AFT Local 5049

Defense Fund for L&M Hosp. Caregivers Locked Out Raises Over $20K in Less than 24 Hours

Sat, 12/07/2013 - 8:21pm
New London - Professional patient care providers locked out of Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital a week ago by their employer will have access to financial aid through the efforts of their union. Lawrence & Memorial Corporation (LMC) last Saturday cut off pay and terminated medical and dental coverage for nearly 800 registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), healthcare technicians and technologists and their families. AFT Connecticut and its national union yesterday set up a militancy/defense fund that has already raised over $20,000.00 to provide relief with the economic hardship of the lockout.
 

Help Nurses and Caregivers Locked Out at L&M Hospital

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 7:00pm
Nearly 800 registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and healthcare techs and technologists at L&M Hospital have been locked out by the corporation that owns the community hospital. The community they serve has been asking how they can help in this, their most difficult time.
 

Corp. Operating L&M Hosp. Chooses "Reckless, Irresponsible" Lockout Over Critical Care

Sun, 12/01/2013 - 8:28pm
New London - The administration of Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital yesterday locked out its registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), healthcare technicians and technologists immediately following the end of a legally protected job action. Lawrence & Memorial Corporation (LMC) representatives refused to allow the caregivers to complete an unconditional return to their patients offered before they began the first strike in the hospital’s 101-year history. The local unions representing the nurses and techs on Tuesday filed a complaint seeking injunctive relief with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the event LMC attempted their threatened lockout.
 

Nurses, Health Techs Will "Strike for Our Community;" Stoppage to Start Tomorrow

Tue, 11/26/2013 - 9:55pm
New London - Lawrence & Memorial Corporation (LMC) representatives today walked away from negotiations with nurses, caregivers and healthcare workers at Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital, setting in motion a strike set to begin tomorrow. Talks broke down when the corporation's representatives refused to keep working toward mutual resolution of issues impacting patient care sought by the unions representing approximately 800 of the hospital's employees. Registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and healthcare technicians will walk off the job at 6:00AM tomorrow in the first strike at L&M in the hospital's 101-year history.
 

Caregivers at L&M Hospital "Won't be Bullied," Remain Committed to Patients and their Families

Sun, 11/24/2013 - 1:40pm
New London - Bedside patient caregivers are responding to their employer's attempts to intimidate the workforce into accepting proposals that fail to protect community access to healthcare services at Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital. The CEO of Lawrence & Memorial Corporation (LMC), the acute care facility's operator, on Friday threatened to lockout employees in the event of a strike, harming efforts to reach a mutual settlement. The CEO also announced indefinite plans to rely on replacement workers to treat patients, raising questions about management's commitment to the hospital's reputation for delivering high quality care.
 

Comments on L&M Corp.'s Rejection of Offer by Hospital Caregivers to Avert Strike

Thu, 11/21/2013 - 8:29pm
Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital registered nurse (RN) Lisa D'Abrosca and L&M Hospital Sleep Lab technician Stephanie Johnson made the following statement on today's negotiations session with representatives of Lawrence & Memorial Corporation (LMC):
 

L&M Hospital Caregivers Prepared to Strike to Move Corp. to "Put Patient Care First"

Thu, 11/14/2013 - 12:22pm
New London - Registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and healthcare technicians at Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital today voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike to protest their employer's violation of federal labor law. In a secret ballot election, the hospital's caregivers ratified a plan to hold accountable Lawrence & Memorial Corporation (LMC), which owns and operates the community hospital, for tactics that impact patient care. In addition to a possible work stoppage at the region’s largest acute care facility, the caregivers will ramp-up public education efforts to expose LMC's unfair labor and community practices. 
 

LMC "More Interested in Strike Preparations than Mutual Negotiations"

Tue, 10/22/2013 - 2:16pm
New London - Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital nurses, caregivers and healthcare workers yesterday learned their employer has initiated hiring procedures for temporary replacements in the event of a strike at their facility. An online advertisement follows a pattern suggesting that Lawrence and Memorial Corporation (LMC) management has no interest in mutual agreement on contracts that expire next month for 800 of its employees. The news also followed the delivery last Thursday of a letter from Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy critical of the corporation's labor and community practices to LMC's chief executive officer.
 
 

"I Am L+M" Campaign Unites L&M Hospital Workforce with Community for Patient Care

Thu, 10/03/2013 - 3:02pm
New London - Nurses, technicians and healthcare workers at Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital yesterday launched a public awareness campaign to hold accountable the corporation that manages the community’s acute care facility. Hospital workers were joined by activists from regional and statewide community organizations as well as elected officials to announce the "I Am L+M" citizen education and engagement effort.
 

Lawrence & Memorial Corporation Chooses Painful Cuts to Services and Jobs to Protect its Profit Margin

Thu, 09/05/2013 - 9:37am
New London - Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital workers are responding to the announcement by L&M Corporation (LMC) to cut vital services and lay off caregivers despite reporting sound finances earlier this year. Tuesday the corporation asserted it was forced to slash child car-seat inspections, parenting classes, injury and teen pregnancy prevention programs and hand-out pink slips to 33 local workers. Nurses, technicians and healthcare workers are questioning LMC’s actions just seven months after a corporation official claimed they held over $200 million in unrestricted investments.
 
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