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Nurses gather in front of Maine Medical Center to demand increased protections in their work environments. The rally was one of many National Nurses United (NNU) events across the country on January 13, 2022.
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Economy & Labor

Maine Nurses Vote to Keep Their Union Despite Right-Wing Push to Decertify It

In a landslide 1,108-to-387 vote, the nurses voted to remain unionized, affirming the results of their 2021 election.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
August 19, 2022
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Patient in hospital bed, hooked up to IV drip, hiding face with arm and holding cell phone
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Environment & Health

A Quarter of Young Americans Say Medical Debt Forces Them to Skip House Payments

The financial difficulties younger Americans face are indicative of deeper problems in the U.S. health care system.
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Chris Walker,
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February 28, 2022
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A registered nurse takes part in a rally outside the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on January 13, 2022, in Oakland, California, in response to a California Department of Public Health decision to let asymptomatic, COVID-positive health care workers return to work without isolating or testing.
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Economy & Labor

Nursing Unions Say For-Profit Health Care Is Driving Omicron Staffing Crisis

Nurses argue for-profit health care artificially deflates staffing levels to protect hospital employers’ bottom lines.
by
Candice Bernd,
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January 18, 2022
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Workers protest Kaiser Permanente's attempt to replace workers who have good environmental services housekeeping jobs with robots, at Baldwin Park Medical Center outside the facility on November 10, 2020, in Baldwin Park, California.
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Economy & Labor

Health Care Understaffing Is Deadly — That’s Why Kaiser Workers May Strike

Saddling an overworked staff with inadequate pay and resources ​​threatens employees and patients alike.
by
Tyler Walicek,
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November 2, 2021
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On September 28, nearly 800 people rallied in front of Kaiser’s corporate office in Portland, with union members joined by dozens of organizations and hundreds of supporters.
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Economy & Labor

Health Care Workers Sound Off About Solidarity and Why They’re Ready to Strike

“We are kind of at this breaking point. We’re at this cusp,” says health care worker Hannah Winchester.
by
Kelly Hayes,
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October 28, 2021
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“I don’t want to be a hero,” says Mawata Kamara, a nurse at San Leandro Hospital in San Leandro, California. “I want to be a mom and a nurse. I want to be considered a person who chose a career that they love, and they deserve to go to work and do it in peace. And not feel like they’re going to get harmed.”
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Environment & Health

Hospital Workers Report Rising Violence Throughout Pandemic

Health care workers are sounding the alarm on increased threats and assaults in their workplaces.
by
Bram Sable-Smith &
Andy Miller,
Kaiser Health News
October 17, 2021
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A nurse fills up a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site at a senior center on March 29, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas.
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Environment & Health

More Than 3,600 US Health Care Workers Have Died in the Pandemic’s First Year

More than 400 U.S. health care workers have also died since the vaccine rollout began.
by
Jane Spencer &
Christina Jewett,
Kaiser Health News
April 11, 2021
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Nurses administer The Vaccine
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

The Growing Vaccine Corps of Medical Students Could Aid Underserved Areas

The model of service that students are testing opens up many possibilities, limited only by will and imagination.
by
Michael F. Collins,
The Conversation
February 14, 2021
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A nurse fills a syringe with vaccine
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Environment & Health

As COVID-19 Surges, California Overrides Limits on Nurse Workloads

Currently, four times as many Californians are testing positive for the coronavirus compared with the summer’s peak.
by
April Dembosky,
Kaiser Health News
January 20, 2021
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Employees at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation in New Hyde Park, New York, during a vigil on May 28, 2020, protest their working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
News Analysis
Economy & Labor

Precarious Working Conditions of Nursing Home Employees Foster Spread of COVID

Paid sick leave and a living wage are often out of reach for the average nursing home aide.
by
Shefali Milczarek-Desai &
Tara Sklar,
The Conversation
November 29, 2020
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