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.
In its second season, the award-winning medical drama is a scarily reflective show for the many Americans who watch it
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.
“When we’re regularly struggling with what we feel are inadequate staffing levels, it is difficult to care for our patients to the degree we believe they deserve,” said nurse Gianna Pomponi, who works in the adult intensive care unit.
Health workers have become regular victims of violence, easy targets for a society that vents its anger against those who are there to care for others.
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