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Connecticut

Press Release: Health Care Union Endorses COVID-19 Vaccination for Frontline Workers

  • December 15, 2020

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

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Rhode Island

Political Scene: Union efforts raise stakes in Providence House race

  • August 31, 2020

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

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Rhode Island

RI Nursing Home Workers Postpone Strike Plans for August 5th

  • July 31, 2020

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:

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COVID-19

Demand an end to the lethal status quo in nursing homes

  • June 18, 2020

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

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Nursing Homes

RI lawmakers push for better protection in nursing homes

  • June 18, 2020

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

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Connecticut

CT nursing homes directed to limit visitors amid coronavirus concerns

  • March 10, 2020

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.

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Hospitals

We Need To Do Better For Our Elderly

  • November 7, 2019

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

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Connecticut

We stand with the Stop & Shop workers!

  • April 12, 2019

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

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