Caregivers expose Blaire House of Worcester owner Frank Romano pushing poverty wages and training cuts
WORCESTER – Caregivers employed by Blaire House of Worcester, MA will be protesting on Friday outside the 75-bed facility at 116 Houghton Street in response to poverty wages and recent attempts by nursing home bosses to cut training and educational programs.
After years of living on wages that have driven caregivers into poverty, employees of Blaire House are taking their cause public through Friday’s protest. Workers are calling on nursing home boss Frank Romano to provide fair wages and to maintain funding for vital training programs at the facility.
Romano has also come under fire recently for stacking his executive payroll with multiple family members while workers make impossible choices between groceries and rent.
Romano operates six nursing homes across the state, including Blaire House of Worcester. More than 60 caregivers at Blaire House are members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East – the largest healthcare workers union in Massachusetts.
WHO: Nursing home workers frustrated by poverty wages and threatened cuts to training programs
WHAT: Picket and protest against nursing home owner Frank Romano
WHEN: Friday, September 20, 2013, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
WHERE: Blaire House of Worcester, 116 Houghton Street, Worcester
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Representing more than 400,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, and Washington, D.C., 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all.
WORCESTER – Caregivers employed by Blaire House of Worcester, MA will be protesting on Friday outside the 75-bed facility at 116 Houghton Street in response to poverty wages and recent attempts by nursing home bosses to cut training and educational programs.
After years of living on wages that have driven caregivers into poverty, employees of Blaire House are taking their cause public through Friday’s protest. Workers are calling on nursing home boss Frank Romano to provide fair wages and to maintain funding for vital training programs at the facility.
Romano has also come under fire recently for stacking his executive payroll with multiple family members while workers make impossible choices between groceries and rent.
Romano operates six nursing homes across the state, including Blaire House of Worcester. More than 60 caregivers at Blaire House are members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East – the largest healthcare workers union in Massachusetts.
WHO: Nursing home workers frustrated by poverty wages and threatened cuts to training programs
WHAT: Picket and protest against nursing home owner Frank Romano
WHEN: Friday, September 20, 2013, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
WHERE: Blaire House of Worcester, 116 Houghton Street, Worcester
# # #
Representing more than 400,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, and Washington, D.C., 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all.
