Connecticut
Social distancing is one way to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but for health care workers who provide care in people’s homes, especially for the elderly, that type of care brings heightened risks, experts say. Home health workers assist clients with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, toileting, walking and transferring out of bed; all things
The union, which represents 25,000 government and private-sector health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes, group homes and home care settings, raised a host of concerns at a press conference Thursday afternoon. They ranged from insufficient availability of masks and other supplies to issues related to health care workers who are unable to go to
As state officials took steps to try to prevent the spread of coronavirus, labor leaders contemplated how to address staffing shortages in nursing homes should an outbreak occur in Connecticut. Rob Baril, president of SEIU 1199, the largest health-care worker union in the state, wrote to managers of those facilities asking them to outline a
University janitor Francisco Acosta was granted a year-long extension on his stay in the United States last Thursday, Jan. 23, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Today Francisco was granted a year extension on his stay of deportation at his check-in with ICE,” Acosta’s Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 32BJ representative Franklin Soults wrote
A health care staff shortage in the state Correction Department is driving up overtime costs and creating a dangerous situation for staff who say they are often required to work 16-hour days, union officials said. Read more on the story from CT News Junkie here!
WATERBURY – A 71-year-old New York man who owned a city nursing home pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling millions from a pension and health plan for its employees. Chaim Stern, of Flushing, N.Y. appeared in federal court in Bridgeport where he pleaded guilty to crimes stemming from thefts from a retirement and health account for
Hospitals
From the Warwick Beacon – Visit the website to read the article here – While nobody likes to admit it – time is an undefeated opponent. Take all the supplements in the world, work out seven times a week, buy sketchy natural health booster tablets off the internet, and the end result will be the
Connecticut
El Tribunal de Distrito de EE.UU. en Nueva Jersey otorgó un juicio sumario en seis cargos y desestimó otros dos cargos a favor de la Unión de Trabajadores de la Salud de Nueva Inglaterra, Distrito 1199 SEIU, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, y la Unión Internacional de Trabajadores de Servicios. Los ocho cargos estaban pendientes
Connecticut
The U.S. District Court for New Jersey granted summary judgment on six counts and dismissed two counts in favor of the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 SEIU, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, and the Service Employees International Union. The eight counts were pending since 2012 from legal actions filed by HealthBridge Management
Connecticut
The CT Mirror covered a story in which all 14 members of the state Senate Republican minority called Thursday for a special session to save nine nursing homes from the loss of $5.3 million in funding due to a new reimbursement formula that penalize facilities with high vacancy rates. “We can and we must restore