Nurse Talk

David Johnson, Director of Organizing for National Nurses United shares with Nurse Talk Radio about how the recent Supreme Court ruling to bar workers from acting collectively to resolve illegal workplace discrimination is a “disgraceful assault on the rights of all working people” and a “direct attack on the Constitutional rights of freedom of association.” This is one in a series of anti-labor Supreme Court rulings.

David Johnson, Director of Organizing for National Nurses United shares with Nurse Talk Radio about how the recent Supreme Court ruling to bar workers from acting collectively to resolve illegal workplace discrimination is a “disgraceful assault on the rights of all working people” and a “direct attack on the Constitutional rights of freedom of association.” This is one in a series of anti-labor Supreme Court rulings.

Life is like a song. It has crescendos and rhythm and a defined beginning, middle and end. The Threshold Choir takes this song metaphor literally and uses it to comfort terminally ill individuals with music and harmony. While singing at bedsides, people have told the singers they feel less pain, anxiety and loneliness. Today, the group has expanded from its origin in San Francisco to 150 choirs around the world. https://thresholdchoir.org

Life is like a song. It has crescendos and rhythm and a defined beginning, middle and end. The Threshold Choir takes this song metaphor literally and uses it to comfort terminally ill individuals with music and harmony. While singing at bedsides, people have told the singers they feel less pain, anxiety and loneliness. Today, the group has expanded from its origin in San Francisco to 150 choirs around the world. https://thresholdchoir.org

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. On the show, this week a California Judge abruptly overturns the End Of Life Option Act. The law allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with six months or less to live. Hundreds of Californians have already taken advantage of that option, including 111 individuals who died from taking the drugs in the first seven months of their availability. And, what is the Workplace Democracy Act? Oh, and let's not forget the Medical Bill of the Month---how about $15,060.00 for four tiny screws! Courtesy of Kaiser Health News.

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. On the show, this week a California Judge abruptly overturns the End Of Life Option Act. The law allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with six months or less to live. Hundreds of Californians have already taken advantage of that option, including 111 individuals who died from taking the drugs in the first seven months of their availability. And, what is the Workplace Democracy Act? Oh, and let's not forget the Medical Bill of the Month---how about $15,060.00 for four tiny screws! Courtesy of Kaiser Health News.

With the attacks on workers’ rights nurses applaud Senator Bernie Sander's Workplace Democracy Act. "This bill is desperately needed by all non-union workers across the country who need a union and who want a union, but who are denied their right to freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively because of employer harassment, intimidation and opposition", said RN and Co-President of National Nurses United, Jean Ross. The bill is a topic of discussion on this week’s Nurse Talk Radio program.

With the attacks on workers’ rights nurses applaud Senator Bernie Sander's Workplace Democracy Act. "This bill is desperately needed by all non-union workers across the country who need a union and who want a union, but who are denied their right to freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively because of employer harassment, intimidation and opposition", said RN and Co-President of National Nurses United, Jean Ross. The bill is a topic of discussion on this week’s Nurse Talk Radio program.

With us for this podcast is Attorney for Compassion and Choices ( the organization that fought to pass the bill), Jonathan Patterson. California’s End of Life Option Act was signed into law in 2015 by Governor Jerry Brown. The law allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with six months or less to live. Hundreds of Californians have already taken advantage of that option, including 111 individuals who died from taking the drugs in the first seven months of their availability. Sadly a few days ago, a Riverside County Superior Court judge granted a motion by opponents of the California End of Life Option Act to invalidate the law. Unless the state successfully appeals the ruling in the next five days, eligible California residents will be prevented from utilizing medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable suffering.

With us for this podcast is Attorney for Compassion and Choices ( the organization that fought to pass the bill), Jonathan Patterson. California’s End of Life Option Act was signed into law in 2015 by Governor Jerry Brown. The law allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with six months or less to live. Hundreds of Californians have already taken advantage of that option, including 111 individuals who died from taking the drugs in the first seven months of their availability. Sadly a few days ago, a Riverside County Superior Court judge granted a motion by opponents of the California End of Life Option Act to invalidate the law. Unless the state successfully appeals the ruling in the next five days, eligible California residents will be prevented from utilizing medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable suffering.