By Duane Campbell. Sacramento.
Some 80 Nurses and their union supporters boldly marched into the offices of Congressman Dan Lungren ( R. Sacramento) asking that he sign a pledge to support a Wall Street Transaction Tax on Sept.1, at his Gold River, California offices. Speakers from California Nurses Association, from Retired RNs, and from the Sacramento Central Labor council asserted that they were united by the harm being done to our society by the Great Recession, and demanded a response from the Congressman who was not in his office and could not be located.
On Sept 1, 10,000 nurses and community participants joined actions in 21 states Thursday demanding action on the economic crisis to heal America. They called on senators and Congress members in their local district offices around the nation on Thursday to pledge to “support a Wall Street transaction tax that will raise sufficient revenue to make Wall Street pay for the devastation it has caused on Main Street.” National Nurses United, the largest U.S. union of nurses, sponsored the actions. Unions, labor councils, DSA, Jobs with Justice and other groups joined in solidarity with the nurses union.
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