Book Review – Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
In her many books, sociologist Arlie Russell-Hochschild has emphasized the role that human emotions play as people interact with the larger world around them. Whether bringing to light the effects that work and economic necessity have on the family and gender roles or connecting human feelings of loss to the rise of the political right, […]
Bay Area “Sickout” for Palestine
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Last Monday, January 6th, healthcare care workers in the Bay Area and across the country called attention to the ongoing genocide in Gaza by calling out sick from work in large numbers–known as a “sickout.” The […]
What’s Kaiser Planning?
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Once more, Kaiser management is planning changes to our jobs while not asking for anyone’s feedback, which negatively impacts our work. For the last year, a threat has been looming on the horizon, and now it […]