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GRITtv: Karen Higgins: Nurses United for Health
The California Nurses Association and other nurses' unions were some of the strongest voices for real healthcare reform, continuing to call for single-payer Medicare for All even now. But with the birth of the new National Nurses United, the nurses are fighting battles on all fronts for healthcare--from a strike at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia to struggles with Massachusetts' program. Joining us from Boston to talk about the nurses' union, patient care, and what's next after this healthcare bill is Karen Higgins, co-president of National Nurses United, who says that any fight on behalf of patients is their fight. GRITtv with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into your living room, bridging the gap between audience and advocates. Watch any show, at any time: http://grittv.org Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this pageGRITtv: Pennies for Standing Next to Multimillion-Dollar Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art security guards have been caught in a labor struggle for years, dating back to the subcontracting out of what were formerly union jobs. They finally held--and won--a union election earlier this fall, but AlliedBarton, the contractor the guards work for, has so far refused to negotiate a contract. Fabricio Rodriguez, Executive Director of Jobs With Justice Philadelphia and Dynnita Bryant, shop steward with the Philadelphia Security Officers' Union, join Laura in the studio to tell the story of their struggle and how it fits into the larger picture of union organizing now.
