Workers are still unionizing their workplaces so here is a shoutout to the nurses at the University Medical Center, a private hospital in New Orleans and the only level-one trauma center.
The nurses held a one-day strike, but had been bargaining with the hospital for eight months regarding workplace concerns, such as safety and more money.
There are about 600 nurses, considered the backbone of all hospitals, working at UMC. All of our unions should be giving them our support in any way that helps them succeed.
If the election doesn’t go blue, this type of worker protests could very well end if the election goes red.
This year with our president’s and vice president’s support of unions, there have been some big wins for labor. If we lose, the National Labor Relations Board will be eliminated and all states will become right to work states, which is the kiss of death to unions.
Today, twenty-seven states have right to work laws, which prohibits union contracts. Right to work is a new term for slave labor, as employees will have no work place protections, no pensions, healthcare, and could conceivably lead to the demise of Social Security.
In order to keep what we have and obtain what we, workers, want, such as minimum wage increase, healthcare for all, four-day work week, we have to keep the GOP out of office. Vote blue up and down the ballot.
If you know someone who wants to unionize their workplace, refer them to https://unionizecalifornia.org/ or https://calaborfed.org/
The AFL is with Senator Bernie Sanders and it is the people’s only chance to push back against Elon Musk, who wants to dismantle our government. Musk family is said to have left South Africa because they could no longer exploit The native/black Africans so he bought Trump and now he’s laying waste to America in the name of progress. With Senator Sanders’ leadership and backing of all labor unions, we could put together the whole of 99 percent of the people and beat back the 2 percent destroying we what once had and stood for while also saving Social Security, healthcare for all, elder care, child care, while working on the climate change crisis (we are running out of time, as the weather is showing us). The workers need to go big, such as a four-day work week like other countries have; universal basic income (UBI) and Medicare for all for unhoused people, which would help get them off the streets. UBI goes right back into the local economies, which supports jobs for the other working p...
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