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Healthcare Workers Are Organizing Like Their Lives Depend On It
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Dec. 1, 2020 | HEALTH & SAFETY | […] In the absence of official numbers, much of what we know about Covid-19’s toll on healthcare workers comes from whistleblowers like those at Fresno Medical Center in California. Poor working conditions — as well as long-standing concerns about patient safety issues, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic — have prompted healthcare workers to launch a series of dramatic on-the-job actions. In These Times spoke with more than a dozen healthcare workers who have participated in strikes and protests, as well as field organizers with national and local healthcare unions. As concern about contracting Covid-19 at work increased, so did workers’ interest in protesting conditions and forming unions to improve them. In These Times
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