Kaiser therapists claim new screening system puts patients at higher risk

"Human work needs to stay with human beings," Marcucci-Morris said. 

Five licensed Kaiser therapists also said that since the California healthcare giant began rolling out its new patient assessment process, they've seen patients with high-risk cases wait longer for care. At the same time, these therapists say lower-risk patients are sometimes being fast-tracked to appointments with clinicians and clogging up an already strained system. Since January 2025, therapists have reported more than 70 examples of Kaiser's mental health screening system resulting in negative care outcomes, according to an administrative complaint with the California Department of Managed Health Care that the NUHW in northern California filed against Kaiser...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/21/kaiser-permanente-therapists-ai-strike

 

Nearly 4,000 US meatpacking workers to strike at plant run by top Trump donor

Pilgrim's Pride, a subsidiary of the JBS Brazilian meat processing conglomerate, donated $5m to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee, making it the largest single donor… 

Workers say JBS has forced them to pay out of pocket for expensive personal protective equipment, discriminated against immigrant workers and tried to force through low-ball contract options…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/jbs-usa-meatpacking-strike-trump

 

Anti-ICE protests to be held across US as organizers urge national strike

"We are calling for this strike because we believe what we have been doing in Minnesota should go national," said Kidus Yeshidagna, president of the Ethiopian Students Union at the University of Minnesota and one of the students organizing the strike. 

"We need more people and lawmakers across the country to wake up."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/ice-protests-friday-strike

 

Weekly Roundup: The Sin of Empathy and the Theology of Terror From Minnesota to Davos (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Straight White American Jesus digs into the Minnesota church protest that's been framed as "anti-Christian"—and explains why that framing collapses on contact. Brad Onishi and Dan Miller connect the dots between City's Church, ICE, Doug Wilson's theological orbit, and the ideology behind The Sin of Empathy, showing how a strain of Christian nationalism produces pastors who see no contradiction between pulpit ministry and state violence. What looks like an isolated protest turns out to be part of a much larger story about power, theology, and the weaponization of "law and order," with unsettling links that stretch from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C.

From there, the conversation widens to the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities, the general strike, and the moral backlash unfolding across religious lines—Catholic clergy, mainline Protestants, and everyday residents standing watch in subzero temperatures to protect their neighbors. Brad and Dan confront the human cost of these policies, including the detention of a five-year-old child and the warrantless arrest of a U.S. citizen, and ask what it means when empathy itself is declared a sin. The episode closes by zooming out to Davos, Trump's open flirtation with dictatorship, and what it means to live in a moment of rupture—not transition—where democracy is being tested not in speeches or elections, but in the streets.
Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/weekly-roundup-the-sin-of-empathy-and-the-theology-of-terror-from-minnesota-to-davos?hsLang=en

‘No shortage of wealth’: Mamdani, other Democrats chide NYC hospital executives over nurses’ strike - POLITICO

There is no shortage of wealth in the health care industry, especially so at the three privately operated hospital groups at which nurses are striking," Mamdani said Monday at the picket line outside New York-Presbyterian's upper Manhattan hospital campus. "But for too many of the 15,000 NYSNA nurses who are on strike, they are not able to make their ends meet." 

Mamdani's framing aligns with the union's strategy of focusing on hospital executives' seven- and eight-figure pay packages throughout its contract campaign. The union launched a website called "NYC Hospital Greed" to highlight the substantial sums going to hospital leaders, including Montefiore CEO Philip Ozuah's $16.4 million compensation package from 2023, and projects like Mount Sinai's $100 million artificial intelligence center...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/13/no-shortage-of-wealth-lawmakers-chide-nyc-hospital-executives-over-nurses-strike-00724577 

 

Nearly 15,000 nurses go on strike at top New York City hospitals - POLITICO

… demanding salary increases to account for inflation while fighting to maintain protections against understaffing that they won after a three-day strike three years ago. They are also calling for new contract provisions on artificial intelligence and workplace violence...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/12/thousands-of-new-york-city-hospital-nurses-go-on-strike-00721612 

 

 

About 3,200 Boeing jet and weapons workers begin strike - ABC News

About 3,200 union members at Boeing facilities in Missouri and Illinois went on strike at midnight on Monday after rejecting an contract offer from the company, the union said. 

