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Connecticut

Opinion: A CT worker has two full-time jobs. Patients, students, and workforce deserve better.

  • September 1, 2024

Hartford’s Yvonne Dimmett won’t be working this Labor Day. That is rare for Yvonne, who holds two full-time jobs, both demanding, care focused 40-hour positions. With overtime that often leads

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State Employees

OP-ED: “Donna Brooks: Connecticut lets down women in addiction recovery”

  • March 6, 2023

Written by Donna Brooks for the Hartford Courant Link to the Digital Courant Article here Link to the PDF of the published article here Connecticut had one in-patient unit available

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Home Care

‘Robin David: Connecticut’s home care workers need better wages and benefits’ Hartford Courant: OP-ED

  • March 31, 2022

Some nights I drive along Route 8 in Naugatuck close to midnight, headed to my client’s house. My job is to help Mr. West, who is elderly, live at home

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Featured Post

OP-ED | Home Care Workers Call For Higher Pay, Benefits

  • August 2, 2021

“As a union home care worker, I feel that our pain must be heard, our struggles understood, and that those in leadership must take all actions necessary to make sure

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Home Care

Moms Are Caregivers : OP-ED from CT News Junkie

  • May 9, 2021

This Mother’s Day, my hope is that all mothers, but especially those of us who are caregivers to children with special needs, will gain the ability to care for our

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Uncategorized

OP-ED from CT News Junkie – I AM A MAN

  • April 4, 2021

Sunday, April 4th, we will observe Easter, a Christian tradition celebrating the defeat of death and the hope for redemption. But April 4th is also the 53rd anniversary of the

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Connecticut

Op-Ed from the Hartford Courant: ‘When COVID-19 hit Connecticut’s nursing homes, we cared for your loved ones, but we got no love back’

  • March 28, 2021

I’m not an old person. I’m 48 years old. But there are days when I get up and I just can’t move. My joints are so stiff. All because of

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Home Care

‘Personal caregivers do noble work — and are not adequately compensated’ – an OP-ED from the CT Mirror

  • December 4, 2020

We were all a little lonelier this Thanksgiving as COVID-19 means that visiting with friends and relatives is risky business. With the stress of working and living with the threat

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Home Care

Grateful for work of home health aides

  • September 4, 2020

Last year, I came up from Florida to visit my 85-year-old mother in Middletown and decided it was time to stay. Mom had several strokes a number of years ago.

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Home Care

“Home care workers like me deserve a wage that provides dignity and respect”

  • July 1, 2020

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

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