From Covid-19 to Police Accountability, Let Us Breathe – A Letter from President Rob Baril
PDF Version – Available Here: https://bit.ly/2XBGGOR Disponible en español aquí: Desde Covid-19 hasta Responsabilidad Policiaca, Queremos Respirar
Some Nursing Homes Get Virus Aid But Don’t Pay Infected Workers
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
COVID-19
Nursing Homes Fought Federal Emergency Plan Requirements for Years. Now, They’re Coronavirus Hot Spots.
On Dec. 15, 2016, the nation’s largest nursing home lobby wrote a letter to Donald Trump, congratulating the president-elect and urging him to roll back new regulations on the long-term
Connecticut
Trabajadores del Depto. de Corrección buscan acción estatal para detener contagio de COVID-19 en prisiones de Connecticut
Connecticut Hartford Trabajadores del Depto. de Corrección buscan acción estatal para detener contagio de COVID-19 en prisiones de Connecticut Por Redaccion de la Voz Hispana – May 26, 2020 30
Connecticut
Disparities in Hispanic and black death rates much worse than previously reported
After reporting for weeks that Connecticut Hispanics are only half as likely to die from COVID-19 as non-Hispanic whites, state officials now say that Hispanics here are substantially more likely to die
Federal Workplace Safety Officials Investigate Three Connecticut Nursing Homes
Federal workplace safety inspectors are investigating the death or hospitalization of at least three Connecticut elder care workers due to complications from COVID-19. The investigations come as union officials say
Health Care Heroes: Saluting Front-Line Workers in the Battle Against the Coronavirus
They don’t wear capes. But they do have masks. Doctors left their private practices to help staff emergency rooms and intensive care units. Nurses held the hands of dying patients too
Connecticut
Even with expanding COVID-19 testing, DOC employees describe ‘a perfect storm’ within Connecticut prisons and jails
Even as the state Department of Correction significantly expands COVID-19 testing of incarcerated people, agency employees say that deep concerns persist about adequate social distancing and medical staffing in Connecticut
State Employees
Details for the Delegate Assembly – RSVP by Monday 5/25!
We are hosting a State Delegate meeting via Zoom on Thursday, May 28 at 11AM and a second meeting at 7PM. We will be discussing our 2020 – 2021 contract
‘Money Bags and Body Bags’ protest rolls through affluent Greenwich neighborhoods
A noisy caravan of union demonstrators descended on Greenwich on Thursday afternoon, putting a spotlight on what they say are the health risks and medical burdens faced by service workers