“The unions say we need to compromise. No, we don’t!” Nurses support St. Vincent strikers in Worcester, Mass.
Some 700 nurses in the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) at St. Vincent Hospital are in the sixth week of their strike against unsafe staffing ratios in Worcester, Massachusetts, the most important struggle of health care workers in the US.
St. Vincent is owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, a multibillion-dollar corporation that operates 65 hospitals across the country and is using the strike in Worcester to hold the line on staffing ratios to boost their bottom line.
Striking nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass. (WSWS Media)
By Paula Peterson
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The California Nurses Association (CNA) served Barton Health this week with a ten-day notice of their registered nurses (RNs) intent to strike for two days, April 16-17, 2021.
This will be the third time the RNs have given Barton a notice they d be on strike since they ve been meeting to iron out a contract. They had two one-day strikes in 2019.
Barton will continue to be open during the strike. Even though the nurses said they were going on a two-day strike, replacement nurses need to be hired and their minimum contract is for five days. The Barton RNs won t be able to return to work until April 21.
New law for PPE stocks in California
Hospitals across the USA failed to provide nurses and other health care workers with optimal PPE when Covid-19 hit.
7th April 2021
The bill, AB 2537, has been welcomed by its sponsor the California Nurses Association (CNA).
“Hospitals across the country failed to provide nurses and other health care workers with optimal PPE when Covid-19 hit and the consequences were devastating and deadly,” said Cathy Kennedy, president of the CNA. “At least 360 nurses have died from Covid-19 and tens of thousands more became sick during this pandemic. Hospitals have a responsibility to ensure that their employees have the equipment they need to stay safe. This new law is an important step in holding hospitals accountable and protecting nurses and other health care workers.”
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The columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved
By Eric Starkman Hey Detroit-area Reps. Andy Levin, Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell, you phony baloney labor advocates, here’s what unequivocal union support for
all workers looks like. Maine’s Democratic legislative leaders last month sent a scathing letter to Maine Medical Center (MMC), the state’s biggest hospital network, protesting the hiring of anti-union consultants for allegedly intimidating nurses to vote against joining the California Nurses Association. The letter, signed by Maine’s Senate president, the speaker of the House and 75 other legislators, demanded the hospital “fire the consultants” and respect RNs federally-protected right to organize.
San Diego
As the 79th Assembly race heads to a vote on Tuesday, Dr. Akilah Weber has far outpaced her opponents in fund-raising, amassing more than $380,000 in her candidate account, while a political committee supporting her has raised $545,000.
That $925,000 total is more than three times what her four opponents raised combined.
The only other candidate to clear six figures was the sole Republican, Marco Contreras, a local business owner. He raised about $146,000 in his candidate fund, mostly from medium to large donations from businesses and individuals.
Among the other three Democrats running, labor organizer Leticia Munguia raised just over $74,000. Teacher Shane Parmely brought in nearly $23,000, and restorative justice consultant Aeiramique Glass trailed with $6,320.