answers for COVID outbreaks, deaths
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 … Continue reading “Home care workers like me deserve a wage that provides dignity and respect”
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