Celebrating May Day, in New and Old Ways
About 4,500 nurses and technicians in the Sutter health care chain in the Bay Area staged a one-day walkout, the third short strike organized by the California Nurses Association against the chain.
LABORnotes
Nurses to Sutter: 'We Won't Back Down'
Nurses at Burlingame's Mills-Peninsula Medical Center joined those at eight other hospitals throughout the state in protest of Sutter Health.
San Mateo Patch
North Ottawa Community Hospital Nurses Ask Federal Officials to Intervene Again
Nurses at North Ottawa Community Hospital said today they have been forced again to ask federal officials to intervene, this time because hospital leaders refuse to communicate with them and compromise at the bargaining table. This is the fourth time the nurses have had to file an unfair labor practice charge in about a year, an extremely unusual number for a Michigan hospital.
May 2, 2012
Tom Morello to perform in CHICAGO: MAY 18
Nurses Converge for “Robin Hood Taxâ€, Reps from UK, Italy, Canada, Guatemala, Germany and South Korea to join in.
May 2, 2012
A Wall St. Tax and an Independent Workers Movement
An interview with Rose Ann DeMoro and Robert Pollin: There is little will in Washington for a financial transaction tax because Wall St. has "occupied the White House".
the REAL NEWS.com
Bay Area Sutter RNs Begin One-Day Strike
Hospital Giant Seeks Massive Cuts Despite $4 Billion in Profits Nurses to Also Protest Sutter Plans to Close Hospitals, Cut Care. Registered nurses are on strike today at eight hospitals that are part of the wealthy Sutter corporate chain to protest Wall Street-type demands for more than 100 sweeping reductions in patient care and nurses’ standards and workplace conditions.
May 1, 2012
Northern California Sutter RNs to Strike May 1 To Protest Attack on Patient Care, RN Standards
Sutter is making demands for contract concessions and sweeping cuts in care despite making over $4 billion in profits since 2007, and handing its chief executive Pat Fry at 215 percent pay hike to over $4 million a year, in addition to salaries of over $1 million a year to some 20 other top executives. Join the Sutter RNs on the picket line, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at these locations:
NNU Blog
RNs Condemn Sutter Plan to Close San Leandro
Hospital Chain’s Decision to Abandon San Leandro Should Prompt San Francisco Officials to Doubt Sutter Promises on St. Luke’s
Apr 25, 2012
What Will the Next Generation of Unionists Do for Millions of Workers Still Unemployed?
“Thinking about Labor’s Future†is a series which will describe what the labor movement has achieved for America’s working families during the past two decades, and the problems (and opportunities) that will confront the unions of tomorrow. Each week, Harry will do an article on a separate issue. In addition to jobs and unemployment, we will include columns on war and nuclear threats, union organizing, leadership, political activity, healthcare, education, retirement income, technology, the workplace, taxes, global relations and working class culture. Stay tuned.
NNU Blog by: Harry Kelber
Rev. Jackson's endorsement of NATO protest strengthens bond between anti-poverty, anti-war groups
The endorsement of the May 20 march against NATO earlier this month by Rev. Jesse Jackson, along with support from Rev. Phil Blackwell, National Nurses United and members of the Service Employees International Union, represents the latest stage in this collaboration.
Chicago Muckrakers