Healthcare
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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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Militant Journalism
Candlelight vigil for Medicaid confronts Alabama’s healthcare crisis
On September 20th, community members in Mobile, Alabama, held a candlelight vigil in front of the All Saints Episcopal Church…
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The Socialist Program
Seize Big Pharma: Nationalize and Internationalize All Medicine!
As part of the proposed social spending budget, Congress is considering a measure to negotiate hundreds of billions of dollars…
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Analysis
What’s in the pro-worker budget that Manchin and Sinema want to kill?
The showdown in Congress over the fate of social programs that would provide desperately-needed relief to working class people has…
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Analysis
What’s really behind the ‘debate’ over vaccination, mask mandates?
The sharp rise in numbers of infected, sick and dying people has highlighted the criminal conduct of right-wing capitalist politicians…
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