CPMC spends far less on poor, S.F. report says
California Pacific Medical Center, including its St. Luke's campus, is San Francisco's most profitable hospital, yet it spends proportionately far less on care for poor residents than other private nonprofit hospitals in the city, according to a new report.
San Francisco Chronical
6,000 California RNs Set One-Day Strike December 22
Nurses are poised to hold a one-day strike at California’s second largest private hospital, and one of its most profitable corporate hospital chain December 22.
CNA Press Release
Dec 9, 2011
Texas Tragedy Reminder of a Job for Robin Hood
In a year of ghastly stories from the economic implosions on Main Street, this one might have been the worst. By: NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro
NNU Blog
Government gets blamed for widening wealth gap
The state and federal governments are largely responsible for the widening gap between the rich and poor in the United States and should institute policy changes - including reforms to the tax code and more investment in education - to help reverse this 30-year trend, economists and researchers told state lawmakers Wednesday.
San Francisco Chronical
HCA RNs Win Key Gains in Patient Care, RN Standards in First Contract at Las Vegas Hospital
Registered nurses at a Las Vegas hospital that is part of the nation’s largest hospital chain, Nashville-based HCA, have achieved their first collective bargaining contract with important improvements in patient care protections and enhanced professional and economic standards that will help keep experienced RNs at the bedside, National Nurses United announced today.
NNU Press Release
Dec 8, 2011
California's wealth pyramid
Is there a widening gap between rich and poor? In the nation, and particularly in California, the answer is yes. The most durable message from the Occupy Wall Street encampments across the nation is also the simplest: "We are the 99%." But are the implications of that message fair? Is there a widening gap between rich and poor? Are those doing well just a fraction of the populace?
Los Angeles Times
This strike could start to turn the tide of a generation
United Kingdom--It's not just the scale of the strike, though, but its breadth, from headteachers to school cleaners in every part of the country, that has set it apart. Most of those taking action were women, and the majority had never been on strike before. This has been the "big society" in action, but not as Cameron meant it.
The Guardian (UK)
Thanks to Nurses Union and Occupy Wall Street, Pressure for Wall Street Speculation Tax Grows
“There’s the idea of taxing financial transactions, which have exploded in recent decades. The economic value of all this trading is dubious at best. In fact, there’s considerable evidence suggesting that too much trading is going on.â€
AlterNet.org
Nurses Lead Solidarity Actions "Across the Pond" from 2 million striking British workers
As more than 2 million nurses, teachers, paramedics and other workers held the largest strike in over three decades across Great Britain, National Nurses United, joined by other union members, held energetic support rallies in six U.S. cities to show solidarity with their embattled British counterparts.
NNU Blog
Solidarity Messages from the U.S. to the U.K. - Nov. 30, 2011
"I stand with you in spirit. I am unable to attend a rally. As a Registered Nurse for the past 43 years, and as a Human Being on this planet, we all deserve respect. I myself face living in poverty at retirement. Can't we all support each other? I think we can. Keep up the fight!" Read the collection in this NNU tribute blog post to UK nurses and public workers fighting to save their pensions.
NNU Blog by Members and Friends