Nurses To Call For New "Main Street Contract" Today

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Hundreds of registered nurses from across America will rally outside the White House, the US Chamber of Commerce and on Capitol Hill today to call for a new “Main Street Contract for the American People.” The mass demonstration – sponsored by National Nurses United (NNU) and the Labor Campaign for Single Payer – will propose a program for rebuilding American communities with jobs, healthcare, education, and other urgent needs, funded through a fair tax policy targeted at those on Wall Street who created the economic crisis, reports NNU. Demonstrators will gather at 11A in Lafayette Square (click here for map) and will then move to Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill (click here for map)  at 12:15P, where they will hear speeches from AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, Senators Bernie Sanders and Barbara Boxer, Representative Dennis Kucinich and noted author John Nichols. Click here for details.