Doctors claim retaliation, defamation in lawsuit against University Hospitals Two Cleveland-area pediatricians sue University Hospitals, claiming they were fired for raising patient safety concerns and defamed in a smear campaign.

Ohio pediatricians spoke up for kids—and got fired for it. Now doctors are suing for retaliation and defamation after raising alarms about understaffing, lab delays, and medication shortages. Silencing doctors doesn't serve anyone. www.cleveland.com/court-justic...

Trump admin plans to exclude nursing from professional degree category; Pa. nurses react The Trump administration plans to exclude nurses from the professional category of college degrees as part of a plan to cap federal student loans, raising concerns among healthcare professionals about...

This is an attack on nurses. Capping loan forgiveness means fewer people enter the field — in a nation that is already short on nurses.

Hurting nurses means hurting patients. #UnionsForAll

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Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.

A new Department of Labor proposal could strip 3 million home care workers of minimum wage + overtime — reopening the “companion” loophole bosses use to pay poverty wages.

Workers like Angela live off OT. Losing it means losing food, rent, survival. capitalandmain.com/home-care-wo...

UPMC nurses raise alarm about workplace safety after nurse is beaten unconscious in ER UPMC nurses are demanding the giant health system to addresse workplace safety after nurse sustains brain injury in ER patient assault.

A UPMC nurse was beaten unconscious — and corporate execs want to “talk” instead of act. Nurses have been begging for safe staffing, real security, and basic protections for YEARS. Workers aren’t disposable! www.pennlive.com/news/2025/11...

This only confirms what we already knew: when we pay and value care workers, we get better care. Period.

READ MORE HERE: homehealthcarenews.com/2025/11/home...

#CareIsEssential

Indigenous care workers have always led with courage — healing, protecting, and fighting for justice. 💜

We honor that legacy by defending truth, protecting history, and standing for every worker’s dignity.

#CareIsEssential #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

Nearly 200 Northview Village Nursing Home workers were left unpaid when the facility suddenly shut down in 2023—abandoning staff and 170 residents.

Now, a federal judge just ruled they’re owed $2 million in damages.

When workers fight, workers win! #UnionsForAll

Minnesota has a plan to turn around nursing homes’ staffing crisis - MinnPost For nursing homes, retaining workers is a persistent and growing challenge, particularly in rural communities.

Minnesota nursing home workers are finally getting a raise — $19 to $28.50/hour — after Minnesota’s new Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board set new wage standards. Care work IS essential work. #UnionsForAll #CareCantWait www.minnpost.com/state-govern...

It’s official! MI Home care workers have won their union, @seiuhcmi.bsky.social! This historic win means a better future where care workers get the respect they deserve and our loved ones can get the care they need. #CareIsEssential

Nursing homes ask appeals court to toss $36M judgment in back wages case A management company and several of its nursing homes are asking a federal appeals court to reverse a ruling that could cost them $35.8 million in back wages and damages.

A judge ruled nursing homes “routinely and willingly failed to properly compensate” 6,000 workers—nearly $36M in back pay. Now management wants the appeals court to toss the judgment. Caregivers deserve justice, not more corporate excuses. www.mcknights.com/news/nursing...

Protesters decry ‘spineless Republicans’ push to redraw congressional maps, restrict Missouri’s initiative petition process - The Labor Tribune By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief Clayton, MO – Anger and frustration over a Republican push to redraw congressional districts and restrict Missouri’s initiative petition process drew hundreds of protesto...

Missouri Republicans are trying to steal our voice—redrawing maps to rig the 2026 election and threatening workers' sick leave and wages. We are fighting back! ✊ labortribune.com/protesters-d...

Trump slashes home health workers’ pay and neuters discrimination protections WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is planning to cut the pay of some of America’s lowest-paid workers: The nation’s 4.348 million home health care workers.

Trump just slashed home health workers’ pay & gutted protections against discrimination.
The 4.3M caregivers—mostly women of color—who keep our elders & disabled loved ones safe deserve more, not poverty wages.

We need unions, not Trump’s rollbacks. www.peoplesworld.org/article/trum...

Michigan Supreme Court Says Time Limits On Employment Claims Must Be Reasonable On July 31, 2025, in Rayford v. American House Roseville I, LLC, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that contractual time limitations for employment lawsuits must pass a reasonableness test.

🚨 Michigan win for workers’ rights!
The state Supreme Court says bosses can’t hide behind unfairly short deadlines to block lawsuits — limits must be reasonable so workers can fight back against harassment, retaliation, & abuse. www.mondaq.com/unitedstates...

Union workers at local nursing homes ink new contract - NewsBreak FRACKVILE – Union workers at two local nursing homes ratified new contracts recently, which their... The post Union workers at local nursing homes ink new

🚨BIG WIN: Union nursing home workers across 45 PA facilities just secured contracts with higher wages, retirement security & training opportunities. www.newsbreak.com/the-shenando...

UW Health Nurses determined to win seat at bargaining table. People want unions. | Opinion For more than 14 years, UW Health nurses have been stuck in legal limbo when it comes to our right to organize and collectively bargain.

UW Health nurses spent 14+ years fighting just for the right to bargain. The system is rigged so CEOs & lobbyists win while working people wait. Workers want unions — and we won’t stop until we get them. 🩺✊ #UnionsForAll www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...

