Nurses Take on Wall Street

Director of National Nurses United, Rose Ann DeMoro:

From Maine to California, nurses have launched a campaign for a new direction for America to reverse the disastrous course of policies that demand ever more hardship for Main Street, while giving more tax breaks and special favors to Wall Street.

National Nurses United proposes a Main Street Contract for the American People to reclaim an economy premised on good jobs at living wages, health care for all, quality education, good housing, protection from hunger, a safe environment, and a secure retirement for everyone.

It’s a program that says we’ve all had enough of the calls for “shared sacrifice” where all the concessions come from working people while resources continue to be transferred to those who need it the least.

A big rally in Washington in early June near the White House and the Chamber of Commerce, the lobbying arm for big business, kicked off this effort. It will step it up June 22 with a protest on Wall Street in New York (Federal Building, Wall Street, 12 noon) to demand that the high rollers who created the economic crisis pay to rebuild America.

The message is directed to policy makers in Washington and state capitols who push for deeper cuts in jobs, education, health care, retirement plans, housing, and other bedrock programs that are not just a “safety net,” they are the foundation of our society.