Nurses
An ER Nurse, Fired for Demanding Protective Equipment, Fights for his Job
Cliff Willmeng, a registered nurse in Minneapolis and newly-elected board member of the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), was fired from his job at United Hospital, Allina Health Corporation for standing up for his and his coworkers’ safety. Today, he is fighting for his job, safer working conditions, and a new anti-racist labor movement.
Tre Kwon
December 14, 2020From Heroes to Zeroes: Nurses in New York Strike against Unsafe Conditions
More than 100 nurses from Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital went on a two-day strike for safe staffing ratios and safe working conditions.
Luigi Morris
December 3, 2020Interview with Striking Nurse in Philadelphia Suburb
Nurses at St. Mary Medical Center outside Philadelphia went on strike Tuesday morning, demanding safe staffing ratios to confront the growing numbers of Covid cases in Pennsylvania. Left Voice spoke with Drew, one of the nurses walking the picket line.
Left Voice
November 21, 2020Nurses in Illinois Strike for Safe Staffing
As the U.S is seeing another spike in Covid-19 cases, nurses are continuing to bear the brunt of the crisis. Nurses in Illinois have gone on strike to demand safe staffing ratios.
Allison Noel
July 17, 2020Healthcare Workers: From “Heroes” to Targets of Police Repression
After months of being praised by NYC politicians as “heroes” in the “battle against Covid-19,” we as healthcare workers of NYC are now being attacked and arrested by the city for fighting against another deadly global pandemic: the police.
Take Back the Bronx
June 8, 2020Trabajadores de Salud: De “Héroes” a Blancos de la Represión Policíal
Después de elogios durantes meses, en los cuales los trabajadores de la salud fuimos alabades como “héroes” por los políticos de la Ciudad de Nueva York en la “batalla contra el COVID-19”, ahora nos atacan y nos encarcelan por parte de la ciudad por luchar contra otra pandemia mortal: la policía.
Take Back the Bronx
June 6, 2020Nurse and Jail Support Volunteer Arrested by the NYPD
A frontline nurse and jail support volunteer were arrested by the NYPD, violating DeBlasio's own curfew policies. They are the second and third Left Voice collaborators arrested tonight.
Left Voice
June 5, 2020Frontline Healthcare Workers Are Becoming Socialists
"Seeing coworkers die due to greed radicalizes." Frontline healthcare workers in the United States are becoming critical of capitalism. Révolution Permanente, our sister site in France, spoke with four healthcare workers in New York City and Washington, D.C.: Mike Pappas, Tre Kwon, Jillian Primiano, and Shreya Mahajan are members of Left Voice.
Révolution Permanente
May 25, 2020Bulgarian Nurses Are Fighting for Their Lives
Bulgarian nurses have been fighting neoliberal austerity measures in the face of increasingly terrible conditions for healthcare workers.
Anton Kolev
May 2, 2020Listen To Militant Nurse Tre Kwon On Activist Livestreams
Tre Kwon, a nurse activist and member of Left Voice’s Editorial Board, joined other activists and workers to denounce the conditions faced by frontline workers. Listen to hear her discuss the demands that workers can raise to confront the for-profit healthcare system.
Maryam Alaniz
April 26, 2020