California has the world’s fifth-largest economy. Fix taxes to fix wealth disparity
To listen to the doom and gloom crowd, starting in the Oval Office, California resembles a failed nation with burdensome taxes on the state’s highest income residents, and badly misplaced priorities.
Bonnie Castillo, Special to The Sacramento Bee
‘I can’t afford that’: A viral tweet shows why we need Medicare for all
The concept of “having skin in the game” is popular among those who still believe we can utilize the free market to rein in the cost of health care in the United States. The idea is that if people have to pay a decent percentage of the cost of medical care, they will turn into savvy medical shoppers when they need to see a doctor.
Helaine Olen, The Washington Post
Nurses Take A Strong Stand After Janus Ruling
As predicted the Supreme Court passed down its decision to roll back decades of union and worker rights in Janus v. (AFSCME) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, posing a significant threat to patient safety as well as worker and community health and economic standards.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
On Eve of NHS 70th Anniversary, Thousands March in U.S., U.K. to say ‘Healthcare is a Human Right!’
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) turns 70 on July 5, an anniversary marked by a people’s movement to demand that the under-attack NHS be free, for all, forever.
Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director, National Nurses United
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Global Nurses United
A Dagger in the Heart of Workers and Our Democracy: What's Behind the Janus Court Ruling
The Supreme Court’s transparent effort to decapitate public sector unions in its 5-4 Janus vs. AFSCME decision on Wednesday places a wide swath of public health and safety protections in its crosshairs as well.
Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of NNU/CNA; writing for Common Dreams
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Nurses March on ICE, Child Internment Camps to Say ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy is a Public Health Crisis
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S., representing 1700 RNs in El Paso, TX, is mobilizing at the border and beyond to say the only thing nurses have “zero tolerance” for is the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration policy.
Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of National Nurses United
Johns Hopkins Nurses File Unfair Labor Practice Charge Alleging Hospital is Violating Federal Law by Interfering with Nurses’ Right to Communicate Freely
Registered Nurses at the Johns Hopkins Hospital have charged the hospital with violating federal labor law by impeding nurses’ legal right to discuss the benefits of unionization.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Jun 25, 2018
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