New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche
Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.
Issue 231: September/October 2000
features
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The Political Economy of Disablement
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"The Life of the Union"
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"Workers Who Understand Struggle"
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Profits and Prejudice
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Importing Nurses
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An Immodest Proposal
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Josefina Flores
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Financing Environmental Moderation in China
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Useful Contacts for Working Women
the regulars
- the short run
- primerBorderline Neoliberalism
- active cultureCorporation Behaving Badly
- commentTake Our Daughters...Where?
- making senseThe Story of a Garment Worker
- in reviewHow Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America
- ask dr. dollarHoratio Alger Lives?
- economy in numbersCounting Women's Homebased Work