Bernie Sanders Has a Sweeping Plan to Expand Union Rights and Workplace Democracy

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Bernie Sanders at podium

The fight to expand democratic control over the workplace just received a major shot in the arm.

Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced sweeping legislation that would dramatically expand labor rights, making it easier for workers to join unions, speed up contract negotiations, roll back “right to work” laws and clamp down on union-busting tactics by employers. 

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Miles Kampf-Lassin, In These Times
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Remarks on the Workplace Democracy Act

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Jean Ross, RN, Co-President, NNU
I am pleased to be here today to applaud the introduction of the Workplace Democracy Act by Senator Sanders, Rep. Pocan and the other Senate and House co-sponsors.
Jean Ross, RN, Co-President, National Nurses United
District of Columbia

RNs From 20 States to Press Legislators on Nurses’ Week

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Medicare For All
In commemoration of National Nurses’ Week, some 150 RNs from 105 Congressional will gather in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 8 to press legislators key federal legislative priorities to guarantee healthcare for all Americans, and strengthen protections for patients, their families, and hospital workers.
National Nurses United
May 4, 2018
District of Columbia

Your Handy Guide to CNA Lobby Day, 2018

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Nurses marching to state capitol

Sporting red scrub top? (And sometimes red sneakers, red earrings, and red fingernails.) Check.

Clutching red file folder filled with information about pending legislation that would help or harm patients in California? Check.

Representing the country’s most trusted profession, registered nursing, and their most powerful union in California? Check.

California
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