https://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3mae7cqgdg22pOhio pediatricians spoke up for kids—and got fired for it. Now doctors are suing for retaliation and defamation after raising alarms about understaffing, lab delays, and medication shortages. Silencing doctors doesn't serve anyone. https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2025/12/doctors-claim-retaliation-defamation-in-lawsuit-against-university-hospitals.html19 Dec 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mae7cqgdg22phttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3m7svuttkb22tThis is an attack on nurses. Capping loan forgiveness means fewer people enter the field — in a nation that is already short on nurses. Hurting nurses means hurting patients. #UnionsForAll https://www.wtae.com/article/trump-admin-plans-exclude-nursing-professional-degree-local-nurses-concern/6969039312 Dec 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7svuttkb22thttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3m7aymebp7k2wA new Department of Labor proposal could strip 3 million home care workers of minimum wage + overtime — reopening the “companion” loophole bosses use to pay poverty wages. Workers like Angela live off OT. Losing it means losing food, rent, survival. https://capitalandmain.com/home-care-workers-are-losing-minimum-wage-protections-and-fighting-back05 Dec 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7aymebp7k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3m6kf57jcic2vA UPMC nurse was beaten unconscious — and corporate execs want to “talk” instead of act. Nurses have been begging for safe staffing, real security, and basic protections for YEARS. Workers aren’t disposable! https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/11/upmc-nurses-amplify-grievances-about-workplace-safety-after-nurse-beaten-unconscious-in-er.html26 Nov 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kf57jcic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3m5wcau2wxc2fThis only confirms what we already knew: when we pay and value care workers, we get better care. Period. READ MORE HERE: https://homehealthcarenews.com/2025/11/home-health-worker-retention-improves-as-wages-bonuses-increase-in-2025/ #CareIsEssential18 Nov 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wcau2wxc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3m4qgscrxkk2dIndigenous care workers have always led with courage — healing, protecting, and fighting for justice. 💜 We honor that legacy by defending truth, protecting history, and standing for every worker’s dignity. #CareIsEssential #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth03 Nov 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qgscrxkk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3m3xo4pohuc2oNearly 200 Northview Village Nursing Home workers were left unpaid when the facility suddenly shut down in 2023—abandoning staff and 170 residents. Now, a federal judge just ruled they’re owed $2 million in damages. When workers fight, workers win! #UnionsForAll24 Oct 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xo4pohuc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3m36brh7rls25Minnesota nursing home workers are finally getting a raise — $19 to $28.50/hour — after Minnesota’s new Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board set new wage standards. Care work IS essential work. #UnionsForAll #CareCantWait https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2025/10/minnesota-has-a-plan-to-turn-around-nursing-homes-staffing-crisis-nursing-home-operators-say-its-a-death-knell/14 Oct 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36brh7rls25https://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3m2tsh3s5qs2mIt’s official! MI Home care workers have won their union, @seiuhcmi.bsky.social! This historic win means a better future where care workers get the respect they deserve and our loved ones can get the care they need. #CareIsEssential10 Oct 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tsh3s5qs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lz25gudq5c2oA judge ruled nursing homes “routinely and willingly failed to properly compensate” 6,000 workers—nearly $36M in back pay. Now management wants the appeals court to toss the judgment. Caregivers deserve justice, not more corporate excuses. https://www.mcknights.com/news/nursing-homes-ask-appeals-court-to-toss-36m-judgment-in-back-wages-case/17 Sep 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz25gudq5c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lyl2alymuc2jMissouri Republicans are trying to steal our voice—redrawing maps to rig the 2026 election and threatening workers' sick leave and wages. We are fighting back! ✊ https://labortribune.com/protesters-decry-spineless-republicans-push-to-redraw-congressional-maps-restrict-missouris-initiative-petition-process/11 Sep 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyl2alymuc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3ly4pyhlox22kTrump just slashed home health workers’ pay & gutted protections against discrimination. The 4.3M caregivers—mostly women of color—who keep our elders & disabled loved ones safe deserve more, not poverty wages. We need unions, not Trump’s rollbacks. https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-slashes-home-health-workers-pay-and-neuters-discrimination-protections/05 Sep 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4pyhlox22khttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lwhfc2slfc2p🚨 Michigan win for workers’ rights! The state Supreme Court says bosses can’t hide behind unfairly short deadlines to block lawsuits — limits must be reasonable so workers can fight back against harassment, retaliation, & abuse. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1665770/michigan-supreme-court-says-time-limits-on-employment-claims-must-be-reasonable15 Aug 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwhfc2slfc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lvlq7yppts2p🚨BIG WIN: Union nursing home workers across 45 PA facilities just secured contracts with higher wages, retirement security & training opportunities. https://www.newsbreak.com/the-shenandoah-pa-sentinel-1702173/4154815611598-union-workers-at-local-nursing-homes-ink-new-contract04 Aug 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlq7yppts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lub4lqnmss2hUW Health nurses spent 14+ years fighting just for the right to bargain. The system is rigged so CEOs & lobbyists win while working people wait. Workers want unions — and we won’t stop until we get them. 