{"id":3639,"date":"2012-05-20T20:40:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T01:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2018-08-16T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T20:51:02","slug":"nurses-stand-up-to-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=3639","title":{"rendered":"Nurses Stand Up to Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

He was a shirtless man walking around the crowd of demonstrators holding up a sign that read: \u201cSince you politicians are going to f&#k me, you could at least wear a condom. \n\t\t

\n\t\t\t \t\n \"nnu-1\"\n\n \t<\/a>\n\t\t <\/div>\n That\u2019s 99% effective.\u201d The young man said he was angry politicians have slanted healthcare legislation in the direction of the 1% and left the average person out of the equation.<\/p>\n

While there was understandable frustration like this expressed by some at the rally, most of the signs were directed toward solutions. One read, \u201cHeal America. Tax Wall Street,\u201d and on the back, \u201cAn Economy for the 99%. Healthcare for all. Jobs with Dignity. Quality Public Education. A Healthy Environment.\u201d Or, another sign, \u201cSingle Payer Healthcare.\u201d Another read, \u201cReal Funding. Speculation Tax,\u201d and another, \u201cTax Wall Street.\u201d <\/p>\n

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There must have \n\t\t

\n\t\t\t \t\n \"nnu-2\"\n\n \t<\/a>\n\t\t <\/div>\n been at least two or three thousand people at the National Nurses United<\/a> Rally at the Daley Center in Chicago this Friday. <\/p>\n

National Nurses United is the largest union of Registered Nurses in the United States with about 170,000 members in each state. <\/p>\n

When it was founded in 2009, NNU called for union action to counter the corporate assault on the healthcare industry. Their intent was to \u201corganize all direct care RNs \n\t\t

\n\t\t\t \t\n \"nnu-3\"\n\n \t<\/a>\n\t\t <\/div>\n into a single organization capable of exercising influence over the healthcare industry, governments, and employers.\u201d They promote quality, accessible healthcare as a human right.<\/p>\n

The demonstrators\u2019 agendas were pretty clear. Corporate interests have had too much influence on our government\u2019s decisions about healthcare and our politicians need to stop feeding at the corporate lobby trough. They want quality healthcare, not war. The sign about the condom certainly was a reference to the demand for decency in legislation for the healthcare industry. <\/p>\n

NNU is calling for national single payer healthcare, a speculation tax on Wall Street trades, and an expanded voice in the direction of the healthcare industry.<\/p>\n

Many nurses wore \n\t\t

\n\t\t\t \t\n \"nnu-4\"\n\n \t<\/a>\n\t\t <\/div>\n red shirts and a \u201crobin hood\u201d hat to remind all of the need to institute a Speculation Tax–frequently called the \u2018robin hood tax\u2019– on all Wall Street trades. <\/p>\n

Their ideas are pretty simple and grounded in common sense. All were peaceful. All seemed to hold to the belief that all Americans have the right to be engaged in the political process and to have common decency, care and respect for all implemented into our laws. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He was a shirtless man walking around the crowd of demonstrators holding up a sign that read: \u201cSince you politicians are going to f&#k me, you could at least wear a condom. That\u2019s 99% effective.\u201d The young man said he was angry politicians have slanted healthcare legislation in the direction of the 1% and left […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1025,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[193,941,425,2869,809,1064,629,123],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1025"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3639"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3659,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions\/3659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}