Healthcare
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Analysis
Thousands of Minnesota nurses ready to strike for safe staffing and respect
As the CEOs dug in their heels throughout the five months of negotiations, MNA members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a…
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Nathalie Hrizi for California State Insurance Commissioner 2022
“I am running for Insurance Commissioner because working people in California deserve free, high-quality healthcare," said Hrizi
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Analysis
The socialist case for CalCare
Single-payer universal healthcare is within reach for Californians. On Jan. 20, Assembly Bill 1400, also known as CalCare, passed the…
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Analysis
Massachusetts nurses persevere, win safe staffing gains with historic 300+ day strike
The contract ratification ended a 301-day strike of 700 nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) – the longest…
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Militant Journalism
Striking Kaiser stationary engineers garner solidarity strike from nurses, mental health workers
In breathtaking solidarity, 40,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers, representing SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, joined the picket of the International Union…
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Militant Journalism
Pittsburgh medical workers fight for dignity and respect
The workers, who are facing poor conditions and low wages, are fighting again to unionize their workplace, after a defeated…
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Militant Journalism
Ohioans rally in Columbus against right-wing attacks on health care
Two bills attack vital, life-saving health care, and seek to disrupt working people’s ability to access it, all to assuage…
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Analysis
Vaccine capitalism: Moderna takes public money, demands private profit
Despite the ongoing need for emergency action to address the pandemic, pharmaceutical giant Moderna is focused on asserting its property…
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Analysis
Tens of thousands of Calif. healthcare workers ready strike vs. Kaiser greed
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers across California and Oregon gave their 10-day notice last week in preparation to…
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Features
On strike: Unsafe staffing, low wages bring Mercy Hospital workers to ‘breaking point’
Roughly 2,500 healthcare workers represented by CWA Local 1133 at Buffalo’s Mercy Hospital have been on strike since October 1
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