🩺✊ #UnionsForAll https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2025/07/18/uw-health-unions-nurses-wisconsin-supreme-court/85196766007/18 Jul 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lub4lqnmss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3ltmmjcyrps2dNicolle Orozco Forero cared for kids with disabilities — now she and her sick child are in detention. Families are left stranded. This is cruelty, not safety. https://19thnews.org/2025/07/child-care-worker-detained-immigration-community/10 Jul 2025 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmmjcyrps2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lsbr6qur722mIn L.A., child-care workers—many of them immigrant women—are locking their doors, canceling park trips, and making emergency plans in case ICE detains a parent. Our kids are growing up in fear. This is not safety. This is terror. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-22/if-ice-comes-knocking-how-child-care-providers-brace-immigration-raids23 Jun 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbr6qur722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3ls2ifwmg4k2dDoctors, nurses, and staff at Madison’s Group Health Cooperative are unionizing to protect patients and push back against burnout, understaffing, and corporate healthcare cuts. The frontline is rising. ✊🏽 #UnionStrong https://www.wpr.org/news/doctors-nurses-madison-primary-care-center-union-health-care-changes20 Jun 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2ifwmg4k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lqnenaqjzk2n🚨 Nursing home workers in Metro Detroit are speaking out! Workers said Ciena Healthcare threatened, disciplined & even fired staff for going on strike and demanding better pay & conditions. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/05/31/nursing-home-workers-say-company-fired-employees-who-picketed/83951548007/02 Jun 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnenaqjzk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lqfwyiudu223950 nurses are on strike in Madison, WI—demanding safe staffing, better pay, and respect. They're fighting for a system that puts patients and workers over profits. Solidarity with these frontline heroes. ✊💜 #UnionStrong https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/30/scls-m30.html30 May 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfwyiudu223https://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3ln45zuvcys2vWhen a veteran reaches out for help, too often the only hand there is Medicaid. Now Congress is eyeing $880B in cuts—putting care for veterans, families & disabled folks on the line. We should be expanding Medicaid, not slashing it. #HandsOffMedicaid https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/national/military-news/medicaid-cuts-veterans-access-impact-bobby-scott-jackie-glass/291-b128e5e0-95cc-456e-a70d-481d7508a60618 Apr 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln45zuvcys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lmhrn5fukc25A federal judge just blocked a Biden admin rule to boost nursing home staffing—even though understaffing is already hurting residents. This is what happens when corporate profits matter more than care. #UnionsForAll #CareCantWait https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/federal-judge-blocks-nursing-home-staffing-mandate/10 Apr 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhrn5fukc25https://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lmfoxrb4ks2b🚨 Republicans want to gut $880 billion from Medicaid — putting care for seniors, kids, people with disabilities, and cancer patients on the chopping block — all to give billionaires more tax breaks. #HandsOffMedicaid https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5236516-protect-our-care-swing-districts-ads-medicaid-cuts/09 Apr 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfoxrb4ks2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3llr7r3vsns2w🚨OUTRAGEOUS: The Trump administration is slashing nursing home oversight, putting seniors at risk! HHS cuts & CMS downsizing mean fewer inspections, weaker enforcement, & GREEDY nursing home execs getting a free pass to neglect residents. #NoMoreCuts https://www.mcknights.com/news/devastating-disruption-former-cms-chief-warns-crucial-nursing-home-functions-in-danger-amid-hhs-cuts/01 Apr 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3llr7r3vsns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lherysfjws24Caregivers are fighting back against ICE intimidation by protecting immigrant families in every way they can. No family should live in fear! #CareCantWait https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/early-childhood/ice-maryland-day-care-UM7BLMLWWJBUDGARQN7BALTTQI/04 Feb 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lherysfjws24https://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lhbybmaofk2cChappell Roan said what needed to be said! 🔥 No one should have to choose between their passion and basic needs like health care and a livable wage. Huge corporations profit off artists and all workers alike—it's time they prioritize our well-being. #UnionsForAll #Grammys03 Feb 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbybmaofk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lgt7mqjdh22cThis is the power of collective action! #UnionsForAll28 Jan 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgt7mqjdh22chttps://bsky.app/profile/careisessential.org/post/3lgblbw4q5s2mMaria's story shows why fair wages and healthcare for caregivers are urgently needed. Yet, the Trump administration's plans to cut essential services like Medicare would make things even worse. Tell them loud and clear: "#HandsOffMedicare!" #CareCantWait Full story here: https://medium.com/@SEIU2015/its-not-right-to-be-working-just-to-pay-for-health-insurance-5535f5d9a85121 Jan 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:3cg7wnd2lclifntservdeclv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgblbw4q5s2m