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 Center in Manchester, knew nursing homes had been hit hard by COVID-19, and she was afraid of infecting her family. “The only thing I could
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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 risked their lives and livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide essential services for those who need them most. Protecting workers will place Connecticut in
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 have recently launched the “You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero” campaign on television, radio and social media to raise awareness on the critical
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 stunned to learn that her employer, Blue Circle Rehab and Nursing, would not give her sick pay while she was out. She’s had to figure
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. The Grimes Center Currently has 31 percent of their residents currently diagnosed with COVID-19. Like many other nursing homes and long term care facilities across
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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 of our co-workers have lost their lives to this terrible disease. One of our co-workers volunteered to work on the COVID19 unit and ended up
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. As service providers and essential workers in Connecticut, many SEIU members are bravely showing up to do their jobs every day on the front lines
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 patients are dying on the front lines due to lack of PPE. Please sign SEIU’s petition for PPEs: https://act.seiu.org/onlineactions/TnmmHcW33k-IQ5jSXEDdLg2
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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
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