Dozens of national organizations including National Nurses United and Health GAP, celebrities including Mark Ruffalo, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and Coldplay’s Chris Martin, leading economists including Jeffrey Sachs, former JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs executives and global leaders such as Desmond Tutu have joined together for an unprecedented coalition, calling for a “Robin Hood Tax” on Wall Street.
What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan rounds up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!
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… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan: June 15, 2012 – Unsafe Staffing – Firefighter Edition »
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HEALTH CARE
Health Cost Relief Only Temporary If health care spending isn’t brought in line with overall economic growth, Americans will eventually face agonizing choices between paying medical bills and funding other priorities such as education and infrastructure.
NURSING
Kansas City Nurses Reaffirm Commitment to NNU A spokeswoman for the National Nurses Organizing Committee of National Nurses United said the vote this week was 260 to 92 in favor of the union.
LABOR
America Without A Union Movement? When labor was at its numerical apogee in 1955, the wealthiest 10 percent claimed just 33 percent of the nation’s income.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, June 14, 2012: No unions = huge wage gap; Mich. nurses deliver big message to state »
What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan rounds up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!
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Labor
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan: June 13, 2012 – Sutter RNs Begin Strike, Robin Hood Ready? »
What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan rounds up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!
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Labor
What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan rounds up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!
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NOTES ON NURSING
Massachusetts Nurses Derail Proposed Law Allowing Unlicensed Personnel to Give Meds The amendment that would have allowed unlicensed personnel to administer medications was withdrawn from the payment reform bill
LABOR UPDATES
State Unions Reach Tentative Agreement Covering 21,000 Workers AFSCME and MAPE have reached a tentative deal on a two-year collective bargaining agreement with the State of Minnesota.
AFL-CIO – Olympic Medal Producer Tarnishes Spirit of the Games Summer Olympic Games medal supplier, Rio Tinto—a union-busting global mining conglomerate with a track record of worker and environmental abuse—should be kept off the podium in London, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, June 7, 2012: MA RNs defeat unlicensed personnel measure; Olympic gold may be tarnished »
What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan rounds up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!
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