After a child care worker is detained by ICE, a community is left reeling Nicolle Orozco Forero is one of the thousands of immigrant women who provide child care for American children, and one of the few who cares for children with disabilities. Now she and her seriously il...

Nicolle Orozco Forero cared for kids with disabilities — now she and her sick child are in detention. Families are left stranded. This is cruelty, not safety. 19thnews.org/2025/07/chil...

Child-care providers brace for a painful scenario: What if ICE comes knocking? As fear reverberates across the child-care industry amid ICE raids, providers and nannies are not only worried about their own safety but also the safety of the kids.

In L.A., child-care workers—many of them immigrant women—are locking their doors, canceling park trips, and making emergency plans in case ICE detains a parent.

Our kids are growing up in fear.
This is not safety. This is terror. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Doctors and nurses at Madison primary care center want a union. It's a sign of health care changes. Primary care providers face challenges like low profits and a worsening nursing shortage. At Madison-area Group Health Cooperative, those pressures have sparked a unionization campaign by doctors and ...

Doctors, nurses, and staff at Madison’s Group Health Cooperative are unionizing to protect patients and push back against burnout, understaffing, and corporate healthcare cuts. The frontline is rising. ✊🏽 #UnionStrong www.wpr.org/news/doctors...

Nursing home workers say company fired employees who picketed The workers care for residents at facilities in Detroit, St. Clair Shores and West Bloomfield Township.

🚨 Nursing home workers in Metro Detroit are speaking out! Workers said Ciena Healthcare threatened, disciplined & even fired staff for going on strike and demanding better pay & conditions. www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

Strike by 950 nurses in Madison, Wisconsin over workplace safety and wages The five-day strike, the first by nurses at the hospital, takes place amid numerous struggles of healthcare workers nationally.

950 nurses are on strike in Madison, WI—demanding safe staffing, better pay, and respect. They're fighting for a system that puts patients and workers over profits. Solidarity with these frontline heroes. ✊💜 #UnionStrong www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

We're outside the for-profit ICE detention center where our union sibling Rümeysa Öztürk is being held unjustly, simply for expressing her beliefs. No one should be locked up for exercising their rights. Free Rümeysa and all those unjustly detained! #4the1st

Virginia veterans face uncertainty amid potential Medicaid cuts Congressman Bobby Scott brought together elected officials, medical professionals, and veterans to discuss potential budget cuts to Medicaid.

When a veteran reaches out for help, too often the only hand there is Medicaid.

Now Congress is eyeing $880B in cuts—putting care for veterans, families & disabled folks on the line.

We should be expanding Medicaid, not slashing it. #HandsOffMedicaid www.13newsnow.com/article/news...

Federal Judge Blocks Mandate on Nursing Home Staffing - KFF Health News A federal judge in Texas blocked a Biden administration rule to boost staffing at nursing homes. The decision comes even though many homes lack enough workers to maintain residents’ care.

A federal judge just blocked a Biden admin rule to boost nursing home staffing—even though understaffing is already hurting residents. This is what happens when corporate profits matter more than care. #UnionsForAll #CareCantWait kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

🚨 Republicans want to gut $880 billion from Medicaid — putting care for seniors, kids, people with disabilities, and cancer patients on the chopping block — all to give billionaires more tax breaks. #HandsOffMedicaid thehill.com/policy/healt...

SBWU STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH RUMEYSA OZTURK. Last week, masked ICE agents ambushed and abducted our union sister Rumeysa Ozturk and are holding her without charge. Rumeysa co-authored an op-ed in support of the people of Palestine. The administration’s blatant targeting of immigrant students and First Amendment free speech is a terrifying slide toward authoritarianism.

Our union stands in solidarity with Rumeysa Ozturk.

#FreeRumeysa #4the1st

‘Devastating disruption’: Former CMS chief warns ‘crucial’ nursing home functions in danger amid HHS cuts Brooks-LaSure raised concerns about the closure of regional offices, where she said “much of the work of nursing home enforcement is done.”

🚨OUTRAGEOUS: The Trump administration is slashing nursing home oversight, putting seniors at risk! HHS cuts & CMS downsizing mean fewer inspections, weaker enforcement, & GREEDY nursing home execs getting a free pass to neglect residents. #NoMoreCuts www.mcknights.com/news/devasta...

How Maryland day cares are preparing for a potential ICE crackdown Child care is no longer a sanctuary from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But day care owners and teachers say they're ready to protect their students and families.

Caregivers are fighting back against ICE intimidation by protecting immigrant families in every way they can. No family should live in fear! #CareCantWait www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/ea...

Chappell Roan Uses Grammy Win to Call Out Record Labels for Not Providing Health Insurance to Artists: I Felt ‘Betrayed by the System’ Chappell Roan won the Grammy for best new artist and used her speech to demand that record labels provide health insurance for their artists.

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Chappell Roan said what needed to be said! 🔥 No one should have to choose between their passion and basic needs like health care and a livable wage. Huge corporations profit off artists and all workers alike—it's time they prioritize our well-being. #UnionsForAll #Grammys

This is the power of collective action! #UnionsForAll