Lamont: 'Basic agreement' in place to avert nursing home strike Julia Bergman FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3A magnet is displayed on a car parked at RegalCare nursing and rehabilitation center in Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has asked the head of the Connecticut National Guard to put 50 troops on standby to help oversee the 33 facilities that would be affected by 3,400 nursing home workers walking off the job Friday morning.Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Gov. Ned Lamont greets Jeanne Peters, 95, a rehab patient at The Reservoir, a nursing facility in West Hartford, after she was given the first COVID-19 vaccination at the nursing home Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. The home, owned by Genesis HealthCare, is among those where a strike has been authorized.Stephen Dunn / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less