Windham Hospital

There’s frustration among those looking to restore maternity services at Windham Hospital. They’re hoping to pressure the hospital and the state to finally act.

Healthcare workers at Windham Hospital have come to an agreement with their employer and have officially secured a new contract. “The overwhelming support for this agreement proves what we’ve all seen throughout this pandemic; nurses united can never be divided,” said Windham Federation of Professional Nurses President, Andrea Riley, RN. Hospital workers have been seeking a new contract since...

Healthcare workers are on strike at Windham Hospital in Willimantic Monday as contract negotiations continue. The strike started at 7 a.m. and organizers said more than 100 people will take part throughout the day. Their demands include mandatory overtime, fair wages and affordable health insurance, which are all things the employees feel should be a given. Technical and service employees…

Healthcare workers are going on strike at Windham Hospital in Willimantic on Monday as contract negotiations continue.

Nurses and healthcare professionals from Windham Hospital have been in contract talks with Hartford Healthcare for almost a year. While one union seems to be making progress, the other could be moving toward a strike. It’s been nearly three weeks since nurses at Windham Hospital went on strike, and they’re not alone in their fight for improved working conditions....

The union representing Windham Hospital nurses is reviewing a contract counter-offer from the hospital’s parent company, Hartford HealthCare.

About 100 nurses at Windham Hospital went on strike Thursday morning demanding better work hours and wage increases.

Nurses at Windham Hospital went on strike Thursday morning after months of negotiations with the hospital. The nurses say they are striking to call further attention to a patient care crisis in the region. They have worked through covid, they’re forced to work mandatory overtime and they can barely afford to use their own health insurance because of the...

Nurses at Windham Hospital are set to strike on Thursday morning. It comes after months of negotiations with the hospital. The point the nurses are making is that at one point or another, everyone will most likely need to go to the hospital and will get cared for by a nurse, but these nurses say they are exhausted. They have…

Nurses at Windham Hospital are set to strike on Thursday morning. It comes after months of negotiations with the hospital.

Union staff at Windham Hospital are giving a notice of intent to strike as negotiations continue. The hospital said they’ve been actively engaged in negotiations for renewal contracts with two AFT bargaining units representing nurses, technical and support staff. Negotiations have been ongoing since December 2021. In June, nurses and hospital staff picketed out front of the hospital. Employees, including…

Advocates in support of keeping the maternity ward at Windham Hospital up and running made a bold statement on Monday to Hartford Healthcare leaders. The advocates are hoping the hospital will continue to be able to provide critical labor and delivery services to eastern Connecticut. In a final push, on the steps of Hartford Hospital, advocates from the Windham United…

Advocates Monday called on Hartford Healthcare to restore maternity services at Windham Hospital.

Hartford Healthcare said it’s reviewing its legal options after the state Office of Health Strategy denied the health system’s application to permanently close the decades-old maternity ward at Windham Hospital.

Hartford Healthcare said Wednesday it is reviewing its legal options after the state Office of Health Strategy denied the health system’s application to permanently close the decades-old maternity ward at Windham Hospital. Meanwhile, advocates who’ve fought the closure for the past two years called for obstetrics services to now be fully restored at the hospital, which is located in...

Nurses and hospital staff at Windham Hospital haven’t reached a contract agreement after six months of negotiations and picketed out front Monday.

Nurses and hospital staff at Windham Hospital haven’t reached a contract agreement after six months of negotiations and picketed out front Monday. Employees, including lab technicians and food services, held signs and marched in a circle today outside the hospital Monday. Leaders for the two unions representing them said their contracts ended in December. They said they went to...

Union workers at Windham Hospital who are in contract negotiations are picketing Monday. They said they have several concerns, including a lack of safe patient limits.