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Labor unions, as individual organizations and in coalitions like May Day Strong, are mobilizing to defend democracy this fall.

The veto of AB 2575 leaves nurses without explicit protection when they exercise judgement to protect patients.

U.S. hospitals are increasingly hiring Filipino nurses for remote roles to fill staffing gaps and for cost savings, but the practice may be aggravating shortages in the Philippines.

Nurses say they are walking to demand competitive wages, affordable health insurance, and stronger protections for patient care.

The Trump administration has eliminated health care positions left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements at the V.A. last year.

Thousands of Kaiser health care workers, including 22,000 nurses in Southern California, are on strike to demand better pay and staffing. The walk out has resulted in canceled or delayed appointments and surgeries, patients say.

The deal is still pending a vote by the union membership and includes modest raises for nurses through 2028 and preserves their healthcare and retirement benefits.

New York hospitals are ignoring striking nurses’ demands for patient and health care worker safety and respect and trying to weaken one of the city’s most important unions. Mayor Mamdani and his movement have a key role to play in helping nurses win.

National Nurses United is one of several unions and labor bodies strongly condemning the Trump administration’s illegal invasion of and regime change operation in Venezuela.