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Nurses' Union, Community Organizations Rally To Fight New York Budget Cuts: "Make Wall Street Pay!"

On Wednesday afternoon, June 22, a feisty group of 3,000 nurses, and their supporters from other unions and community groups, rallied at Federal Hall on Wall St. in New York City to confront the greedy banking industry and demand they pay tiny taxes on financial transactions to stop devastating budget cuts and finance health care for all.

Alternet

June 23, 2011

Nurses protest cuts to public health, support campaign for Wall Street tax

Nurses who support a tax on Wall Street transactions to help fund public health held a demonstration Thursday morning in Ventura, waving signs with slogans like "Too big to fail and getting even bigger" in support of the national campaign.

Ventura County Star

June 23, 2011

Nurses Join International Push for Bank Trade Tax

Hundreds of nurses and their allies rallied on Wall Street Wednesday to remind the bankers they owe the nation, and the union movement is determined to collect.

Labor Notes

June 22, 2011

National Nurses United Launches Economic Education Drive

Bringing their outspokenness to the entire country, National Nurses United is launching a nationwide economic education drive, saying they will speak out about income and economic inequality and its impact on themselves and their patients – and get the rest of the country to do so, too.

Press Associates Union News Service

June 14, 2011

Nurses Union Keeps Pressure On Health Care Overhaul

Hundreds of nurses from across the country rallied to support broader access to health care and to call for higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.

Kaiser Health News

June 14, 2011

Unions: D.C.’s Broken Ambulances Too Hot to Handle

This week, the District has been besieged by relentless heat. It’s uncomfortable, perhaps even more so, for those on the verge of death. When that's the case, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, and registered nurses think D.C. ambulances shouldn't be a very uncomfortable 107 degrees.

Washington City Paper

June 10, 2011

Hospital Building Battle Moves to SF City Hall

The ongoing battle between California Pacific Medical Center and city leaders and union and community groups over its plans to build a new hospital intensified this week, when the health care provider said it could not afford to meet the city's conditions for developing a site on Cathedral Hill.

The Bay Citizen

June 9, 2011

Nurses Rally for Health Care Funding

Hundreds of members of the nation’s largest nurses’ union demonstrated outside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

New York Times Blog

June 7, 2011

AFL-CIO chief amplifies warning to Democrats

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka amplified his call for a politically independent labor movement Tuesday and said unions too often are holding "a canceled check" after Election Day.

The Hill

June 7, 2011

Nursing Union Goes to Washington

Nurses are rallying in Washington, DC, Tuesday to bring attention to average Americans' healthcare hardships, saying the economic downturn has resulted in a healthcare emergency for many in this country.

HealthLeaders Media

June 7, 2011