Dedication means working Christmas

This is a picture of some very fine Backus Nurses and their labor and delivery coworkers who spent Christmas Day bringing life into the world. 

This scene was repeated in other departments throughout the hospital and at hospitals across this country. 

AFT Nurses & Health Professionals were there to help babies be born, to help sick patients get well, to help injured survive and heal, and when they could not do that, they were there to help families grieve. 

It’s what they do, not only on Christmas, but every hour of every day of the year.  

They work all hours of the day and night. 

They work through breaks and lunches and stay late when needed. 

They are verbally assaulted, spit at, punched and kicked. 

And yet, they ask little in return, just a voice in their practice, respect and safety in the workplace, and the freedom to care for their patients. 

Like our AFT Connecticut educators and public employees, our healthcare professionals have dedicated themselves to the people they serve, their patients, students and public.