Tag: Healthcare
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Covid-19 – Build Capacity in Public Non-Profit Healthcare
Canadian Healthcare Coalitions Joint Statement The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the extent to which our individual health is dependent on the health of everyone in our community. Public healthcare … Keep reading »
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The Bio-Economic Pandemic and the Western Working Classes
“Sick… guess we didn’t move quick enough after all…” — Stephen King, The Stand. The Covid-19 Shock Meets an Impending Economic Recession As of March 2020, the world is back to … Keep reading »
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Building Universal Healthcare in South Africa
Wittingly or unwittingly, the proposal for National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa has created two camps: pro-NHI and anti-NHI. But as I argue in a recent article in the … Keep reading »
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Detroit Bus Drivers Win Protections Against Virus Through Strike
Detroit bus drivers collectively declared Tuesday morning that they weren’t going to work without safety precautions. Bus service was canceled throughout the city because of “the driver shortage,” as city … Keep reading »
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Supports for Workers and Covid-19: Two Responses
Statement from Workers in Toronto’s Travel, Hospitality, and Transportation Sectors Our economy is built upon mobility. We all move short and long distances every day in an interconnected global economic system. … Keep reading »
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Workers and the Virus: Radical Lessons from Italy in the Age of COVID-19
In the face of the mounting coronavirus crisis, we need to start asking a crucial question: who pays for the lockdown? The last three weeks have taught some hard lessons … Keep reading »
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The Insanity of Making Sick People Work
Coronavirus is putting extra burdens on workers, from health professionals to low-paid cleaning staff at the front line of combating infection. Yet many of these same workers don’t even have … Keep reading »
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Safety Is Not Negotiable for Anyone – Including Healthcare Workers
The following is a joint statement issued March 13 by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Unifor, … Keep reading »
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Inoculating Against Globalization: Coronavirus and the Search for Alternatives
Social developments constantly surprise. The latest anxieties over the economic contradictions of extreme globalization haven’t been triggered by a trade war, inter-imperial rivalry, a financial meltdown or riots in the … Keep reading »
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Take My Benefits – Please!
Employment-based healthcare has become an anchor around the neck of the US working class. Keep reading »
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Caring in Crisis: Ontario’s Long-Term Care PSW Shortage
The Ontario Health Coalition released a new report developed in partnership with Unifor on the Personal Support Worker (PSW) crisis in Ontario’s long-term care homes. In a press conference at … Keep reading »
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Nurses’ Unions, Climate Change and Health
Toward A Global Agenda for Action Energy and emissions trends provide a crucial backdrop for making use of the information on health impacts presented in this report. In the longer term, … Keep reading »