Union leaders and activists made the following public remarks regarding 10-day notice delivered to Hartford HealthCare executives in response to the chain’s ongoing unfair labor practices:
Union leaders made the following public statements after submitting a formal letter to the state's Department of Public Health:
Union leaders and activists made the following public remarks following last week's Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) job action by nurses and skilled service employees' authorization of additional strike against Hartford HealthCare (HHC):
Since Hartford HealthCare (HHC) has taken over Windham Community Memorial Hospital (WCMH), there has been a dramatic shift from patient care to corporate profits. Since HHC's "partnership" and acquisition of WCMH, the community has lost vital services such as the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Labor and Delivery Unit. HHC has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit for overcharging patients in its tier system.
Union coalition leaders voice concerns over chain’s scheme to avoid fines for unlawfully closing Windham Hospital’s labor and delivery unit.
“It was like waking up and learning you won the lottery.” That’s just one of the comments flooding the AFT offices from members who are elated to be free of student debt at last. After relentless advocacy, including an AFT lawsuit against former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that was so broken is finally doing what it is supposed to do: delivering relief from student debt for thousands of borrowers. So far, $6.2 billion in student debt has been forgiven for 100,000 public service workers like teachers, nurses and professors.
It is with sadness and anger that we inform you that we must withdraw from the campaign to form a union for the healthcare workers and technologists at Backus Hospital.
Unfortunately, the intentional and inappropriate spread of misinformation, intimidation, and fear by Hartford HealthCare and William W. Backus Hospital has made it impossible to proceed at this time.