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New York City Retirees Fight Their Own Unions to Stop …

WEBDefying two years of protests and lawsuits by union retirees, New York City’s Municipal Labor Committee voted March 9 to scrap some of the best retiree health care coverage …

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Minnesota Nurses Win Big, Then Walk Back Winning Model

WEBNurses picketed North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, September 12, 2022. Their coordinated campaign netted big gains, but the union appears to have changed …

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To Fix Short-Staffing, Raise Wages, PeaceHealth Strikers Say

WEBOne of the largest non-nurse health care strikes in Pacific Northwest history began at 6:30 a.m. this morning, shedding light on skilled workers who often get overlooked. We’re …

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Health Care Workers Demand a Ceasefire in Gaza Labor Notes

WEBMore than 11,100 Palestinians, including at least 200 health care workers, have been killed in Gaza. Health care workers know firsthand the emotional toll of protecting human …

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'If Your House Is On Fire You Run': Workers Strike for Safety At

WEBA terrifying scene unfolded the evening of August 1 at Cascade Behavioral Health Center in Tukwila, a suburb of Seattle. A volatile patient had stolen a badge and set of keys from …

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Two Thousand Hospital Workers Strike in Buffalo Labor Notes

WEBTwo thousand nurses, clerical workers, technologists, and service workers have walked out of Mercy Health in Buffalo, New York, in an open-ended strike over the hiring and …

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Viewpoint: Employment-Based Health Care Is an Anchor around …

WEBLike it or not, employment-based health care is unsustainable. The Milliman Medical Index reported that in 2018, health care costs for a family of four with decent coverage …

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Nurses Across the U.S. Protest Dangerous Conditions and For …

WEBNurse union activists organized actions at hospitals across the country yesterday, a national day of action to draw attention to how the U.S.’s profit-driven health care system is …

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Washington Mental Health Workers Win Safety Strike

WEBNurses and mental health techs at a Tukwila, Washington, facility have won their safety strike after three and a half months on the picket line. Under the settlement, …

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How Medicare for All Would Fix Both Public Health and the Economy

WEBEmergency expansion of Medicare, to Medicare for All, would also be a huge economic stimulus. The elimination of co-insurance, deductibles, co-pays, and out-of-pockets …

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Massachusetts Nurses Face Down For-Profit Health Care Giant …

WEBOn the same day that their employer announced it had made more than $400 million in profits during the Covid-19 pandemic, the nurses of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, …

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Wisconsin Nurses Set to Strike, As Employer Claims It's Banned …

WEBNurses at UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, will strike for three days next week. The strike comes in response to the hospital administration's continuing refusal to recognize the …

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How to Take the Initiative in Health Care Bargaining

WEBChallenge employers to sign on to single payer. UE's PowerPoint presentation and toolkit for local bargaining over health care is available at laborforsinglepayer.org or …

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New York City Retirees Fight to Defend Their Medicare Benefits

WEBNew York City’s 250,000 retired municipal workers are facing the conversion of our traditional Medicare coverage to a privately managed Medicare Advantage plan. It turns …

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After Strike Threat, Wisconsin Nurses Get a Possible Path to Union

WEBA three-day strike by Wisconsin nurses is off this week, after SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin (part of the Service Employees union) and UW Health (the University of Wisconsin's …

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Saving Workers’ Health and Lives in the COVID-19 Pandemic: …

WEBStandards and Rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) OSHA covers many workers in the private sector nationally and public sector workers in 25 states, …

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Viewpoint: When Patients Attack Labor Notes

WEBViewpoint: When Patients Attack. In a press conference, registered nurse Elizabeth Hawkins told how a patient had almost killed her. Nearly all emergency nurses have …

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Understaffed and Unsafe, Bay Area Hospital Workers Strike

WEBWorkers at eight campuses of the Alameda Health System (AHS) in California’s East Bay will begin a five-day strike on October 7. “We have a lack of leadership in the …

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Striking ATI Steelworkers Hold the Line for Premium-Free Health

WEBPresently the company pays the entire health insurance premium—workers were able to stave off ATI’s efforts to force them to pay premiums during the 2015-16 lockout. …

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Why Did Swiss Voters Reject Single-Payer Health Care

WEBSupporters of a single-payer, Medicare-for-all health care system in the U.S. were puzzled September 27 when Swiss voters rejected a reform proposal by 62 percent. The new …

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Sample COVID-19 Health and Safety Measures to Demand from …

WEBMany employers have been slow to act in implementing health and safety measures to protect workers still on the job against the coronavirus, so workers have taken action …

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Engines Out and Pickets Up to Stop Health Plan Downgrade by …

WEBCummins has been picking up new business, according to Nelson, since the pandemic shut down in-house service crews at many transit agencies and other clients. “The company …

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