Updated on May 11, 2021 at 5:18 pm NBC Universal, Inc. The state has requested help from the Connecticut National Guard in the event that workers strike as planned starting at the end of this week. More than 3,400 workers at 33 Connecticut nursing homes are ready to strike beginning Friday if demands for better wages, benefits and staffing ratios aren’t met. Union officials said Monday that 600 additional workers at another six nursing homes have voted to strike beginning May 28. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. If the strike occurs, National Guard members would be in place to act as monitors for the standard of care and to support the Department of Public Health. They would not be working in place of nursing home staff.