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Nursing Homes Get Staffing Vow

by Melissa Bailey | March 26, 2008 8:55 PM
Posted to Health Care | State Capitol

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Nursing home workers like Gloria Plummer finally got a pledge from Democrats for relief from staffing shortages — a pledge the governor blasted as creating a “huge budget hole.”

Plummer was one of dozens of workers from the SEIU 1199 union who flooded the state Capitol Wednesday to stand beside Democratic legislators and announce a long-fought agreement.

Click here to continue reading Melissa’s report.

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