Windham Nurse’s Strike

 Our AFT Connecticut AFT Nurses & Health Professionals Windham Hospital Unions United Windham Hospital Registered Nurses Local 5041 and Windham United local 5099 have ended their 2 day Unfair Labor Practice strike/picket and returned to the bedside (where they prefer to be). I want to congratulate both locals on a successful strike/picket and show of solidarity. 

Your ability of come together in solidarity exceeded my expectations and I congratulate you and your leadership teams. 

Now it is up to Hartford HealthCare to come back to the negotiations table and bargain in good faith. 

The “unofficial anthem” of the past 2 days seems to have been the song Where not Gonna Take It

Whoa-whoa, we're not gonna take it

No, we ain't gonna take it

We're not gonna take it anymore

We're not gonna take it

No, we ain't gonna take it

We're not gonna take it anymore

No way!

It seems fitting. 

Thank you everyone for your support of our members. 

Labor Day 2022

 I’ve been working, well, a long time. But my introduction to Organized Labor came later in life when we formed the Backus Nurses. It was then that I understood the family that is the Labor movement. 

Happy Labor Day to my AFT - American Federation of Teachers and Connecticut AFL-CIO families and my siblings all over the world in other unions. Thank you for the incredible work you do in your day jobs and your union work. 

Thank you also to the professionals who work for us, the managers and staff of our unions, including the AFT Connecticut staff union, AFTSU, OPEIU - Office and Professional Employees International Union and others I’m sure I’m missing. 

Happy Labor Day!