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!
Stories we’re scanning:
Labor
- Sutter RNs Begin Strike: Despite amassing more than $4 Billion in profits since 2005, California-based Sutter Health is trying to impose massive cuts that would negatively impact both patients and nurses. Follow National Nurses United on Twitter for the latest updates on today’s strike by Sutter RNs.
- Victory! Thanks to the help of the Occupy Homes MN movement and many others, MNA RN Colleen Espinosa’s long battle to save her home from foreclosure by Citibank was successful. Way to go Colleen!
- Ready for Robin Hood? JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s testimony on Capitol Hill about the risky, casino-style trading happening on Wall Street provides the latest reminder about why NNU and numerous other organizations are advocating for a Robin Hood Tax.