>Spreading the evil governor's slanders of caring-4-patient worker
>heroes (and I ain't being sarcastic here). We take the governor to
>court, documenting his use of $6 million in state funds to pay for
>replacement workers around the state -- a big labor story -- and the
>state releases this bullshit the same day so the idiot papers write
>about that crap instead.
>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:43:53 -0800
>From: Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org>
>Subject: Nursing home strike report
>
>If true this is certainly infantile and uncalled for.
>Marta
>
>New York Times-4-11-01
>
>"Hartford:Nursing Home Sabotage"
>
>"Allegations of vandalism and sabotage before a one-day strike at
>Connecticut nursing homes have been substantiated by Chief State's
>Attorney John M. Bailey. In a report released yesterday,
>investigators said that they found evidence of 34 incidents at nursing
>homes before the March 20 walkout by members of the New England Health
>Care Employees Union, District 1199. The report said identification
>bracelets were removed from some Alzheimer's patients, some diabetics
>were fed chocolate, and doors to an oxygen tank room were glued shut.
>Mr. Bailey said one or two arrests were possible."