My son's birthday is always a day of celebration. With my son, I saw the world with different eyes. I learned life is more than just my life. Life is to care for others and feel happy because we have a purpose. The Purpose of a healthy future. #birthday #life #Future #together

The NYPD is using “Barnacles” to combat illegal parking. They are commercial-grade suction cups that latch onto the glass with 1,000 pounds of force, making forcible removal next to impossible.

The report calls for immediate steps by provincial governments to phase out the use of private-for-profit nursing agencies in public health facilities. Some provinces, like Manitoba, are also trying to take the "profit" out of the nursing supply system by creating their own agencies, to supply nurses to remote clinics and hospitals. Solutions are needed says the report, because 'renting nurses from private companies' is far more costly than finding ways to keep them on staff. "We're going to go broke, we're going to lose our public health care if we continue that way," said Linda Silas nursesunions.ca/research/ope… #nurses #RNs 3/3

Private nursing agencies aren't fixing our health system with it's staffing shortages says @CFNUPresident "It's not working. Look how many emergency rooms have been closed in the last six months, and our level of agency nursing is higher than we've ever been." Nurses left our public system - driven out by exhaustion, frustration, and the lure of higher pay and more choice in shifts. The report shows pay ranges from $39 to $300 an hour with perks like, cell phones, gift cards, and signing bonuses. Agencies, according to the report, collect 25-35% in service fees. nursesunions.ca/research/ope… 2/3

So now, instead of having well paid nurses on public payroll, we have well-paid nurses, with low job security, working for the profit sector. These private agencies cost the province tens of millions of dollars more in healthcare costs. Ford bashing the unions was dumb and costly

The runaway cost of nursing agencies, a stunning example of messed-up, expensive policy. In the words of @QueensUHealth Dr Joan Almost “Think about what could be done with $1.5 B. It could be used to provide better care. It could be used to retain nurses.” theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…

Canada's taxpayer funded health system paid an estimated $1.5 billion dollars (in a one year period) to private agencies - for #nurses. A new report confirms nursing care is becoming a profit making tool for 472 companies. That taxpayer money "could be used to provide better care.. retain nurses,” says author Joan Almost @QueensUHealth #nurses 1/3 nursesunions.ca/research/ope…

The Ford government illegally suppressed nurses’ wages during a pandemic, then spent even more money re-hiring nurses at a higher cost using private agencies, diverting tax dollars from front-line patient care into the pockets of corporate shareholders #onpoli #ONhealth

🇨🇳 China calls on its citizens to leave "Israel" as soon as possible

Wow-- Mark Robinson's campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, finance director, and senior adviser have all stepped down. Robinson's campaign is in freefall.

BREAKING: Donald Trump just announced that he will retire from politics if he loses in November. Retweet so all Americans see this and get a little extra motivation to vote for Kamala Harris in November.

While his hospitals shut down, while patients died, while health care workers lost their jobs, the CEO of Steward Health Care and the companies he owns received $250 million in compensation over a 4-year period. Today, the HELP Committee voted to hold him in criminal contempt.

NEWS: We just passed this bill in the Senate and it is heading to the President’s desk to become law. We got Congress to put politics aside & ensure our veterans continue to receive the benefits they earned during their service — that’s how I work every day for Ohio.

BREAKING: Chairman @SenatorTester’s bipartisan bill to provide emergency funding for veterans benefits just passed the Senate.   This bill will ensure that more than seven million veterans and survivors receive their disability benefits checks on time on October 1st.

🚨 It’s official: our overwhelmingly bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act will get a vote in the House. Once they pass it, the Senate must follow & restore the Social Security benefits that Ohio law enforcement, firefighters, educators, and other public servants have earned.

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men apnews.com/article/mississip…

'Do not approach': Man wanted for shooting, injuring officer in South Carolina, SLED says wyff4.com/article/wanted-man…

BOLO! Officer shot during traffic stop near McBee High School on Thursday night in Chesterfield County. abcnews4.com/news/local/blue…

Very late night breaking news: Rep. Matt Gaetz was at a drug-fueled sex party in the summer of 2017 with a 17-year-old high school junior, according to eye witness testimony cited in new court documents. Exclusive @NOTUSreports: notus.org/florida/new-court-…