frontline workers

“We have huge favorability numbers [for unions]…so that’s also an indication of the pulse of society, that everyone’s sick and tired of watching workers getting abused during the pandemic.”...
Jane McAlevey of the UC Berkeley Labor Center talks about recent labor strikes at Kellogg’s, John Deere and the IATSE film and TV union, where workers are fighting for a weekend. The...

Governor Ned Lamont has signed a law expanding workers compensation to front line workers. It’s an expansion of the 2019 law that allowed police and firefighters who witness certain traumatic events in the line of duty to apply for workers comp.

More help is now available for first responders struggling with post traumatic stress. Governor Ned Lamont has signed a law expanding workers compensation to front line workers. It’s an expansion of the 2019 law that allowed police and firefighters who witness certain traumatic events in the line of duty to apply for workers comp. The bill, which was signed Wednesday,…

Throughout the pandemic, there has been much-deserved praise for frontline essential workers in health care, education, law enforcement and more. NBC Connecticut is shining a light on some of the other critical workforces that have persevered in order to keep Connecticut moving during these difficult times. Kelli Madigan, assistant customer service manager at Big Y supermarket in West Hartford, said…

The news that COVID-19 took a far greater toll on New York nursing homes than previously reported highlights just how vulnerable these institutions are. Richard Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, joined LX News to explain how the pandemic has highlighted a system that is already malfunctioning due to insufficient staffing.

Students from Canton brought Valentine’s Day cards to frontline workers at several health care facilities in the region this Sunday.

Kids and parents delivered 400 Valentine’s Day cards to staff at several health care facilities in the region.

Dr. Tiffany Moon is a practicing anesthesiologist and a frontline worker in the pandemic. She’s also one of the Real Housewives of Dallas. She joined LX News’ Tabitha Lipkin to talk about the fresh perspective she brings to RHOD and opened up about the racism she has experienced during the pandemic as an Asian-American doctor.

Despite the hardships and health risks essential workers are facing in the pandemic, many profitable companies are still not paying them a living wage. Molly Kinder of the Brookings Institution joined LX News to discuss why companies, and particularly the retailers that have thrived during the pandemic, should be offering hazard pay to workers risking their health and the health...

For her 39th birthday, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton shared a photo of herself wearing a mask and thanked frontline workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.

An occupational therapist who has been treating COVID-19 patients during the pandemic says the suffering and death she and her colleagues have witnessed over the past year have taken a a steep emotional toll. Lizzy Pesch joined LX News to share a powerful poem she wrote about the experience and the moment that inspired her put her feelings on paper.

Frontline workers at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London are sharing their experiences with doctors in Nepal and learning how fellow frontline workers are battling the pandemic 7,000 miles away.

Healthcare workers in New London, Connecticut are forming a unique relationship with doctors in Nepal. Separated by more than 7,000 miles, the two groups of medical workers share a common bond: working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “There is so much we need to learn from each other to get ahead of this pandemic,” said Dr. Prakash Kandel,…

A New Mexico COVID-19 ward nurse was told she was going to help a VIP patient in an ambulance outside. Instead, her now-fiancé was waiting to ask her a very important question.

As members of Congress like Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have documented themselves getting the COVID-19 vaccine, many people are wondering why politicians get to cut the line ahead of health care professionals and other frontline workers. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky discusses both sides of the debate.

Nurses fighting the coronavirus pandemic are the heroes in a new Marvel comic book called “The Vitals: True Nurse Stories.” Sean Ryan, a Marvel writer, and Amanda Belcastro, a registered nurse who was featured in the comic, joined LX News to talk about why scrubs are the new capes.

The study of 1,700 medical professionals across the country revealed half reported at least one serious psychiatric symptom.  Thirty-three percent of respondents reported intense anxiety, while 17% had severe depression, and 14% reported suicidal thoughts. “We were surprised that almost 40% of our sample had serious or clinically significant symptoms of anxiety and depression,” said Dr. Jennifer Ferrand, the director…

Mercy Hospital is in the St. Louis, Mo., area, which is in danger of running out of hospital rooms for its most critical patients.