Nurses say PPE shortages still hurting safety
By Mark GruenbergPAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—A continued shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), slow distribution of anti-virus vaccines and
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By Mark GruenbergPAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—A continued shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), slow distribution of anti-virus vaccines and
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams On December 23, Labor champion Dean Murakami, a fixture at the Sacramento Central Labor Council for decades,
Read MoreCourtesy of National Nurses United Registered nurses who work in the Sutter Health’s Sutter Center for Psychiatry Hospital in Sacramento
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams When 2020 began, the upcoming elections seemed like the most pressing issue for union members and their
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Labor-backed candidates for mayor and City Council in West Sacramento won in the November elections, marking a
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Recently, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill crafted by union healthcare workers that created a first-in-the-nation law
Read MoreBy Martin Bennett A deepening COVID-19 crisis, now surging in most California agricultural counties, puts farmworkers in the pandemic’s crosshairs.
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams With the November election only days away, the Sacramento Central Labor Council is fighting to get union
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams California Labor is united in its opposition of Proposition 22 on the November ballot, an insidious attack
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams With the coronavirus pandemic attacking essential workers in California and across the country, Sacramento union members this
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Following public outcry about attacks on the U.S. Postal Service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Trump appointee,
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams In late June, the Sacramento City Council passed a new safety measure in partnership with the Sacramento
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams In July, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new help for essential workers in California, as they increasingly are
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Union members of AFSCME 3299 and their allies staged pickets in front of University of California hospitals
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Labor leaders across California are continuing their fight to protect so-called “gig workers” from exploitation as companies
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