A few years back we all can recall the infamous representative picketing the Wal- Mart store in New Britain not once but twice along with many of his fellow dignitaries as quoted in newspaper account as follows: Why did Representatives Tim O’Brien, D-24th District and Peter Tercyak, D-26th District who were also joined by Alderman Catanzaro, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 371 Bri
an Petronella, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal with more than 20 blue-shirted protestors from the Working Families? That account forced Wal-Mart to move out of New Britain.
In today's New Britain Herald it is reported that O'Brien joined the Brittany Farms workers Protest by grabbing a union sign and walking along with the strikers.
Does it mean that history repeats itself with Brittany Farms Health Center moving out of New Britain?
It is a disgusting move by a mayoral candidate for New Britain!
It would appear that O'Brien never saw a business he didn't hate simply for their being successful.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest factors affecting jobs and the economy in the State of Connecticut right now are uncertainty and confidence with economic policies of the Governor, as the month of August 2011 saw the downgrade in U.S. debt, a hurricane hit Connecticut and the East Coast and the debacle in Congress over the debt ceiling,
ReplyDeleteThis all created an environment of uncertainty and businesses don't generate jobs during uncertain times.
Plus, consumer and business confidence have also taken a big hit in the last couple of months.
HARTFORD - Connecticut's employers cut 8,600 jobs in August, led by a sharp reduction in city and town government positions, the state Department of Labor said Thursday.
ReplyDeleteDespite the steep decline, the state's unemployment rate fell to 9 percent from 9.1 percent, reflecting fewer people looking for work.
NEW BRITAIN - The owners of Brittany Farms, the Center of Special Care, Inc., which is affiliated with the Hospital for Special Care but is a separate entity, has said, while Brittany Farms has attempted to balance union requests with needs of our residents and staff, as a fiscally responsible organization, we cannot ignore impending and substantial Medicare payment cuts that will take effect Oct. 1, 2011.
ReplyDeleteWhat that suggests is that a reduction in staff or in worker pay may be forced upon the nursing home industry, rather than allowing the homes to offer raises. According to a plan by Wisconsin Paul Ryan, chairman of the U.S. House Budget Committee, for next year’s Federal Budget, Medicare services could be privatized and turned into a voucher system.
Medicaid could also undergo a significant change and would be funded through block grants to states.
According to The Center for Medicare Advocacy, more of the costs of nursing home care would be dramatically shifted to residents and states, and, for the first time, to residents’ families.
That should be food for thought for New Britain's Democrat State Rep. Tim O’Brien, who grabbed a sign and joined the workers’ picket line.
Perhaps, a better way for O'Brien to show support for both workers and patients would be to help find funding support by opposing funding cuts in the Federal Budget. Food for thought- Socialist O'Brien!
O'BRIEN HASN'T FOUND A BUSINESS HE LIKES. TAX THE RICH MENTALITY
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