Hospital Workers Petition for Hazard Pay

Over 9,300 people so far have signed a petition for Yale New Haven Hospital to pay nurses, clinical techs, respiratory therapists, and other health care providers hazard pay as they contend with the spread of Covid-19.

The online petition was launched on the website Change.org a week ago by Kathryn Cupo, a New Haven native who has worked as an ICU nurse at YNHH’s St. Raphael’s Campus for the past year and a half.

As of Monday morning, the petition had logged 9,372 signatures of support, with a quickly approaching goal of 10,000 near in sight.

Read more: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/hazard_pay_petition/