Backus United

I have been called many things, grandpa, nurse, husband, brother, and some I choose not to repeat. I am retired as a RN in an emergency room at a community hospital and I serve as Executive Vice President of AFT Connecticut. This blog is about my views and my life.

Monday, September 5, 2022

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 th...

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Hartford Healthcare should do the right thing

Hartford HealthCare waited till the last day possible to file an appeal on the state’s decision that they need to reopen Labor & Delive...

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Sister Rita Johnson, an angel, has gone to heaven

Sister Rita was the longtime Chaplin of Backus hospital. She was our strength and our hope, at work and outside of work. Always asking how ...

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Victory at Windham Hospital

This week, 2 years after Hartford HealthCare ended Labor & Delivery at Windham Hospital, the state of Connecticut ruled they did not ha...

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Hospital community benefit requirements: stronger is better

(As appeared in CT Mirror 3/15/22) Patients and their caregivers expect the chains that own Connecticut’s non-profit hospitals to invest in...

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