Registered Nurses protested in front of the White House on Tuesday to call attention to the tens of thousands of health care workers nationwide who have become infected with COVID-19 due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPE).
The nurses, including local members of National Nurses United, the largest union of RNs in the country, read aloud the names U.S. nurses who are known to have died of COVID-19. Nurses have been demanding that the Trump administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration promulgate an emergency temporary standard so that health care workers are provided with the optimal PPE. The nurses are also demanding that President Trump use his authority under the Defense Production Act to order the mass production of PPE, including N95 respirators, face shields, gowns, gloves and shoe coverings, as well as ventilators and COVID-19 testing kits. Today’s labor history comes to us from Saul Schniderman: On April 23rd, 1980 Ida Mae Stull died. She was recognized nationally as the country's first woman coal miner who in 1906 when she was a young child followed her father into the mine, and helped her father, as best she could. Now Ida Mae, like a lot of coal miners was a fighter, so after she was booted out of the mine, she hired an attorney and she filed for reinstatement and she became somewhat of a cause celebre. She entered the mines again, and retired in 1944. Unfortunately, she died in poverty. but she left an important legacy for today's women miners…Ida Mae Stull, America's first woman miner. Today’s labor quote is by Ida Mae Stull, who (Saul audio) allegedly said, “It's my desire to use a pick handle because it feels better than a broom handle to me.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many families are being hit with increased financial burdens. For those struggling with their credit, the Union Plus Credit Counseling program is still operating online and over the phone. Visit unionplus.org/creditcounseling to find out more.
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