Queen Meg: CNA Nurses Picket Whitman In Atherton "We Will Not Back Down"

Eleven hundred CNA nurses on 7/15/2010 from throughout California went to Meg Whitman's mansion in Atherton, California to protest her attacks on workers. They initially rallied at Cañada College and then went by bus to Whitman's mansion. Whitman who is running for governor has promised to layoff 40,000 state workers and to attack public worker pensions and deregulate conditions in health and safety protection and other areas. Additional interviews and footage. CNA Nurse Picket Queen Meg At Her Atherton Mansion
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• union busting
• uc davis
• kaiser care
• healthcare
• insurance industry
• deregulation
• billionaires
• solidarity
• labor rights
• patient care
• cna
• nurses
• meg whitman

[imedina650]

woo wooh! thats my school! i was there during the summer and i can hear them from my class!! .. i want to be a nurse and i know that in the Bay Area they get paid very good! and a lot of competition, i am 20 years old and how will this affect me? i dont know much about politics. ~Thanks

[BRS5]

I work for Tenet as an RN. on EXHAUSTING 13 hour shifts, STRAIGHT PAY!! We have NO Pension!!! We do not get our Breaks!! I love the patients, and treat them like my own family, for 26 years now! I have a simple 401 K, NOT a pension. VOTE JERRY BROWN, A Public Servant. MEG SUCKS. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE> WHAT PENSION? Most nurses don't have one!!!

[JohnRhysMusician]

@decidedvoter08 It isn't misinformation. Conservatism is the antithesis of ideology. It's policy process is a system of trial and error with a general respect for tradition. If you look at the states with the highest levels of unionization- Michigan and New York-concentrated around Detroit and Upstate New York respectively those areas don't look so hot do they?

[decidedvoter08]

@JohnRhysMusician You are shilling for your party with misinformation and lies. Thanks for the demonstration on your own stupidity. Conservatives are thugs, criminals and liars.

[JohnRhysMusician]

@decidedvoter08 It is actually stupid. These Californian's don't realize what unionization has done to California's government, economy, and educational system. California public workers and union workers are greedy, and refuse to participate in the free market and get paid a fair wage. They scoff at the notion that they should have a 401k like average Americans; instead demand a pension. They also in turn team up with illegals who drive wages down. Modern liberalism is stupid and destructive.

[rharharhu]

@JohnRhysMusician --- That's what you call democracy.... ;-) Clearly Meg Whitman has lost her sense of morality! Such a shame!

[rharharhu]

NURSES = PATIENTS ADVOCATE

MEG WHITMAN = DEVIL'S ADVOCATE!

[decidedvoter08]

John...yes you can. She is a public figure and this was an organised demonstration with full permit and permission. This was advertised and in no way innappropriate. It's freaking original is what it is.

[JohnRhysMusician]

This is pathetic. You don't go protesting in someones hometown in front of their house.

[1rustyb]

Local 2 Here, hotel workers SF will rally in front of the 4 Seasons hotel at 4 pm Thursday. Let your voices be heard!