About 800 workers at a dozen nursing homes across Pennsylvania have voted to authorize going on strike, a move their union said was driven by a “growing crisis” involving the COVID-19 pandemic, chronic understaffing and low pay, and industry regulations in desperate need of reform.
Staff at two Beaver County nursing homes, Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehab in South Beaver Township and Beaver Elder Care in Aliquippa, are among those authorizing the strike.
Beaver Valley workers held a rally in May to demand better staffing, wages and protections for residents. The facility is “almost unrecognizable” since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, they said, and staff is overworked and underpaid. This results in subpar care for residents, who often rely on caregivers for food, hygiene and basic quality of life.
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Katikati mum s big idea pays off
6 May, 2021 12:50 AM
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Nathalie Thomas (left,) helped set up the Chrome Collective with Ruby (centre) and her mum, Shelley Robinson.
Nathalie Thomas (left,) helped set up the Chrome Collective with Ruby (centre) and her mum, Shelley Robinson.
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Shelley Robinson has experienced many ups and downs over her daughter Ruby s life.
Eighteen-year-old Ruby has global developmental delay and autism, and Shelley had been worried about her future for some time. Leaving school was one of those worries.
She was concerned about how her daughter would transition into the real world – a world filled with many physical, social, and attitudinal obstacles.
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Friday, 30 April 2021, 8:40 am
Shelley Robinson has experienced many ups and downs over
her daughter Ruby’s life. 18-year-old Ruby has Global
Developmental Delay and Autism, and Shelley had been worried
about her future for some time.
Leaving school was one
of those worries. She was concerned about how her daughter
would transition into the real world – a world filled with
many physical, social and attitudinal
obstacles.
Research shows that when people with
disabilities finish school, it can be incredibly challenging
to embed into communities, to find paid employment and make
money to enable self-worth and to live well.
Shelley
wanted to do something about this. She set up the Chrome