Health care workers know from experience that only organizing will lead to enforceable standards and better conditions.

The work is physically exhausting, with everyone on staff wearing several layers of personal protective equipment, or PPE. Varon has seen nurses slip on their own sweat. It’s also emotionally ...

Schachtel said the nurse had said she was “not allowed” to wear masks around anyone, even COVID patients. “Bottom line: Hospital did have adequate supply of PPE & masks & was taking proper ...

By broadcasting the importance of mask wearing and the consequences ... show's access to high-quality PPE didn't match the reality of workers still reusing masks. Nurses, who spend the most ...