The World Socialist Web Site is working to develop a network of rank-and-file committees, comprised of nurses and other health care workers in every hospital and health care facility, to coordinate a serious fight for safe staffing, wage increases, mental health services, a massive infusion of funds into the health care system and an end to the subordination of health care to private profit.
Rank-and-file committees are of, by and for the rank-and-file workers. Workers have a different set of interests in preserving their lives than management, the bosses, the politicians, and the trade union apparatus, who send workers to die while defending the profits of the ruling elite.
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A network of rank-and-file committees, comprised of nurses and other health care workers in every hospital and health care facility, must be built to coordinate a serious fight for safe staffing, wage increases, mental health services, a massive infusion of funds into the health care system and an end to the subordination of health care to private profit.
While workers are being starved and isolated on the picket line, there have been no serious or detailed updates on the state of negotiations released on the NUHW website. In addition, the NUHW has not rallied any of its additional 14,000 members across the country.
The NHS’s million-plus strong workforce, the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world, wields enormous collective power, but they have been systematically demobilized by the trade unions.
Calls among Minnesota nurses to transform the strike into an open-ended strike are growing all the while the MNA is doing everything to prevent a greater offensive by nurses.
Former Henderson Hospital ICU nurse, Diana, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site and described the terrible working conditions at the hospital.
The WSWS Health Care Workers Newsletter fights to unite all health care workers with the entire working class to maintain safe working conditions, oppose hospital closures and layoffs, and defend the right to high quality health care.
The patient was allegedly on a behavioral watch after a previous suicide attempt and was under 24-hour one-to-one supervision, but was somehow able to travel to the room’s balcony and throw him or herself over the railing, ending the patient's life.
A worker at the hospital told the WSWS that staffing “has impacted all units of the hospital, as it has impacted seemingly every unit in every hospital across the globe.”
The World Socialist Web Site received a letter from a nurse with several decades of experience working for the Healthcare Corporation of America, the world’s largest private hospital owner.
Nurse Erica, an influencer and nurse advocate, became a critical figure in Vaught’s defense and mobilization of nurses. The World Socialist Web Site had an opportunity to speak with her on this topic and many more.
A critical report from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis highlights the horrific neurological consequences associated with COVID infection.
Recent lawsuits on mRNA technology are attempts by various corporations to take control of these vital discoveries for their own enrichment. Recent advances in molecular technology that allows for gene editing and protein manufacturing portend a revolution in medicine that can offer personalized treatments for a broad array of diseases.
On Friday evening, the CDC quietly made a significant change to its COVID-19 guidance in health care settings, allowing health facilities to determine the use of universal masking.
“In a world of rampant misinformation, unclear public advice, and government inaction, any attempt to silence one of the few voices contributing positively to informing the public is unacceptable and must be opposed.” – Antoinette, University of Melbourne student
