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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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Home Care

Lawmakers Green-light Bill Over Personal Care Attendant Payroll

  • March 20, 2021

The Labor and Public Employees Committee voted Thursday to advance a bill that would fine companies that act as fiscal intermediaries that don’t pay workers promptly. SB 942 was prompted by

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Home Care

Home Care Workers Arrested Protesting Payroll Problems

  • February 12, 2021

More than a dozen home care workers with New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 SEIU and their supporters were arrested Thursday after blocking the Enfield driveway of a

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Home Care

Home Care Workers Use Civil Disobedience to End Allied Payroll Nightmare

  • February 11, 2021

Personal care attendants and union staff members united in civil disobedience action Thursday in Enfield to take a stand against Allied Community Resources and its abusive treatment of home care

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Home Care

Allied Civil Disobedience Slideshow

  • February 11, 2021

Personal care attendants and union staff members united in civil disobedience action Thursday, February 11th in Enfield to take a stand against Allied Community Resources and its abusive treatment of

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Featured Post

Conn. Front-Line Union Workers Detail Pandemic Challenges In New Book

  • January 4, 2021

Luz Morales was working as a certified nursing assistant at RegalCare at Waterbury, a nursing home, when she fell ill with COVID-19. At home, her 70-year-old mother, Nicia, looked in

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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

State-Issued PPE Halted For Home Health Aides

  • September 4, 2020

As a disabled person who is bedridden when not in her wheelchair, Sharon Thorstenson depends on two personal care aides to see to her daily needs while keeping her safe

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COVID-19

State Halts PPE For Homecare Workers

  • September 4, 2020

The union that represents 10,000 home health care workers recently found out that the state will no longer be distributing PPE on a biweekly basis. That means regular shipment of

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Press Releases

Press Release: Union Home Care Workers Win 7.5% Increase in Hazard Pay – 7.29.20

  • July 29, 2020

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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