Category Archives: Member Activism
Jackson Nurses Fight for Women’s Rights at Supreme Court
Last week our own Donna Bent, RN, and Anne St. Paul, RN, joined thousands gathered to rally in Washington, D.C. as the Supreme Court heard cases that could jeopardize access to affordable birth control for millions of women.
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Immigration Reform Update
It’s been five months since the Senate passed its immigration reform bill, S. 744. Each day that the House of Representatives refuses to take up reform costs the country an estimated $37 million. House Speaker John Boehner has said that House Republicans won’t agree to go to a conference committee with the Senate bill so that the two houses can workContinue reading “Immigration Reform Update”
2013 COPE Blitz Successful
The Committee on Political Education (COPE) is members’ outlet for political activism on issues that matter most to us. Activities range from lobbying elected officials, to signing petitions, speaking out at public forums and writing letters to the editor. The money raised by your contributions go directly to enhancing the political power of the nurses, doctors andContinue reading “2013 COPE Blitz Successful”
SEIU Members Keep Healthcare Issue Alive
Easily 300 people from across South Florida turned out to the Broward Legislative Delegation’s Town Hall on Healthcare to tell the lawmakers to keep fighting for healthcare expansion. From gut-wrenching personal stories about juggling health issues while uninsured to expert testimony from nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, the 2.5 hour forum provided evidence thatContinue reading “SEIU Members Keep Healthcare Issue Alive”
Speak Out for Our Patients!
Call your state legislator right now at (866) 443-1844 and tell them to support Medicaid expansion. Take a stand for our patients, our hospital and the community. Tell them to take the money and save lives!
Local 1991 Member Blasts Ryan Budget Proposal
If Congressman Paul Ryan could talk to patients like the young man Denise Glass, RN, saw last week in the Jackson emergency room living with a large, painful testicular mass he couldn’t afford to get treated, he might reconsider his disastrous budget plan. “Everybody told me I need to go the hospital but I don’t have any money,” the patient told his nurses. “I got my wife and kids and I work, but you know I just don’t have more money for the hospital. Can you just do something so I can go to work?”
Medicaid Action Call March 15
For the next 30 days, healthcare advocates from around the state are making calls to their legislators to support Medicaid expansion. Friday, March 15, is our day to make calls. Register online today to give your ten minutes to the cause.
Local 1991 Members Get Political
Florida senators and representatives spent the last week of February in their home districts meeting with residents in preparation for the 2013 legislative session. Local 1991 members took advantage of the opportunity to meet with their legislators about priority issues such as Medicaid expansion.