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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

PPE For Nursing Homes During Coronavirus Outbreak

  • May 5, 2020
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A Union-made Solution to the PPE Shortage

  • March 31, 2020

Below is a UConn Health Labor Coalition report made publicly available and open to news media citation, reproduction and distribution in full or in part.  For questions or contact info

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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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Connecticut

CT News Junkie – “Staffing Shortage Pushes Overtime Pay Through The Roof In DOC, Creates ‘Dangerous Situation’”

  • February 3, 2020

A health care staff shortage in the state Correction Department is driving up overtime costs and creating a dangerous situation for staff who say they are often required to work

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Front Feature

SEIU Members are Fighting for Unions for All! (Disponible en español)

  • January 27, 2020

We’re committed to building an economy and a democracy that works for everyone, to winning $15 an hour and a union for all working people—Black, white, and brown—and to working

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Connecticut

Susan Campbell: We are falling far short in caring for the most vulnerable. Here’s one example.

  • January 3, 2020

Andrew John Puglisi’s group home is off a side street in Newington, just five minutes from where he grew up. On a recent day, as holiday decorations were going up

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Workers Announce Strike Deadline Against Cassena Care due to Unfair Labor Practices

  • November 25, 2019

Union caregivers from District 1199NE, SEIU, sent their intent to strike notice to Cassena Care Norwalk, Stamford and New Britain with a strike deadline set for December 10, 2019, at

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Connecticut

1199 Press Conference – Protecting Connecticut’s Nursing Homes Threatened by Defunding

  • September 16, 2019

Monday, September 16th, the New England Health Care Employees Union, SEIU 1199NE, nursing home administrators, workers, residents, family members and policymakers held a press conference on protecting Connecticut’s nursing homes.

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Front Feature

SEIU has an ambitious new plan for workers’ rights. Democratic candidates should take notice.

  • August 20, 2019

Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry, who leads the second largest union in the United States, has a message for Democratic candidates for president: Don’t think you are going to

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