3,500 Bay Area Sutter Nurses to Strike Tuesday
Registered nurses at seven Alameda and San Mateo county hospitals operated by the Sutter corporation will begin a one-day strike Tuesday morning, once again protesting a long list of concession demands that they say would undermine patient care protections as well as health and living standards for the RNs. The strike will affect 3,500 RNs and also several hundred respiratory, X-ray, and other technicians.
Jul 2, 2012
CA Nurses Healthcare Tour in Oakland Tuesday with Screenings and Town Hall, in the Post Court Era
Local stats show dire need for healthcare overhaul—17.6% of adults uninsured, 17% of adults unable to see a doctor due to cost
Jun 29, 2012
State Fines Sutter/Alta Bates Over $84,000 for Willful Failure to Protect Staff, Police Officer
California’s Department of Occupational Health and Safety has fined Sutter corporation’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center for willful misconduct in dangerously exposing staff and police officers to a serious illness that resulted in permanent disabilities for a respiratory tech and an Oakland police officer.
CA Nurses Healthcare Tour in San Jose Monday with Screenings and Town Hall, in the Post Court Era
Local stats show dire need for healthcare overhaul—17% of adults uninsured, 10% of adults unable to see a doctor due to cost
Jun 28, 2012
Pallor or Power, Patients or Consumers: Which Model Do We Want?
It’s a big day. And the corporate model for healthcare in America just triumphed over our humanity. The corporate Supreme Court honored all of its masters mightily in upholding the position that patients are consumers, taxes are bad, and full steam ahead on a healthcare system that includes a bailed-out private health insurance market. Ouch.
Donna Smith
Sanders, Nurses on SC Ruling: Cool, but We Still Need 'Medicare for All'
What Sanders says about Thursday’s Supreme Court decision upholding the ACA provides important insights for progressives as they respond to a complex decision that, in the words of the National Nurses United union, “should not be seen as the end of the efforts by health care activists for a permanent fix of our broken health-care system.â€
The Nation.
Court Ruling Does Not End Healthcare Crisis Or the Need to Continue the Campaign for Reform
The Supreme Court decision should not be seen as the end of the efforts by health care activists for a permanent fix of our broken healthcare system, said the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses today.
Jun 28, 2012
CA Nurses Healthcare Tour in San Rafael Friday with Screenings and Town Hall, in the Post Court Era
Local stats still show need for healthcare overhaul—14% of adults uninsured, 11% of adults unable to see a doctor due to cost
Jun 27, 2012
CA Nurses Healthcare Tour in Chico Thursday with Screenings and Town Hall, as Court Ruling Looms
Local stats show dire need for healthcare overhaul—21% of adults uninsured, 16% of adults unable to see a doctor due to cost
Jun 26, 2012