Courageous Pasadena Nurse, Allysha Almada, Is Getting a Voice at the White House
At 6:28 pm on September 21, Allysha Almada looked at her cell phone and saw an email that appeared to come from the White House. "The President cordially invites you to attend the White House Summit on Worker Voice to be held at the White House on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at nine o'clock in the morning."
Peter Dreier, The Huffington Post
Contra Costa County Executives Lose Effort to Block Walkout
Nurses who work at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and clinics across the County remain on track to begin a two-day strike Tuesday, October 6 after County officials lost court efforts today to enjoin the walkout.
California Nurses Association
Oct 2, 2015
White House Invites Nurse Fired for Speaking Out at Huntington Hospital to National Summit
Registered nurses will hold a press conference Monday at Pasadena City Hall as a send-off for RN, Allysha Almada, who has been invited by President Obama to participate in the White House Summit on Worker Voice in Washington D.C. on Oct. 7.
California Nurses Association
Oct 2, 2015
It's Not Just the Cadillac Tax - Volkswagen System of Profiting Off the Sick Must Go Too
To unpack the growing hubbub over the fraudulently named "Cadillac tax" let's lift the covers off the corporate ideology of both the tax and Affordable Care Act it funds, and ask again, why do we continue to cling to a healthcare system premised on profiting off the sick?
RoseAnn DeMoro writing for The Huffington Post
'Moral Distress' Is Major Contributor to Burnout Among Emergency Nurses
"Moral distress" can play a major contributing role to burnout among emergency nurses, according to a new report commissioned by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and published online in the Journal of Emergency Nursing.
David Ferguson, Fiercehealthcare.com
Worker Stories: Allysha Almada
Today, we take a look at Allysha Almada. When workers go above and beyond the call of duty to save lives, they don't expect to lose their jobs, in fact, saving lives is what registered nurses do every day. That's why Allysha Almada decided to follow in her mother's footsteps and become an RN at the hospital where she was born, Huntington Memorial in Pasadena, Calif.
Kenneth Quinnell / AFL-CIO Blog
Martin Shkreli and Pharma: A Reminder Why Bernie Continues to Gain Ground
If you still wonder why Sen. Bernie Sanders is soaring in the polls, meet Martin Shkreli. Shkreli - "pharma bro" as he has come to be know - is the now infamous CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals who sparked a social media firestorm for jacking up the price of an anti-infection drug Duraprim by more than 5,000 percent.
Deborah Burger, via The Huffington Post
The UN's development goals require another step first: universal healthcare
The World Health Organization estimates that every year 150 million people suffer severe financial hardship because they have to pay out of their own pockets at the time they receive care, and 100 million are pushed into poverty as a result. These statistics, intimidating in themselves, probably mask a problem that cuts far deeper into families and societies across the world.
Sania Nishtar / The Guardian
RNs Speak Out on Ethical, Patient Care Concerns as St. Joseph Health/Providence Health Merger Looms
Registered nurses from a council of all nine St. Joseph Health system (SJH) hospitals will hold a press event Wednesday at St. Joseph of Orange hospital, at which they will outline their concerns with the proposed merger between Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health.
California Nurses Association
Sep 29, 2015
RNs at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and County Clinics Announce Plans to Strike October 6-7
After more than a year of negotiations and Contra Costa County’s continued refusal to address deteriorating patient care conditions at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and numerous County clinics—County nurses will hold a two-day strike October 6-7, the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today.
The walkout will involve nearly 1,000 County RNs, nurse practitioners and public health nurses.
National Nurses United
Sep 24, 2015