Code Red CT

03/26/2026

Sounding the bed alarm about inappropriate use of patient care resources. leaders are leading the charge to hold the executives at Hartford HealthCare and Yale New Haven Health for shortchanging the communities they are responsible for serving: ctinsider.com/opinion/article/nurses-ceo-yale-hartford-22099898.php.

03/26/2026

03/25/2026

03/10/2026

The consequences of unchecked in health settings are real. Today, L&M Hospital Unions United leader Dale Dobrowski Cunningham called for common-sense guardrails to protect nurses and from technological overreach.

03/09/2026

"It is creating a struggle for people to come to work for fear of their own personal harm or welfare.” AFT Connecticut Backus Nurses

In her role as a home health nurse, safety and violence are concerning when entering patients’ homes, often as the first staff member to visit, a nurse said.

03/06/2026

Despite recent messaging on the financial stress facing Connecticut hospitals, the two largest nonprofit health systems based in the state gave their top executives significant pay hikes in fiscal 2025, documents show.

Yale New Haven Health's CEO reported the top pay package for fiscal 2025 of any hospital executive in Connecticut at $6.2 million.

Hartford HealthCare's CEO saw a 22.2% boost in his total compensation, to $5,064,491 in FY 2025 from $4,145,834 in FY 2024.

More: https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/ct-hospital-executives-salaries-healthcare-yale-21952646.php

03/03/2026

Sharing her story to spark critical change. Today, Backus Nurses Delegate Amber DeSouza urged support for a proposal empowering nurses and recovering from to be compensated, not forced to draw on their contractual benefits.

02/25/2026

NEW: After months of bargaining and 41 days on the picket line, NYSNA nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract, ending the historic NYC nurse strike and returning all 15,000 striking nurses to work! Nurses across the city are excited about their new contracts—which protect nurse and patient safety—and are looking forward to seeing the patients they care for deeply.

Congratulations on your well-earned victory, NYP and New York City nurses! Learn more about the end to this historic strike via the link in the comments.

02/24/2026

☠️ 2.93 million workers die on the job every year.
Work shouldn’t be a death sentence.

In Episode 6, “The Right to Occupational Safety & Health,” we’re joined by Zuzanna Muskat-Gorska, lawyer in the Human and Trade Union Rights department at the ITUC, to talk about how we protect our health on the job — and why your safety isn’t negotiable.

From Covid exposure to heat stroke, toxic chemicals to overwork — here’s how to make sure your workplace doesn’t kill you.

🎧 Listen now: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iXHufUizFQGTjIwPU9iOh?si=ITd0dxWfQ8yfjjevwO8P3Q

02/17/2026

Urging action to address the crisis. Today, Backus Nurses President Heather Brauth testified before the ’s committee in support of a proposal to stopgap canceled federal Grad PLUS loans for nurses and seeking advanced careers.

02/17/2026

“When the same politicians who called us heroes during COVID now say nursing isn’t a profession, it’s a slap in our face.” UHP University Health Professionals Local 3837

Gov. Ned Lamont has proposed a state-run graduate student loan program that would replace federal loans for a number of professions.