Charity for Whom?

Health Care

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09252020corrected.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock      Representatives from ACORN, Local 100 United Labor Unions, Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center, and the Arkansas Community Organizations stood in front of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Little Rock.  The same group was front and center at Ocshner Baptist Hospital in New Orleans along with …

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DOL Takes Paid Leave Away from Low Wage Healthcare Workers

Health Care

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09222020corrected.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     This is complicated, so hang with me, but here is what you need to know. Nursing home workers and other frontline healthcare providers like home health aides, and community home workers for the differently able account for perhaps the largest portion of the death …

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Hospitals and Drug Companies Gone Wild

Health Care

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River       If you run a hospital, what do you do whether it’s a pandemic or wholesale panic? Jack up the prices seems to be the answer. A report hit the news from the Rand Corporation the other day about hospital prices.  On average they pile …

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