Union strikes at more than 200 group home locations across Connecticut have been called off in a late-hour funding deal between workers and state officials
Unionized group home workers, and operators, are appealing to state leaders to set aside more funding for the industry as a strike scheduled for Friday
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.
Before overseeing over 300 buses, bus operators and making sure nearly 14,000 students make it safely to and from Bossier Parish schools, retired Lt. Col. David Hadden served in the United States Air Force.
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