(audio) “Nurses don’t turn away from a crisis. They go toward it. And what we need is for our elected leaders, our politicians to not get sidetracked, not go another way, but to go toward that crisis with a real systemic fix. So we being in the industry 24/7, we are always pushing back on management’s attempts to short-change our patients.”
That’s National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, on the latest State of the Unions podcast from the AFL-CIO. (audio) “This is a particular moment in time and I think that it’s...a result of the incredible pain and suffering, and the fact that you can't hide this and we’re not going to hide it for them. We see it every single day. We are going to tell the truth and not only are we going to tell the truth, we’re going to organize. As union nurses we know how to organize.” Listen to State of the Unions on your favorite podcast platform. On today’s labor calendar, test your knowledge of labor history at tonight’s Labor Trivia Night at the Takoma Busboys and Poets, starting at 7:30pm. Complete details at dclabor.org; click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1926, the Railway Labor Act took effect. It was the first federal legislation protecting workers’ rights to form unions. Today’s labor quote is by William Haywood, a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, who died in exile in the Soviet Union on May 18, 1928. Big Bill Haywood, who said: "A strike is an incipient revolution. Many large revolutions have grown out of a small strike." Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re thinking about a spring road trip, don’t leave town without your Union Plus car rental savings! Union members save up to 25% on rental rates. Visit unionplus.org/carrental.
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