The unions that comprise the Alliance of Health Care Unions are pushing for a “yes” vote on a tentative agreement with Kaiser that does nothing to address health care workers’ grievances but promises lucrative payouts to the union bureaucracy.
In remarks opening the WSWS’ October 24 webinar, “How to End the Pandemic,” David North called for the implementation of a science-based strategy directed toward the global elimination of COVID-19.
Danielle, a nurse at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor recently discussed staffing shortages, working conditions and the impact of the profit motive on health care with the WSWS.
The staggering death toll from drug overdoses, a new record, coincides roughly with the first year of the pandemic in the US, when about 509,000 people lost their lives. Those dying from drug overdoses and from COVID-19 are both victims of government and corporate indifference.
