Just one day after a strike by hundreds of union service and maintenance unit workers at Cabell Huntington Hospital, officials say “operations are running smoothly.”
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SEIU calls off strike by Connecticut nursing home workers, accepts governor’s inadequate last-minute deal
Connecticut Democratic Governor Ned Lamont, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and nursing home operators reached an eleventh-hour agreement to prevent 2,800 workers at 26 nursing homes throughout the state from going on strike early Friday morning. The deal will also prevent another 1,200 workers at other facilities from striking May 28.
The proposed agreement provides raises that are inadequate to ensure these essential workers a decent living in one of the country’s more expensive states. Moreover, it does not address workers’ demands for improved staffing ratios in nursing homes, which have been ravaged by COVID-19 infections and deaths.
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