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Health Care Workers
The US Has Treated Immigrant Doctors as a Safety Net in Moments of Crisis
The US has long seen immigrant physicians as a global reserve labor force instrumentalized in response to crises.
Nurses Forge Alliances to Protect Patients From Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Support and rights advocacy are seen as a duty of care for many nurses who are organizing to protect their patients.
Illinois Had Massive Gaps in Mental Health Coverage. We Organized to Fix It.
A grassroots campaign that united patients and providers succeeded in expanding mental health care access. Here’s how.
Minneapolis Health Care Workers Are Organizing to Defend Their Patients From ICE
Organizing and rights trainings have helped health care workers protect their colleagues and their patients.
Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza. Then Came Backlash.
Medical institutions are silencing their staff and impeding efforts to build solidarity with medical workers in Gaza.
CA Organizers’ Proposal Would Tax Billionaires to Mitigate Medicaid Cut Harm
One of the largest health care worker unions is spearheading the push to get the proposal on the November 2026 ballot.
Israel Is Still Holding at Least 115 Health Care Workers Hostage, Org Says
Israel has reportedly disappeared over 400 health care workers from Gaza and the West Bank in the last two years.
23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises
Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.
Nonprofit Hospitals Spend Millions to Name Stadiums as Workers Face Shortages
Hospitals argue the deals bring in support, but critics question the use of public money amid nursing shortages.
Israeli Academics Call for Boycott of Israel’s Medical Institutions
The medical establishment is complicit in the genocidal assault on Gaza, said Israeli political scientist Neve Gordon.