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Kaiser RNs Prepare for One-Day Sympathy Strike to Support Other Kaiser Caregivers Tuesday

Media Availability, Strike Preparation, Monday, 3:30 p.m., Oakland. Registered nurses and nurse practitioners at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics across Northern and Central California will hold a one-day sympathy strike Tuesday to support other frontline Kaiser staff who will be striking Tuesday to protest Kaiser demands for substantial cuts in healthcare coverage and retirement benefits and short staffing of mental health services. At the same time Kaiser officials are demanding these cuts, they are providing their CEO with a compensation of $9 million a year. —CNA Press Release, 01/27/12 More »

California Press Releases

Nation Recognizes Nuclear Test Downwinders

Today (Jan. 27) is the first annual National Downwinders Day. Downwinders are the folks in western states who were affected by radiation exposure from nuclear test sites in Nevada. Last year the U-S Senate voted unanimously to honor downwinders with a special day of recognition. —KPBS, 01/27/12 More »

Nationwide, Nevada News

How US private insurance healthcare is failing

Chances are you've probably never heard of Amelia Rivera, a three year-old from New Jersey. Chances are better you have heard of 29-year-old Canadian, Sarah Burke, one of the best freestyle skiers in the world. Burke and Rivera don't have a lot in common, but tragically, their families do. Both have been borne the scars of a callous and broken US healthcare system... —The Guardian (UK), 01/26/12 More »

Main Street, Nationwide News

NURSES PACK HEARING, RENEW CALL FOR STAFFING BILL

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON--Nurses from around the state, joined by a slew of legislators, urged passage of a nurse staffing law, saying they have battled too long for a bill they say would save patients’ lives. —STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE, 01/25/12 More »

Massachusetts News

Kaiser RNs to Sympathy Strike in Support of Thousands of Northern California Caregivers Jan. 31

OAKLAND—Kaiser Permanente registered nurses issued a sympathy strike notice Thursday, for January 31, the California Nurses Association announced today. The sympathy strike is the second walk-out that the 17,000 Northern California Kaiser CNA RNs and nurse practitioners will participate in support of their co-workers and the community. On September 22, thousands of Northern California nurses took to picket lines at more than 30 hospitals to support their colleagues. More »

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