 Local members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, who build and maintain fighter jets, including the F-15 and F/A-18 models, voted on Sunday to reject Boeing's latest contract offer…

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/3200-boeing-jet-weapons-workers-begin-strike/story

 

Women urged to strike over ‘betrayal’ on ordination

"There are women who prepare people for the sacraments, such as baptism and marriage, and they do a whole host of other work.Women are already doing priestly work but by virtue of their gender they are never recognised."…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/24/catholic-women-urged-to-strike-over-betrayal-on-ordination

Boeing workers end bitter seven-week strike after clinching new pay deal

The union said members voted 59% in favor of the new contract, which includes a 38% pay rise spread over four years, easing pressure on new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg after two previous offers were voted down in recent weeks...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/05/boeing-workers-end-strike-walkout-seattle-portland-california  

Dock workers ended strike – but dispute is not over yet

The interim agreement expires in January, and a further strike would again hurt America's fragile supply chain…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/05/us-dock-workers-ports-strike-dispute

Drivers for Amazon unionized, were fired and are now picketing around US

The online retail giant has terminated its contract with a California delivery contractor and denies it is the drivers' joint employer…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/13/amazon-drivers-union-fired-strike

Pete Buttigieg CALLS OUT Trump over his desperate stunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XykWU4Diwnk

Signs touting ‘auto workers for Trump’ at Michigan rally found to be fake – report | Donald Trump | The Guardian

At least two people holding signs saying 'union members for Trump' and 'auto workers for Trump' turned out to be neither…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/28/trump-michigan-fake-signs-auto-workers-union

Republicans BLOW IT and ATTACK American Workers on Live TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PorfoX3AtO8

WATCH: Labor Union President SHREDS Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7QvMwYCzvs

As UAW workers strike, a look at what has happened to autoworker pay - The Washington Post

We knew autoworkers used to do pretty well. But we didn't understand just how high their pay had been — and how far they'd fallen — until we ran the numbers...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/22/uaw-strike-autoworker-pay/

Record auto profits should be used to address inequality and the climate crisis

"Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have made a quarter trillion dollars over the last 10 years. Those profits, and the very existence of the big three today, were only possible through the sacrifices made by UAW members when American taxpayers bailed out the industry. Those same workers were never made whole after being forced to accept lower wages and were stripped of cost-of-living adjustments and retiree pensions.

Over the last four years, each big three CEO received on average a 40% pay raise on top of their multimillion-dollar salaries. Autoworkers saw their pay increase by a mere 6% in that same period of time, falling behind in inflation like the rest of American workers..."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/14/record-auto-profits-inequality-climate-crisis-ford-general-motors-stellantis

WATCH: Pelosi speaks on Trump’s tax returns, legislation to halt rail strike | PBS NewsHour

"It's outrageous that every developed country in the world has paid sick leave except the United States of America," Pelosi said…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-pelosi-speaks-on-trumps-tax-returns-legislation-to-halt-rail-strike

Bernie Sanders Mocks GOP Senators Who Claim To Care About Rail Workers | HuffPost Latest News

"During the first three quarters of this year, the rail industry made a record-breaking $21.2 billion in profits," the senators' statement read. "Guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to rail workers would only cost the industry $321 million a year ― less than 2 percent of their total profits. Please do not tell us that the rail industry cannot afford to guarantee paid sick days to their workers."…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-rail-strike_n_6387c397e4b006e9b853b11e

Wave of US labor unrest could see tens of thousands on strike within weeks

From healthcare to Hollywood, workers are demanding higher wages, fighting cuts and seeking better safety and conditions…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/01/us-labor-unrest-unions-strikes