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Happening now: @uconnaaup.bsky.social, #BackusNurses leaders urge lawmakers on #CTGeneralAssembly’s #HigherEd cmte to stopgap x’d federal Grad PLUS loans, empower RNs & #HospitalStaff to seek advanced careers. #TheCTDifference @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

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Caring through crisis Heather Brauth is a surgical nurse at a small hospital in Norwich, Conn., where she cares for patients from both rural and urban…

As we all know, health policy reforms don’t just happen. It takes people to stand up together and fight for what is right. #CodeREDCT #BackusNurses

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CT Nurse Tells Congress Rural Hospital Patients Are Being Harmed By Shutdown | CT News Junkie With the federal government shutdown ongoing with no end in sight, the reality is setting in that there could be real, painful consequences for ordinary Americans, including many in Connecticut.

The “Big, Beautiful Bill,” has slashed Medicaid and allowed health care tax credits to expire for working families, while funding tax breaks for billionaires.
#CodeREDCT #BackusNurses

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Healthcare Under Attack. Nurses Share the Impacts of Trump’s Government Shutdown Podcast Episode · Union Talk · 10/06/2025 · 39m

We’re going to get crushed in the fall and winter this year. Absolutely Decimated. #CodeREDCT #BackusNurses

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Large text reads “Congratulations, Backus Federation of Nurses, AFT Local 5149!;” includes “I Am Union YES” logo with checkmark, photographs of union members casting ballots plus group of bargaining team together raising their fists.

Large text reads “Congratulations, Backus Federation of Nurses, AFT Local 5149!;” includes “I Am Union YES” logo with checkmark, photographs of union members casting ballots plus group of bargaining team together raising their fists.

Securing their strongest, most enforceable #union contract yet; yesterday #BackusNurses adopted new 3-year agreement w/#HartfordHealthCare to #RaiseTheWage, boost differentials & codify #SafePatientLimits protections. #UnionYES @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social

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Photo showing two nurses speaking with a legislator about extending unemployment insurance for striking workers.

Photo showing two nurses speaking with a legislator about extending unemployment insurance for striking workers.

This is what #UnionActivism looks like! #BackusNurses leaders took to the capitol today to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would extend #UIforStrikingWorkers. #LevelThePlayingField @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aflcio.org (Photo Credit: @ctaflcio.bsky.social)

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Union leaders proclaim “strike spring” as Backus nurses picket May 15: What are the issues? The Backus Federation of Nurses held a rally and informational picket on the sidewalk outside the hospital on Washington Street on May 15.

#BackusNurses #PatientsBeforeProfits @afthealthcare.bsky.social

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Backus nurses rally for safer work conditions, better pay Hospital's unionized nurses have been without a contract for almost a year.

#BackusNurses #PatientsBeforeProfits @afthealthcare.bsky.social

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Backus Nurses Say Labor Issue is Crisis for Patient Care Haven’t subscribed yet? Click here to subscribe. CT Examiner is just $20 a year. A one-month trial subscription is just $5. And if you want to unsubscribe? That’s online and […]

#BackusNurses #PatientsBeforeProfits @afthealthcare.bsky.social @ctexaminer.bsky.social

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Backus Hospital workers hold informational strike amid contract talks NORWICH, Conn. (WTNH) — Unionized nurses are holding an informational picket Thursday morning in response to what they call a “deteriorating” patient care crisis. The job action comes a…

#BackusNurses #PatientsBeforeProfits @afthealthcare.bsky.social @wtnh.bsky.social

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Backus Hospital nurses hold demonstration over patient care concerns Nurses at Backus Hospital held an informational picket on Thursday morning to raise concerns about a growing patient care crisis.

#BackusNurses #PatientsBeforeProfits @afthealthcare.bsky.social @wfsb.com

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'Not fair to this community': Backus Hospital nurses in Norwich protest for better pay Members of the Backus Federation of Nurses rallied against the hospital, forming an informational picket line to educate the public about issues they're facing.

#BackusNurses #PatientsBeforeProfits @afthealthcare.bsky.social

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Nurses picket at Backus Hospital in Norwich Nurses at Backus Hospital in Norwich said they were sounding a “code red.” They claim patient care is deteriorating. On Thursday, they called attention to it through an informational picket outside th...

#BackusNurses #PatientsBeforeProfits @afthealthcare.bsky.social @nbcconnecticut.com

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Yellow graphic with Connecticosh logo, a photo of several members holding awards for the 2025 Health and Safety Awards. Local winners include the Backus Federation of Nurses, AFT Local 5149 and New Haven Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 933.

Yellow graphic with Connecticosh logo, a photo of several members holding awards for the 2025 Health and Safety Awards. Local winners include the Backus Federation of Nurses, AFT Local 5149 and New Haven Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 933.

Advocating for #SafeJobs = better conditions for students & patients; S/O to our #BackusNurses & #NewHavenTeachers members for demonstrating what we mean by #WorkShouldntHurt. @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social @nationalcosh.bsky.social

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Our #BackusNurses sound #CodeREDCT alarm over failure of #HartfordHealthCare’s executives to take seriously worsening patient care crisis; rallying community to #BackUsBackOurNurses: www.facebook.com/aftct/videos... @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social

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