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“You aren’t trapped,” says Justin Miller, an American nurse who moved to Vancouver Island in Canada last month to leave life under Donald Trump. Since April 2025, British Columbia has approved more than 1,000 U.S.-trained nurses to work there. “You don’t have to stay. Health care workers are welcomed with open arms around the world.” Read more from @npr
“You aren’t trapped,” says Justin Miller, an American nurse who moved to Vancouver Island in Canada last month to leave life under Donald Trump. Since April 2025, British Columbia has approved more than 1,000 U.S.-trained nurses to work there. “You don’t have to stay. Health care workers are welcomed with open arms around the world.” Read more from @npr
#Nurses ratify new contract with NewYork-Presbyterian, ending historic #strike
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nurses-ratify-new-contract-with-newyork-presbyterian-ending-historic-strike/
> #NEWYORK — The historic nurses’ strike at NewYork-Presbyterian has ended after the nurses voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract. The New York State Nurses Association announced on Saturday that the nurses ratified new 3-year agreements that protect patient and nurse safety, in addition to increased salaries.
#Nurses ratify new contract with NewYork-Presbyterian, ending historic #strike
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nurses-ratify-new-contract-with-newyork-presbyterian-ending-historic-strike/
> #NEWYORK — The historic nurses’ strike at NewYork-Presbyterian has ended after the nurses voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract. The New York State Nurses Association announced on Saturday that the nurses ratified new 3-year agreements that protect patient and nurse safety, in addition to increased salaries.
NYSNA’s decision to forge ahead with a vote at NewYork-Presbyterian infuriated members who said they stood by their executive committee’s assertion that the deal did not meet their needs. NYSNA has executive committees at each of its hospitals; those committees are made up of union members who participate in contract negotiations.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/11/nurses-presbyterian-nysna-vote-protest/
NYSNA’s decision to forge ahead with a vote at NewYork-Presbyterian infuriated members who said they stood by their executive committee’s assertion that the deal did not meet their needs. NYSNA has executive committees at each of its hospitals; those committees are made up of union members who participate in contract negotiations.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/11/nurses-presbyterian-nysna-vote-protest/
(This sort of injustice may cause unrest?)
CEOs at these hospitals make about 120 times more than the average nurse, with salaries up to $26 million a year. That’s about $70,000 a day, or more than most New Yorkers make in an entire year.
https://www.amny.com/opinion/we-trust-nurses-they-need-our-support/
NYSNA’s decision to forge ahead with a vote at NewYork-Presbyterian infuriated members who said they stood by their executive committee’s assertion that the deal did not meet their needs. NYSNA has executive committees at each of its hospitals; those committees are made up of union members who participate in contract negotiations.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/11/nurses-presbyterian-nysna-vote-protest/
(This sort of injustice may cause unrest?)
CEOs at these hospitals make about 120 times more than the average nurse, with salaries up to $26 million a year. That’s about $70,000 a day, or more than most New Yorkers make in an entire year.
https://www.amny.com/opinion/we-trust-nurses-they-need-our-support/
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We recognize how their struggle inspired and laid the groundwork for movements advancing the rights of women, #immigrants, and all marginalized communities.
📚During these challenging times of banning #books and whitewashing history, we need educate ourselves and reflect on the truth that our destinies are connected, and progress for one #community strengthens us all.
🎯Let us honor this shared humanity not just in memory, but through peaceful civic action against systemic inequities—
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including racism—and by exercising our constitutional rights, including our most powerful tool for change: the vote.
🗳️ Register to vote.
🗳️ Vote in local and national elections.
🇺🇸 Be the change.
#BlackHistoryMonth #History #Civilwar #CivilRights #nurses #healthcare #racism #equality #harriettubman #freedom #vote #hero #humanity #quote #compassion #America #books
Alex Pretti's body honored by co-workers and veterans at the hospital in Minneapolis.
#AlexPretti #murder #execution #violence #Trump #Minnesota #evil #nurses
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Alex Pretti's body honored by co-workers and veterans at the hospital in Minneapolis.
#AlexPretti #murder #execution #violence #Trump #Minnesota #evil #nurses
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US nurses union denounce Pretti’s killing, call to abolish ICE
National Nurses United, the largest registered nurses’ union in the US, has called Pretti’s killing “a heinous murder”.
“Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, was doing what nurses do best – taking action to protect his community – when he was killed by federal agents,” the union said,
Hey #Healthcareworkers #emergencymedicine #emergencymedicalservices #nurses #intensivecare #criticalcare folks: black band your badge. If you don’t have one already, a hairband with a knot in it will work fine.
When we lose a cop, medic, firefighter — we put a black band around our work badges. Band up for Mr. Pretti.
