Deteriorating working conditions are jeopardizing the quality of patient care, say striking hospital staff.
Nurses
Nurses have long been at the forefront of the fight for health care justice.
Chronic short-staffing should be addressed by raising wages to attract and retain support staff, says the union.
A Missouri nurse makes the case for uniting health care struggles.
Some 1,800 nurses at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington took to the picket lines for two days.
At the center of the strike are issues related to safe staffing, competitive pay and a $15 minimum wage.
Trump and Congress appear ambivalent about supporting vulnerable moms and babies.
Rapid response nurses support Medicare for All.
The model allows the union to better expand to part-time workers who are not always under union representation.
Nurses have a unique potential to fight for better health care.