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Kyu Nam

Kyu Nam is a nurse in New York City. Pictured: Aiko Hamaguchi, Manzanar Relocation Center (Japanese internment camp), 1943.

NYC Healthcare Workers Exposed to COVID19 Are Denied Testing

Healthcare workers face known hazards to their safety and their lives in the current pandemic. Even when exposed to patients known to have coronavirus, they are being denied testing and told to continue working as long as they are asymptomatic.

Kyu Nam

March 24, 2020

NYC Nurses Picket Mega-Hospitals for Safe Staffing

Nurses across the city gear up for a major strike authorization vote.

Kyu Nam

February 13, 2019

New York Nurses Resolve to Fight for Public Employees’ Right to Strike

On Saturday, nurses voted overwhelmingly in favor of repealing Section 210 of the Taylor Law and fighting for public workers’ right to strike.

Kyu Nam

December 10, 2018

Sexist Shaming Makes A ‘Good Nurse’

A nurse talks about vile encounters with managers and sexist norms on the job.

Kyu Nam

December 21, 2017

Barely Swimming: Systemic Burdens that Ravage Nurses

A nurse recounts her daily experiences on the hospital floor.

Kyu Nam

November 21, 2017