Brazos County Labor Collective

I want to urge the nurses who work at the St. Joseph healthcare syt in the Brazos Valley who recently joined the National Nurses United Union will support these health care professionals.

The Trump Administration’s new rule classifying nurses, including those in advanced nursing degrees as “non-professional” is an insulting denigration of the caring profession.

This groundless definition by the Department of Education effectively caps federal student loans for advanced nursing students, sharply raising education costs at a time when we need more midwives, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurse anesthetists.

Today in Norwich, I joined State Senator- Nurse Martha Marx, the Dean of the UCONN School of Nursing, the Connecticut Nursing Association, and rank-and-file nurses to call out this out-of-touch rule. 245,000 nurses signed a petition in strong opposition to the rule. Last week, I grilled Education Secretary McMahon, who devised this appalling measure. Congress must reverse it before it takes effect on July 1st.

On this day, May 11, in 1894, the great Pullman Palace Car Strike started. It lasted until July 20.

Pullman Strike - Wikipedia The Pullman Strike comprised two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression. First came a strike by the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company's factory in Chicago in spring 1894. When it failed, t...

Today is May Day, a day to recognize and appreciate all of the workers who have struggled over the years for many of the rights and privileges we have today.

Thank you, Worker, for all you do to improve our lives and the world.

Solidarity!