Workers’ efforts to improve their employment conditions puts them at odds with their union and progressive organizations in the state.
The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions is undertaking “escalated action,” which means that the union is holding back the full force of the coalition of unions for the moment, with plans for additional strikes in November if needed.
The 1199SEIU president talked about how the old guard can learn from people like Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls.
NYC teachers and nurses shine a light on the state of schools and hospitals as we near two years of the pandemic. Can workplace organizing stave off collapse and win a transformative political agenda?
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About one in five health-care workers has left their job since the pandemic started. This is their story—and the story of those left behind.
Health care workers are crucial to our society, yet we reward them with low wages and dangerous conditions.
“It is so disrespectful of the agencies and the employers to shunt these cases aside and not do everything possible to investigate the exposures,” said Peg Seminario, a retired union health and safety director.
“It is a shame – we have an important mission, regardless of COVID. Many SNF [skilled nursing facility] residents are and will continue to suffer and die without...repairs.”
Two Essentials for a Bright Future for Health Workers – Fast Track the Right of Healthcare Workers to Unionize and Transition to Medicare for All.
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