Connecticut
Caregivers encouraged to take new vaccines in the ongoing fight to curb virus spread HARTFORD – The New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, fully supports the implementation of safe COVID-19 vaccination for frontline caregivers. The Union recommends that all District 1199 members working in hospitals, nursing homes, group homes, home care and
Rhode Island
The downside to legislating during campaign season looks like the union-backed fliers asking why incumbent House members “turned their back” on nursing home residents during COVID-19 that hit doorsteps this month. In a normal year, interest groups can punish or reward lawmakers for action or inaction in the year gone by, but by the time
BREAKING: Nursing home workers have announced they will postpone their plans to strike on August 5 at the urging of Governor Raimondo who has pledged to end the staffing crisis: “My office is fully committed to working with the Legislature and the leadership of SEIU District 1199 to reach a fair resolution of the staffing
Since April, Rhode Island nursing homes have received over $50 million dollars in state and federal funding in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This is on top of the $242 million they made in profit from 2017-2018. Raise the Bar on Resident Care held a press conference to call for immediate investment in nursing home safe staffing by passing the Nursing
Nursing Homes
Although the numbers are down in Rhode Island, there is an urge to better protect the state’s most vulnerable population in the wake of COVID-19. Nursing home residents are the most vulnerable to the virus and now Sen. Maj. Whip Maryellen Goodwin and Rep. Scott Slater, along with a group called “Raise the Bar,” are
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
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
31,000 workers at Stop & Shops across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island have gone on strike. Management at Stop & Shop presented their “final offer” to their workers, which included significant cuts to healthcare, massive increases (over 100% in some cases) to workers’ health care premiums, and replacing wage increases with so-called bonuses. All in