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COVID-19

Nursing Home Workers Concerned About PPE Supplies

  • April 21, 2020

About half the nursing homes in the state – 108 – have had at least one case of COVID-19 and it has left workers feeling scared and not prepared. Outside

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Connecticut

‘We are in a war zone, and we’re scared for our lives’ – Boston Globe

  • April 13, 2020

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — They sound like soldiers, facing an enemy both invisible and treacherous. At the hospitals, they care for the sick and prepare for a surge of COVID-19 patients.

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COVID-19

State to dedicate 2 nursing homes, other alternate sites to COVID-positive patients

  • April 9, 2020

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — The coronavirus statistics reflect social distancing may be working statewide, but there is a crisis happening in several nursing homes. State officials said 39 percent of

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Connecticut

Democrats Seek Hazard Pay For Health Workers Amid Pandemic

  • April 9, 2020

Congressional Democrats are trying to add $13 per hour hazard payments for frontline health care workers up to a total of $25,000 in the next coronavirus relief package, along with

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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

We need to #ProtectAllWorkers!

  • April 8, 2020

#ProtectAllWorkers #CaregiversCount Caregivers and all essential workers deserve #dignity and #respect. That includes having access to effective Personal Protective Equipment in times of COVID-19. Our doctors, nurses, nursing assistants and other essential staff members

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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  

Connecticut

Gov. Lamont announces 90-Day grace period for mortgage payments

  • April 1, 2020

#ProtectAllWorkers Effective March 31, 2020, Gov. Lamont announced that Connecticut residents economically impacted by COVID-19 may receive 90-day grace periods to make mortgage payments, while financial institutions agree not to

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Home Care

Home Health Aides Seek Basic Protections

  • March 30, 2020

by Lisa Backus | Mar 30, 2020 11:30am If Lynda Frank gets sick while working as a home personal care aide, she’s caught between the threat of passing the illness to her

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