Nurses

Dear Pamela, The nurses at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans are in a historic battle to win a union contract in the Deep South. Their demands are simple: better staffing, safer hospitals, and fair pay. UMC nurses are fighting to ensure their community gets the best care possible, and that nurses have a say in their workplace. But their millionaire bosses have pulled every move to stop them. Can you pitch in to the union's welfare fund to help nurses keep up the fight? UMC nurses have already accomplished many firsts. They are the first unionized nurses at a private-sector hospital in Louisiana, and the first nurses ever to go on strike in the Deep South. Now they are fighting for another first–the first private sector nurses in the state to win a union contract. But since the beginning of the union campaign, their employer, LCMC Health, has done nothing but gaslight, delay, and retaliate against nurses' organizing efforts. Prior to the union vote in 2023, LCMC Health dropped millions on union-busting consultants, spread misinformation about the union, and forced nurses into anti-union captive audience meetings when they could have been caring for patients. But this didn't stop nurses from voting overwhelmingly to unionize. After UMC nurses won their union, LCMC Health continued to union-bust, to the point of locking out nurses over a Super Bowl weekend and replacing them with temporary staff. LCMC continues to unfairly discipline union nurses, even interrupting patient care to do so. But none of this has slowed down UMC nurses, who have gone out on strike four times and counting during their contract fight! Every donation to the Nurses Support Fund will go toward nurses who fall on hard times during this contract fight, whether due to unforeseen circumstances or a retaliatory firing. Stand with union nurses during this historic battle by chipping in today! In Solidarity, The Labor Force Support Nurses » Paid for by Progress America, a project of Strategy & Hustle   Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Progress America, please click here.