Search: My Union, 09/2018

Today the Senate began Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing to serve as the next Supreme Court justice. If confirmed, Brett Kavanaugh would turn our nation’s highest court into a weapon against working people by ruling based on politics or who has the most money and power.
 

“Last week inspections had just finished and everything was working properly. Administrators had staffed-up every department to make the hospital looked nice.  As soon as the inspectors were gone, staffing got cut right away. Everyone was in crisis mode again,”said John Pearson, a Registered Nurse at Alameda Health Systems. “SB 1288 will mandate unannounced inspections to ensure hospitals are adhering to nurse-to-patient ratio laws.”

Fall classes at Santa Clara University (SCU) start this week, and faculty and students are ramping up their organizing efforts. They’re urging Father Engh, the president of Santa Clara University, and the Board of Trustees to reverse their decision denying faculty a free and fair process to unionize.