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How Medicare for All Would Fix Both Public Health and the Economy

WEBEmergency expansion of Medicare, to Medicare for All, would also be a huge economic stimulus. The elimination of co-insurance, deductibles, co-pays, and out-of …

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How to Take the Initiative in Health Care Bargaining

WEBChallenge employers to sign on to single payer. UE's PowerPoint presentation and toolkit for local bargaining over health care is available at …

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A New Contract and a New Kind of Steward Labor Notes

WEBMore than two years ago CWA Local 1037 began organizing thousands of home child care workers in New Jersey. The drive started much the way it has in other …

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Health Care Workers Demand a Ceasefire in Gaza Labor Notes

WEBMore than 11,100 Palestinians, including at least 200 health care workers, have been killed in Gaza. Health care workers know firsthand the emotional toll of …

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What’s In the Health Insurance Bill, What’s Not Labor Notes

WEBWhat’s weird about the whole health insurance fracas is that Republicans and some insurance company execs fought just as hard against the crappy bill we have …

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Minnesota Nurses Win Big, Then Walk Back Winning Model

WEBThe decision to plan a longer strike was a contentious one. In 2016, nurses at several hospitals in the Allina system in Minneapolis had gone on strike for 37 days to …

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The VA’s Fourth Mission and the Pandemic Labor Notes

WEBThis is the second in a two-part series that looks at the Veterans Health Administration (VA) and its role during the pandemic. Part One looked at the often …

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Buffalo Hospital Workers Beat Concessions, Win on Staffing

WEBAfter five weeks on strike, 2,000 Buffalo hospital workers returned to work November 10 with what they are calling a “landmark” agreement on their top demand: …

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What is Single Payer Health Care

WEBA single-payer system is one in which one payer, namely a government agency like Medicare, reimburses providers (clinics and hospitals) directly. Those …

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Hospital Closings Test Unions’ Ability to Defend Poor Communities

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Viewpoint: When Patients Attack Labor Notes

WEBViewpoint: When Patients Attack. In a press conference, registered nurse Elizabeth Hawkins told how a patient had almost killed her. Nearly all emergency nurses …

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How Canadians Won Single Payer Labor Notes

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Allina Nurses Go All In Labor Notes

WEBAlexandra Bradbury is the editor of Labor Notes. [email protected]. In a weeklong strike, 5,000 Minnesota nurses are defending a health plan that's an oasis of …

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Two Thousand Hospital Workers Strike in Buffalo Labor Notes

WEBTwo thousand nurses, clerical workers, technologists, and service workers have walked out of Mercy Health in Buffalo, New York, in an open-ended strike over the …

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Kaiser's Outrageous Two-Tier Wage Proposal May Provoke a …

WEBAt midnight on September 30, the national agreement expired between Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Healthcare Unions: 21 locals representing …

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Safety Is Life-or-Death, Say Refinery Strikers Labor Notes

WEBAn explosion at a BP refinery outside Houston in 2005 killed 15 workers and injured nearly 200. The refinery, later sold to Marathon, is one of the facilities on strike …

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After Strike Threat, Wisconsin Nurses Get a Possible Path to Union

WEBA three-day strike by Wisconsin nurses is off this week, after SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin (part of the Service Employees union) and UW Health (the …

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Massachusetts Nurses Face Down For-Profit Health Care Giant …

WEBOn the same day that their employer announced it had made more than $400 million in profits during the Covid-19 pandemic, the nurses of St. Vincent Hospital …

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Using Trash Bags for Gowns: Interview with a New York Nurse

WEBThe United States now leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases and New York City is the epicenter of the outbreak with over 30,000 confirmed cases. Health …

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Kaiser Strikers Insist You Should Be Able to Get an Appointment …

WEBThe new law requires HMOs and insurers to provide mental health patients with follow-up appointments within 10 days, if needed, after their intake—thus implicitly …

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