{"id":5897,"date":"2011-09-21T00:04:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2011-09-21T00:04:08","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T07:04:08","slug":"support-california-nurses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/21\/support-california-nurses\/","title":{"rendered":"Support California Nurses!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The California Nurses Association (CNA) has been in the forefront of trying to protect Americans from abuses from Big Insurance and cost-cutting malpractice by huge medical corporations, over and above the day-to day care they provide their patients.  Now they are involved in a labor dispute over patient care protection.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"21CNA\"The sudden release of stored energy could easily describe earthquakes, of which we are very familiar in California. But this week, tremors of a different sort will shake the state from north to south.<\/p>\n

The sudden release of pent up frustrations from more than 23,000 registered nurses at 34 Northern and Central California hospitals will explode to the surface in a one-day strike on Thursday, September 22<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The work stoppage affects two of California\u2019s largest and most profitable hospital chains, Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente, as well as Children\u2019s Hospital Oakland.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strike at Sutter comes after nine months of failed negotiations,\u201d Deborah Burger, R.N., told me. Burger is president of National Nurses United and co-president of its affiliate, the California Nurses Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe staunchly refuse to be silenced on patient-care protections<\/strong>,\u201d added Sharon Tobin, writing in a CNA press statement. Tobin is a 24-year R.N. at Sutter Mills-Peninsula in Burlingame, Calif. \u201cA common theme throughout management\u2019s proposals is removing our presence on committees that address important patient-care issues and nursing practices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSutter doesn\u2019t want to hear about anything that might cut into their huge profits<\/strong>.\u201d\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Once again, organized labor is standing in the gap on to protect Main Street Americans from the ravages of corporate greed.  I fully support the CNA and urge you to do likewise.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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