A tense wait for strike talks as group homes delay moving residents
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The vehicles are ready and destinations are set for residents of 200 group homes to move to safe locations ahead of a Friday morning strike of 2,100 workers. And all day Thursday, group home operators have changed plans on the fly, pushing back deadlines to relocate residents until the last possible minute.
By mid-day Thursday, Barry Simon, CEO of Oak Hill, which operates 70 of the affected homes, said he’d already twice pushed back plans to relocate 200 residents to nursing homes from 9 a.m. to noon and then until 3 p.m.
Nursing home union not declaring victory yet despite strike cancellation
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Rob Baril, president of SEIU 1199 New England, stood with nursing home workers who came to the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday May 1, 2019 to renew their threats of a strike.Emilie Munson / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo
The strike of thousands of nursing home workers is off, but the standoff continues even with the crisis eased.
The state’s largest health care union has reached a deal with just one of the nine nursing home companies targeted. The union is prepared to take that deal to the remaining operators to get them to agree to new four-year contracts that include significant wage increases and enhanced benefits for workers.
Lamont: Basic agreement in place to avert nursing home strike
Julia Bergman
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1of3A magnet is displayed on a car parked at RegalCare nursing and rehabilitation center in Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has asked the head of the Connecticut National Guard to put 50 troops on standby to help oversee the 33 facilities that would be affected by 3,400 nursing home workers walking off the job Friday morning.Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Gov. Ned Lamont greets Jeanne Peters, 95, a rehab patient at The Reservoir, a nursing facility in West Hartford, after she was given the first COVID-19 vaccination at the nursing home Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. The home, owned by Genesis HealthCare, is among those where a strike has been authorized.Stephen Dunn / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less