Bernie Sanders rallies supporters with call for new direction in Democratic party
On a gorgeous fall day and surrounded by changing trees, a group of Bernie Sanders’ most ardent supporters held a political bonfire for the doomed Trans-Pacific Partnership outside the US Capitol building.
Lauren Gambino writing for The Guardian
People’s Rally Converges in D.C. to Celebrate TPP Defeat, Chart Path ‘Forward Together’
“I don’t care if you’re a Clinton supporter, a Trump supporter or a Bernie supporter—we are a movement. It’s not about who’s in the White House; it’s about who’s in the streets,†NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro told a crowd of thousands gathered in Washington D.C. today.
National Nurses United
Nurses, Healthcare Activists Plan Rally for Our Future in Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Members of NNOC-Ohio/National Nurses United, Single Payer Action Network (SPAN) and Demand Universal Healthcare (DUH), are holding a community gathering and rally Thursday, to express their support for a singlepayer healthcare system in the U.S. and to reject House Speaker Paul Ryan's threats to privatize Medicare.
National Nurses United
Nov 17, 2016
International Nurses' Statement on Victory Against the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Nurses around the world are encouraged by the victory in the U.S. against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and pledge to remain vigilant against attempts to revive it next year.
Global Nurses United
Nov 17, 2016
First Broad Post-Election Rally – Thursday, DC
Sen. Bernie Sanders will join with a broad array of labor, environmental, healthcare, consumer and other advocacy groups in Washington DC Thursday, November 17, to promote a people’s agenda and a common commitment to stepping up grassroots mobilizations for economic and social justice and equality as the incoming Trump administration takes office.
National Nurses United
Nov 14, 2016
First Post-Election Broad Action Coming to DC
A major gathering of labor, environmental, healthcare, consumer and other advocacy groups will rally in Washington November 17 to demand Congress reject the fatally flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership pact whether it is revived in any form in either the lame duck session or the next administration.
National Nurses United
Nov 11, 2016
Nurses to President-Elect Trump: Time to Heal America
National Nurses United today called on President-Elect Donald Trump to follow up on his calls for national unity by reassuring immigrant families that they do not have to fear deportation, and renouncing some who have used the election outcome as a pretext to threaten minorities or promote hate crimes.
National Nurses United
Nov 10, 2016
Clean Sweep - Kindred Hospital, Baldwin Park Workers Join RNs in Voting for Caregivers Union
Hospital workers at Kindred Hospital-Baldwin Park Wednesday night voted by 91 percent to unionize with the Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union (CHEU), an affiliate of the California Nurses Association.
Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
Nov 10, 2016
Yes on Proposition 61 Campaign Thanks Californians for Valiant Effort in Fight for Lower Drug Prices
SACRAMENTO, CA – Yes on Prop 61/Californians for Lower Drug Prices today thanked their key supporters and California voters for their valiant efforts to bring the battle for lower drug prices to Big Pharma’s doorstep.
California Nurses Association
Nov 9, 2016
Broad Action to Rally, Press Congress November 17 To Reject the Trans Pacific Partnership
In the wake of a national election that activists say demonstrates the ever-greater urgency of grassroots mobilization, a major amalgamation of labor, environmental, healthcare, consumer and other advocacy groups will rally in Washington November 17 to demand the lame duck Congress reject the fatally flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership pact.
Nov 9, 2016