“Nobody during COVID had more of a front-line battle with the pandemic than the people who were working in a nursing home,” said Connor Shaw, the political director of the United Service Workers Union. “They were just at the front line of a once-in-100-year health crisis, and now their jobs are getting thrown into chaos.”
The future of public nursing homes for both patients and workers in New Jersey is uncertain. After riding out a pandemic on the frontlines, these essential workers now face the possibility of having their facility shut down. USWU is not letting its members go down without a fight. Read more.