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Jordan DeAngelo tested positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 23, one week before paid time off for pandemic-related illnesses for personal … Continue reading Home Care Workers Lose Paid COVID Sick Time
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At 65-years-old, Karlene Whonder works 55 hours a week as a home care worker in order to make sure she … Continue reading Home Care Workers Rally For Wages, Benefits
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Connecticut’s independent home care PCAs participated in a demonstration Thursday, September 23, at 210 Capitol Ave. at 4:00 PM. Workers, … Continue reading PCAs Tell Governor Ned Lamont: “The Future of Home Care is in Your Hands”
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Connecticut’s independent home care personal care attendants (PCAs) rallied at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford on Tuesday to demand a … Continue reading Long-Term Care Workers Unite in Civil Disobedience Demanding Fair Wages for PCAs
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“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
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More than 10,000 home care workers represented by the New England Health Care Workers Union, SEIU District 1199 are waiting … Continue reading Home Care Workers Want Fair Pay, But Can’t Strike
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Long-term care union members of District 1199 New England, SEIU, will rally Thursday, June 17th at the Office of Policy … Continue reading Long-Term Caregivers Rally for Racial and Economic Justice for Home Care Workers
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“Home care, group home, and nursing home workers are the invisible backbone of the healthcare system. All three of these … Continue reading Group Home and Home Care Workers Rally for Living Wages and Benefits
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This Mother’s Day, my hope is that all mothers, but especially those of us who are caregivers to children with … Continue reading Moms Are Caregivers : OP-ED from CT News Junkie
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It’s been more than a year since COVID-19 came to Connecticut, and Kara O’Dwyer is just barely making it all … Continue reading Getting by with the ‘grace of god and caffeine’