Just wanted to post a quick update, to highlight this article I found while browsing Alternet. If any nurses from the Kentucky and West Virginia Nurses Associations/United American Nurses are reading this, I just want you to know that I support you in your union action against Appalachian Regional Heath Care, and hope you come to a peaceful solution sooner rather than later.
I support you, not just as a fellow nurse, but also as someone who believes that effective collective bargaining is one of the most effective ways for workers in all industries to negotiate better working conditions for themselves. This is especially true in this era of ever growing trans-national mega corporations, with greater and greater financial resources at their disposal to squelch any such actions. Individuals may not stand a chance against the army of lawyers and politicians arrayed against them by these corporations, but unions have a much better chance of effecting real and lasting change for their members and their members' families.
All that, and I find it distasteful that someone would go and torch someone's car just for helping others speak up for their rights. I hope your insurance covers this damage.
Best of luck to the striking nurses, and a big raspberry to whoever would stoop as low as to set someone's car on fire over this.
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