by Tyler Walicek | Oct 19, 2025 | health care, Health Care Workers, kaiser permanente, labor, News Analysis, Private Equity, Strikes, Unions
“Our patients deserve the best, not mediocrity.” This phrase has been emblazoned across graphics on the social media feeds of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP), an American Federation of Teachers affiliate, Local 5017. The roughly 6,000 health care professionals of the OFNHP are locked in a contract fight with their employer, Kaiser Permanente…
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by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg | Oct 17, 2025 | ceasefire, Gaza, Gaza Ceasefire, Health Care Workers, hostages, Israel, News, Palestine, prisoner exchanges, Torture
More than two dozen Palestinian healthcare workers held hostage in Israel’s torture camps were supposed to be released on Monday, October 13, according to Healthcare Workers Watch-Palestine (HWW), an organization that tracks Israel’s attacks on Palestine’s healthcare system. “While not all releases are confirmed yet, the list includes 24 nurses, 7 doctors, and 2 paramedics,” the group said in…
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