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Conn. health workers demand PPE, honor their lost
June 8, 2020Over 200 health care workers, family members, and supporters rallied “for safety, protection, and respect in the workplace and raising awareness of health care professionals’ concerns that without proper personal protective equipment (PPE), communities are at...
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COVID-19 deaths among nurses: U.S. 91, Canada 0. Why?
May 12, 2020Hundreds of nurses from both countries listen in on a call arranged by their union that lays the blame for the deaths in the U.S. at the feet of the health care system.
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Workers Memorial Day: OSHA failing to protect people during pandemic
April 28, 2020Unions and their allies are moving to force the Trump administration to act to stop the continuing increase in coronavirus deaths on the job across America.
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Brooklyn nurse: My patient wore a mask while I had none
April 27, 2020The workers and their unions, including AFT, National Nurses United, AFGE, the Machinists, the Office and Professional Employees and the Professional and Technical Engineers, are conducting a strong campaign for more PPE, particularly the N95 masks...
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Veterans face trouble as VA facilities struggle to cope with coronavirus
April 24, 20201,900 VA health care workers who have become sick with the coronavirus. Twenty have died. Another 3,600 of the 300,000-plus VA health care employees are quarantined and unable to work because they have been exposed to...
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