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Faces of Hartford HealthCare

The Faces of Hartford Healthcare project is focused on sharing the stories of the women and men who provide and support bedside patient care in the chain's hospitals and facilities.
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HOPE Unions Vision Statement

H.O.P.E. is the Hartford Healthcare Organization of Professional Employees of Backus, Natchaug and Windham Hospitals. We are committed, in solidarity, to providing the highest quality care to our families and community. We believe that by uniting and elevating the voices of our frontline workers, we become the best advocates for our patients and each other. We are proud to be the H.O.P.E. of the region.
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Help share this important message to raise awareness of the risks of unsafe staffing levels to you, your colleagues and your patients.
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Demanding Better from Hartford HealthCare

Watch and share the latest spot exposing how Hartford HealthCare mistreats their own professional caregivers and worsens our nation’s medical debt crisis.

Windham Hospital Nurses Call for Safety Strike if HHC Refuses Settlement

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Union leaders and activists made the following public remarks regarding authorization of the action in response to the health network's unfair labor practices: MORE

Faces of Hartford HealthCare

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The Faces of Hartford Healthcare project is focused on sharing the stories of the women and men who provide and support bedside patient care in the chain's hospitals and facilities. The goal is to help the community better understand an escalating crisis that these nurses and allied health professionals are struggling to resolve. It's also an important opportunity for these hard-working caregivers to receive the recognition they deserve. 

Click here to sign our petition in support of the nurses and healthcare professionals at Windham Hospital. 

 Lillian Hernandez - Windham Community Memorial

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A Win For Us Is A Win For Windham

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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.

Unfortunately, employees of HHC at Windham Hospital are not safe either. HHC has further failed to recognize the bedside experience of nurses and health professionals. The leadership

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Responding to HHC’s Attempt to Evade Responsibility for Cutting Maternity Services

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Union coalition leaders voice concerns over chain’s scheme to avoid fines for unlawfully closing Windham Hospital’s labor and delivery unit. MORE

A Letter to All of Connecticut's Communities

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We are the presidents of two local healthcare unions and would like to make you aware of what’s been happening inside the walls of  our local hospital.

Since Hartford HealthCare (HHC) took over Windham Community Memorial Hospital (WCMH), we have seen a dramatic shift from patient care to corporate profits. HHC’s “partnership” and acquisition of WCMH has led to the loss of vital services such as our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and our Labor and Delivery Unit. HHC is currently named in a class-action lawsuit for overcharging patients in its tier system. The chain has also been taken to court by

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"Is this How HHC Treats Patients?"

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Hartford HealthCare (HHC) executives pride themselves for claiming to demonstate core values like integrity, caring, excellence and safety. In reality, many of their "business" practices are highly questionable. This is especially true when it comes to the treatment of their own employees.
 
Right now, the nurses and health professionals employed by HHC at Windham Community Memorial Hospital (WCMH) are in effect "underinsured." Their limited coverage fails to meet their family's healthcare needs, leaving them with significant out-of-pocket expenses. 
 
Bree Eichler has worked as a paramedic since
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