Temple nurses strike over work rule, tuition perk

By Kathy Matheson for Associated Press – PHILADELPHIA — Hundreds of striking Temple University Hospital nurses and other employees rallied Tuesday in an effort to restart contract negotiations stalled over language that workers say would jeopardize patients, limit free speech and take away a crucial college tuition benefit. About 1,000 nurses and 500 professional health…

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Newly Formed 150,000-Strong Nurses’ Union Pushes for Single-Payer Healthcare

From Democracy Now!— Three of the country’s top organizations of direct care registered nurses have come together to form a new national nurses’ union that is advocating for a single-payer national health insurance program. The new union unifies the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, United American Nurses, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association into a…

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