Many chapters in the story of civil rights leader Martin Luther King are well known to Americans. The I Have a Dream speech. The Nobel Peace Prize. The Mountaintop speech. His Letter from the Birmingham Jail. His commitment to nonviolence. All the incredible accomplishments of a visionary. Our series on Martin Luther King, Jr., to mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, covers some of the lesser known parts of his history.
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This post is a guest submission by the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. In August—during the height of the presidential election campaign—I was in Chicago at a conference. I was sitting with a diverse group of people from around the United States and a gentleman from Germany. We were discussing everything from the declining wages […]
Read MoreSharp Hearts, Sharp Cares, Sharp Nurses
More than 300 nurses, health care professionals, clergy, students, union members and a lawmaker gathered last Thursday morning in solidarity with Sharp Healthcare nurses. Rallying in front of the San Diego Convention Center, the nurses drummed up community support for their attempts to improve worker retention in their workplace.
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