Union leaders said they’ve reached tentative agreements with the owners of four facilities just before the strike deadline, but negotiations have not yet been successful at Windsor Health and Rehab Center.
Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly thought they eliminated the threat of a major nursing home strike last spring when they pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into an industry battered by the coronavirus pandemic.
But the risk of Connecticut’s first nursing home strike since 2012 albeit a small one reared its head Tuesday when the state’s largest health care workers union put five homes on notice for a work stoppage on April 22.
Five nursing home facilities have been issued strike notices by members of the New England Health Care Employees Union who allege unfair labor practices across the facilities.