We Need More Permanent Staff

We Need More Permanent Staff

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Travel nurses play a vital role in our hospitals – they help make sure patients are cared for when facilities have higher than usual census,...
Clockin’ In Blues

Clockin’ In Blues

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At Highland Hospital, our nurses’ union contract stipulates that we have a 7-minute grace period to clock in before the start of each shift....
The Wrong Way to Stop the Right

The Wrong Way to Stop the Right

Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) made news last week by contributing, for the first time in her nearly five years in the House of Representatives, $260,000 to the campaign arm used by Democrats in the House of Representatives. For her first few years in...
Every Day is Tax Day for the Working Class

Every Day is Tax Day for the Working Class

People think of April 15 as Tax Day because that’s when federal and state income taxes are generally due. If you get a refund, it’s only because you have been paying into the system all year. Working-class people pay all year long, not just income taxes, but sales...