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This morning my husband got up at 5:00 a.m. to work outside in 7 degree F temperatures. He sat on the end of the couch, head in his hands sipping his coffee telling me how much he hates his job. How much it’s wearing him out. He makes $29.00 dollars an hour. Roughly $60,000 a year. He’s a union electrician. His health care premiums come out of his pay check; it is NOT subsidized by his “company.” His disability comes out of his pay check. It is NOT subsidized by his company.

Over the last year Media Mobilizing Project has developed a strong relationship with the Vermont Workers' Center. The Vermont Workers’ Center has fought a pioneering grassroots human right to health care campaign, which has brought Vermont close to adopting a new health care system that works for everyone. Yet at this crucial point, as the opposition is about to pour millions into the state, the Workers’ Center finds itself short on resources, having put everything into the two-year struggle that built the movement.

When officials closed down Camden's Tent City this past May, they promised the 54 homeless residents that it was not an eviction, but the first step to a better life. Now, less than 6 months later, many of them are once again homeless and some have created a new Tent city encampment near the original site. 

Philadelphia’s two major newspapers have been acquired by outside investors.  Comcast cable dominates the market, but thousands of our neighbors can’t afford to get online.  In an era of dwindling outlets telling the stories of everyday Philadelphians, the Media Mobilizing Project has launched MMPtv, a monthly half-hour newsmagazine knitting together the stories of people across our region.  The show premiered on PhillyCam, Philadelphia’s new public access television station.

Now you can watch online.

On Thursday, members of Act-Up Philly, Geo-Clan, Public School Notebook, Workers United, The Taxi Workers Alliance, Philadelphia Student Union, Media Mobilizing Project and many others, joined the striking nurses on the picket line at Temple Hospital.  The event came eight days after th

The nurses and technical professionals that work at Temple Hospital started their strike Wednesday with a rally that brought out 1,200 people to show their support. Listen to a report from Labor Justice Radio on the first day of the strike.

With less than a week before the March 31st strike deadline, nurses and healthcare professionals held a rally outside of Temple University Hospital to demand a contract that will not strip away their human rights or diminish their ability to provide quality care to patients.  

For background about the nurses union, visit:  www.pasnap.org

Video by: Carolyn Humphries 

Temple University Hospital's 1,500 nurses and professional and technical employees will hold a final rally before going on strike to demand a fair and just contract that will uphold their rights to advocate for patients.  

Date: Friday March, 26th 2010 

Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm

Location: Temple University Hospital Main Entrance at Broad & Ontario Sts.

Amendu Evans reports on the effort of SEIU to gather support for Health Care. Recently they rallied at the District Office of Sen. Robert Casey. This is the latest action in their yearlong campaign.