Worcester Telegram & Gazette Attacks Striking Nurses (5/12/2021) - by Sarah Beth Gable SEIU Local 509 (Personal Capacity) “What You Need to Know about the St. Vincent Strike” ran in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette (T&G) on March 31. A more accurate title would have been “Why you should feel bad for Tenet Healthcare.” Tenet, a multibillion-dollar, multistate conglomerate, owns and operates St. Vincent HospitalContinue reading "Worcester Telegram & Gazette Attacks Striking Nurses"
Workers are Essential. CEOs are Not. (5/1/2021) - International Workers’ Day 2021 marks a year of intense struggle for the global working class. “Essential workers” won praise from corporate media throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but big corporations attacked the working class through mass job cuts and unsafe conditions while collecting government subsidies. For example, Amazon’s profits increased by 200% during the COVID crisis.Continue reading "Workers are Essential. CEOs are Not."
St. Vincent Nurses’ Strike is a Fight for the Soul of Worcester’s Future (4/22/2021) - By Bryant William Sculos, Ph.D.Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Worcester State UniversityMSCA Worcester and Independent Socialist Group (ISG) member (writing in his personal capacity) Op-ed written for publication in the Worcester T&G as one of the solidarity actions requested by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) & striking nurses. Having spent hours on the picketContinue reading "St. Vincent Nurses’ Strike is a Fight for the Soul of Worcester’s Future"
Amazon’s Vicious Anti-Union Campaign Defeats Bessemer Union Drive (4/13/2021) - What methods could have won? by Ashley Rogers For the last several months, the urgently needed union campaign to organize 5,800 workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse raised the hopes of many Amazon workers and working people across the U.S. The union drive gained national attention. Many believed there was enough momentum and support forContinue reading "Amazon’s Vicious Anti-Union Campaign Defeats Bessemer Union Drive"
Striking Nurses Speak at ISG Solidarity Meeting (4/3/2021) - On March 22, Worcester Independent Socialist Group (ISG) organized a public meeting in solidarity with the nurses on strike against the Tenet Healthcare Corporation, owner of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. ISG supports the nurses 110% and will do whatever we can to support the strike. We are regularly walking the picket line withContinue reading "Striking Nurses Speak at ISG Solidarity Meeting"
SOLIDARITY WITH ST. VINCENT NURSES – WIN THE STRIKE! (3/29/2021) - Worcester Independent Socialist Group (ISG) continues to support union nurses on strike at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. The nurses on strike are members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), fighting for safe staffing and other improvements in patient care, and safe working conditions. The MNA also fought for safe staffing limits before the pandemicContinue reading "SOLIDARITY WITH ST. VINCENT NURSES – WIN THE STRIKE!"
Solidarity with the MNA strike at St Vincent’s – from Nottingham in the UK (3/17/2021) - Dear MNA, Nottingham Socialist Party has heard about the strike at St Vincent’s through the Independent Socialist Group and have seen the powerful video at End Understaffing at St. Vincent’s Hospital! We want to express our complete solidarity with your struggle. The health, welfare and dignity of patients should be paramount; that requires management to ensureContinue reading "Solidarity with the MNA strike at St Vincent’s – from Nottingham in the UK"