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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Workers Demanding Pandemic Protection

Labor Organizing

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09182020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans      Local 100 United Labor Unions members continue in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas to speak up and confront their employers, both public and private, about the inadequate health and safety plans at their workplaces.  Having written requesting copies of the plans with most employers not …

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Firing Workers for Off-the-Job Protests

Organizing

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans      A small notice in an email caught my eye.  A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) attorney in a newly released guidance letter wanted to make sure that employers knew that it was alright to fire workers who are involved in advocating for police reform …

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