Nurses and health professionals have always envisioned a patient-first healthcare system, but the industry has become increasingly profit-driven. AFT President Randi Weingarten was joined by a panel of health professionals on July 15 to discuss how unions can construct a healthcare system that puts patient care and worker safety over corporate profits. With the increase in burnout and moral injury, one panelist noted, “You have to take care of you in order to be able to take care of somebody else.”
