Unions challenge Wall Street sway over politicians
California’s nurses union stared down former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for trying to scale down the union’s political influence in 2005 and helped sabotage the gubernatorial campaign of another Republican, Meg Whitman, last year.
San Francisco Chronicle
U.S. Nurses Bring Global Call to Tax Speculators to Wall Street
Nurses from across the United States rallied on Wall Street today, calling on the financial industry to pay their fair share of the costs of the economic crisis.
Institute for Policy Studies
Nurses' Union, Community Organizations Rally To Fight New York Budget Cuts: "Make Wall Street Pay!"
On Wednesday afternoon, June 22, a feisty group of 3,000 nurses, and their supporters from other unions and community groups, rallied at Federal Hall on Wall St. in New York City to confront the greedy banking industry and demand they pay tiny taxes on financial transactions to stop devastating budget cuts and finance health care for all.
Alternet
Nurses protest cuts to public health, support campaign for Wall Street tax
Nurses who support a tax on Wall Street transactions to help fund public health held a demonstration Thursday morning in Ventura, waving signs with slogans like "Too big to fail and getting even bigger" in support of the national campaign.
Ventura County Star
Nurses Join International Push for Bank Trade Tax
Hundreds of nurses and their allies rallied on Wall Street Wednesday to remind the bankers they owe the nation, and the union movement is determined to collect.
Labor Notes
Nurses Take On Wall Street
More than a thousand RNs and other activists marched on Wall Street Wednesday, chanting “Wall Street got bailed out! We got sold out!â€
Main Street Blog
Valley RNs to Receive Thousands in Back Pay
NNOC-Texas nurses filed a claim against Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen and Brownsville, Texas for lost overtime wages due to working through their meal breaks.
Blog
Cuts in Public Health May Cause Danger to Children, Say Ventura County RNs Who Plan Protest Thursday
A Ventura County children’s program called First 5 which provides care to an at-risk population of children up to age five, has been seriously compromised with the elimination of the five public health nurse positions who provided the care. Ventura County RNs say that this will significantly delay needed care and put children at risk. On Thursday, the nurses, who are represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, plan to protest the cuts.
Press Release
Jun 22, 2011
San Diego RNs Sound Alarm over Harm to Local Community from Economy, Health Cuts
Nurse Rallies to Heal America in San Diego, Ventura, Northern Los Angeles Counties Coincide with National Wall Street Protest
Press Release
Jun 22, 2011
Antelope Valley RNs Sound Alarm over Harm to Community from Economy, Health Cuts
Antelope Valley Hospital RNs represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United are identifying broad declines in health tied to economic hardship and obstacles to healthcare coverage.
Press Release
Jun 21, 2011