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Hundreds Showing Love For CT 4-Year-Old Facing Months Of Chemo Hundreds Showing Love For CT 4-Year-Old Facing Months Of Chemo
Hundreds Showing Love For CT 4-Year-Old Facing Months Of Chemo Friends, family, and strangers are donating and coming out in droves to show support for a 4-year-old Connecticut girl facing months of chemotherapy and radiation.  What started out as a fever and stomach ache for Mia Morse of New Haven County in Milford turned out to be every parent's worst nightmare -- cancer. Mia, usually dressed in full princess mode, is described as "hilariously imaginative, adorable, super sweet," according to a GoFundMe started to support the family so they can make it through these "trying" times. She is the oldest sibling to twins and loves her puppy, Lionel,…
Still No Contract On Seventh Day Of Stop & Shop Workers' Strike Still No Contract On Seventh Day Of Stop & Shop Workers' Strike
Still No Contract On Seventh Day Of Stop & Shop Workers' Strike It's day seven of the Stop & Shop workers' strike and there is no resolution.  In a statement from UFCW Locals on Stop & Shop negotiations on Tuesday, Apirl 16, the five United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Unions (328, 371, 1445, 1459, and 919) responded to the supermarket giant's advertising campaign. The locals are currently negotiating with Stop & Shop Supermarket stores following a 31,000-employee walkout in New England in protest of the company’s proposed cuts to healthcare, wages, and retirement security. “Stop & Shop’s latest proposal will dra…