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COVID-19

Home Care – August 2020 Newsletter

  • July 31, 2020

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

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COVID-19

Broad testing of nursing home staff is considered crucial in stopping COVID. But who will pay for it?

  • July 30, 2020

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

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Connecticut

Support the Long-Term Care Workers’ Bill of Rights

  • July 10, 2020

Long-term caregivers keep fighting on the front lines to protect Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations. Nursing home workers, home care workers, group home workers and other caregivers in nontraditional settings have

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COVID-19

SEIU 1199NE Campaign: “You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero” – Press Conference 6.10.20

  • June 10, 2020

The New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, held a press conference on Wednesday, June 10th to speak up on supporting state workers through the COVID-19 pandemic. State workers

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Some Nursing Homes Get Virus Aid But Don’t Pay Infected Workers

  • June 3, 2020

Renee Morgan, a housekeeper at a nursing home in St. Louis, caught Covid-19 in late April and considered herself lucky. Her case was mild. Her quarantine wasn’t. Morgan, 57, was

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COVID-19

Nursing home workers say they’re still not getting enough PPE

  • May 14, 2020

Nursing home workers lined the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, demanding PPE. They say their companies are not providing enough of it and want the state to step in.

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Connecticut

CT State Workers Keep Essential Services in Operation Through COVID-19 Crisis

  • May 6, 2020

Connecticut state essential workers from Southbury Training School, the Department of Correction, Connecticut Valley Hospital and other agencies will share their stories from the front lines of novel coronavirus. “Three

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Connecticut

Service Employees International Union Workers Join Sen. Chris Murphy for Town Hall on the Impact of COVID-19 in Connecticut

  • April 21, 2020

   U.S. Senator Chris Murphy held a virtual Town Hall meeting with Connecticut workers from the Service Employees International Union on Tuesday at 12:00PM to discuss the impact of coronavirus.

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COVID-19

Urgent Update on Nursing Homes and COVID-19

  • April 8, 2020

Video streaming conference on April 8th with SEIU 1199 NE President Rob Baril and nursing home workers who are risking their lives in the front lines. Healthcare workers and their

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Connecticut

Virtual Roundtable with U.S. Sen. Blumenthal and the SEIU Connecticut State Council on the Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • April 7, 2020

Watch today’s press conference with Senator Richard Blumenthal, #SEIU1199NE and AFT Connecticut workers on the impact of coronavirus at our health care facilities. #ProtectAllWorkers #CaregiversCount  

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