Why Barbara Kennelly should resign from Sun Healthcare

While hundreds of Connecticut workers have continued their ongoing labor protest in front of the Sun Healthcare's Reservoir Care & Rehabilitation Facility In West Hartford, Connecticut, former U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly has refused requests by laborer leaders and workers to resign from the Sun Healthcare Board of Directors or help her former constituents to receive reasonable cost-of-living wage and benefit increases since their labor contract expired on August 31, 2009.

Connecticut healthcare workers from the Sun Healthcare Reservoir Care & Rehabilitation facility, West Hartford, CT, have held daily protests in response to early failed labor negotiations that requested reasonable wage increases and longevity awards for employees. Approximately 65 healthcare workers, consisting of nursing assistants, technicians and administrative assistants, are employed at the 75-bed nursing facility and members of the Connecticut Laborers’ Local 1224.

“For weeks now, we have been seeking U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly’s assistance. In light of what she represented and accomplished while as a U.S. Congresswoman and now head of the National Committee To Preserve Social Security And Medicare, we initially requested that she resign from the Sun Healthcare board of directors immediately to show her support for our workers and to stop this labor exploitation. However, former U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly has ignored our requests to resign or even help these workers. Her inaction is proof of her overall ineffective work while in Congress and her out-of-touch relationship with voters. Kennelly should also consider stepping down as head of the National Committee To Preserve Social Security And Medicare. Because if she’s ineffective on the local level, I’m not sure how we can trust her on a national level,” said Charles LeConche, business manager, Connecticut Laborers’ District Council.“This is not the case of an ailing corporation hurting during these tough economic times. Sun Healthcare is doing very well these days and growing through acquisitions and also by exploiting its workers. All we are asking for are small dollar increases per year in wages and longevity awards after an employee has been there for 10, 15 or 20 years. So far, Sun Healthcare’s management has flatly refused these reasonable requests. Imagine, after working for one employer for 20 years, they would not even appreciate your efforts by rewarding you with a $1,000 bonus.”

I totally do not understand why barbra is not responding to these workers pleas.....

after all, she was in congress for us in hartford for over 20 years or so...

why do people in general like politicians like kennelly fail us in the end? why?

I, too, feel shunned by Mrs. Kennelly. I wrote her in June, 2009, requesting of she and the SUN board of directors to redress my case for wrongful death of my mother, Evelyn Calvert in 2004. I detailed how SUN's CEO Rick Matros was involved in threats made to me in mediation causing me to sue my former late attorney for malpractice. That attorney died 2 weeks after learning I'd retained malpractice attorneys to sue him for those threats. Which was also 2 weeks after the CEO lost an attempt to obtain a restraining order against me -the Judge denied it, stating it was a malicious prosecution and I should sue the CEO for it.
Read my story about SUN at sunhealthcaregroupinc.blogspot.com/

Debbie Calvert
Newport Beach, California