nursing home strike

Nursing home workers were called heroes during the pandemic, but are now being asked to meet what the unions and the industry are calling an impossible deadline. “I worked through the whole pandemic as a nurse and at the end we suffer? I even got COVID for three weeks and almost died I was so sick and I’m just...

The state has reached a tentative agreement with union nursing home workers, postponing a strike that was scheduled to start Friday. The unions representing the workers were adamant about getting to $20 an hour. Workers at 26 nursing homes were prepared to walk off the job Friday morning. These nursing homes are private companies, but publicly funded because a majority…

Gov. Lamont announced on Thursday that a tentative deal was reached to avoid a strike of nursing home workers on Friday.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s chief of staff said Tuesday that an additional $280 million in state funding proposed for nursing homes is the administration’s last best offer” in an effort to avoid strikes at dozens of nursing homes across Connecticut, but the union representing the workers said it falls short of addressing “poverty” wages.

Connecticut officials on Monday proposed an additional $280 million in funding for nursing homes in an effort to avoid strikes by nearly 4,000 health workers that are set to begin Friday if negotiations fail. Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget director, Office of Policy and Management Secretary Melissa McCaw, sent letters to labor union and industry officials outlining the proposed funding,…

Nursing home workers who say they risked their lives to go to work last year are getting ready to strike at 33 nursing homes across the state. They plan to strike May 14 if they can’t reach an agreement with the state.  “We didn’t leave our residents. We came in there. We watched our coworkers get sick. We watched...

Nursing home workers at 33 facilities across Connecticut are prepared to strike unless they can reach a deal with the state for better wages and benefits.

Thirty-three Connecticut nursing homes received notifications on Friday that their unionized workers are ready to strike on May 14 if demands aren’t met for better wages, benefits and staffing ratios. More than 3,400 workers are employed at the affected homes, which are owned by the chains Genesis Healthcare, iCare Health Network, RegalCare and Autumn Lake Healthcare. A total of 51…

Nursing homes in Connecticut could see their staff go on strike soon if they do not get more help from the state. Matthew Barrett, the President and CEO of the Conn. Association of Health Care Facilities, joins this week’s Face the Facts to discuss why nursing home staff could go on strike and what that would mean for nursing home...