MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — On day 66 of a nursing home strike in Connecticut, Jennifer Musante had plenty to worry about as she joined the picket line.

The single mother of two teenagers is struggling to pay her bills, delaying a car payment and credit cards to pay for school supplies and clothes.

"Some nights you don't sleep," Musante said Wednesday as cars roared by on Interstate 95 on a muggy wet morning. "You worry about how you're going to survive."

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