May 08, 2017 To Nurses Everywhere, We Say Thank You During National Nurses Week, we say thank you to these dedicated public servants who keep our communities healthy. Read More
May 04, 2017 House Threatens Everyday Americans with Trumpcare The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to make your health care worse. Read More
March 31, 2017 A Safer Workplace for California Health Care Workers Healthcare workers in California will get new workplace safety protection rules, starting April 1. Read More
March 09, 2017 NUHHCE/AFSCME Adds 275 PA Hospital Employees NUHHCE/AFSCME District Council 1199C has grown by 275 members – all employees of Mercy Philadelphia Hospital. It’s further proof that working people view unions as a vehicle to the middle class. Read More
February 15, 2017 We Must Be Vigilant on Health Care The Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid are all at risk of being gutted. It’s up to us to protect them. Read More
January 05, 2017 Public Services or Private Services? Trump’s Picks Favor Privatization All Around Donald Trump’s choices for his administration are ready to give the store away when they get into office, privatizing public services and even Social Security and Medicare. Read More
December 12, 2016 Victory for Patient Care – San Diego’s Sharp Nurses Ratify Contract Victory! The nurses at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego have ratified a new contract that will go far toward solving nurse shortages that are at the heart of the five-month dispute. Read More
November 18, 2016 California Nurses to Strike 3 Days This Month to Improve Patient Care Sharp Healthcare nurses authorize a strike. Read More
October 11, 2016 Sharp Hearts, Sharp Cares, Sharp Nurses More than 300 Sharp Healthcare nurses rally to show that they’re part of the real Sharp experience. Read More
May 20, 2016 Nursing Assistant Works to Improve Health Care in New Hampshire For 32 years, nursing assistant Brenda Howard has never quit serving the patients of her community. And now she’ll serve her state on the new commission for health care workforce. Read More
October 15, 2015 Missouri State Workers Need a Raise Missouri state employees are currently ranked the lowest paid among all states, a situation that state workers are seeking to remedy with appeals to Gov. Jay Nixon and state legislators. Read More
September 11, 2015 Campaign Helps Reduce Violence in Minnesota Hospitals Minnesota state hospital workers – AFSCME Council 5 members – waged a successful public education campaign to improve safety against violent attacks by patients. Read More
September 04, 2015 Unified Locals AFSCME Strong with New Contract AFSCME Locals 1328 and 1781, representing 2,400 clerks, LPNs, maintenance, PCAs and other professional and critical staff at UF Health Jacksonville, overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract. Read More