Home Care – August 2020 Newsletter
Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay All home care workers protected by District 1199’s union contract with Connecticut’s Department of Social Services and Department of Developmental
Broad testing of nursing home staff is considered crucial in stopping COVID. But who will pay for it?
For months, Lurlette Newell avoided hugs from her grandchildren, a heartbreaking ordeal for a woman who loves to show affection. But Newell, a certified nursing assistant at the Westside Care
Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay
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
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Press Release: Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay – 7.29.20
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
“Home care workers like me deserve a wage that provides dignity and respect”
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
Home Care – Raises, Hazard Pay, Masks & Holiday Pay coming up – Updates 7.1.20
Este correo electrónico estará disponible en español pronto. The twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racism have exposed that, too often, essential workers are treated as if we’re expendable. Over the past
The Future Of Work: Gender Disparities In The Workplace Worsen During The Pandemic
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,
They Look After Our Most Vulnerable. They Make Around $16,200 a Year.
It’s 3 a.m. and Kim Rockwood, a health care worker, is driving to her patients’ homes — even during the coronavirus pandemic — to help them take medication or go
Home health aide: ‘They are playing a game with our lives’
Janell Roberts was stunned when she opened a box of personal protective equipment shipped by the state Department of Social Services to her home care client last week. West Haven
Home Health Aides Seek Basic Protections
by Lisa Backus | Mar 30, 2020 11:30am If Lynda Frank gets sick while working as a home personal care aide, she’s caught between the threat of passing the illness to her