"Lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would exempt physicians and other healthcare workers from a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa petitions critics said would exacerbate workforce shortages."

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/bipartisan-bill-introduced-exempt-healthcare-workers-100000-h-1b-visa-fee

#healthcare #hospitals #RuralHealth #physicians #nurses #workforce #immigrant #immigration #USpol

Bipartisan bill introduced to exempt healthcare workers from $100K H-1B visa fee

Lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would exempt physicians and other healthcare workers from a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa petitions critics said would exacerbate workforce shortage | Introduced Tuesday, the Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act is endorsed by a slew of provider and hospital associations.

Fierce Healthcare
Je m'appelle Sanaa, je viens de Gaza et je suis infirmière bénévole. Je suis responsable de toute ma famille. Imaginez : après la destruction de ma maison, je dois payer le loyer, financer les études universitaires de mes frères et sœurs et assurer les soins médicaux, la nourriture et les boissons pour ma famille. Soutenez ma campagne, s'il vous plaît. Cela compte beaucoup pour moi 😔💔
#gaza #Palestine #gazaverified #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAidBoost #eid2026 #EidMubarak #nurses
B.C. hires 417 U.S. health-care workers in 1-year recruitment blitz
The numbers from B.C.’s Ministry of Health show 89 doctors, 45 nurse practitioners, 260 nurses and 23 allied health professionals from the U.S. accepted jobs in the province between March 2025 and January 2026.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-many-u-s-health-care-workers-are-in-b-c-9.7129903?cmp=rss
B.C. hires 417 U.S. health-care workers in 1-year recruitment blitz
The numbers from B.C.’s Ministry of Health show 89 doctors, 45 nurse practitioners, 260 nurses and 23 allied health professionals from the U.S. accepted jobs in the province between March 2025 and January 2026.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-many-u-s-health-care-workers-are-in-b-c-9.7129903?cmp=rss
Record-setting cohort of ICU nurses set to graduate from Manitoba training program
A record number of Manitoba nurses are about to finish specialized training and will soon start working in the province's intensive care units, the government announced on Monday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-icu-nurse-training-record-9.7130991?cmp=rss

Mia Mottley, Barbados' Prime Minister, has started making the news again for demanding an end to the US blockade of Cuba.

What's that? Didn't realize Cuba was being blockaded?

So this is one of the knock on effects of the US kidnapping Venezuela's president and corner the country's oil.

No more Venezuelan oil sales to Cuba.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cuban_crisis

#MiaMottley #Barbados #Cuba #Venezuela #Oil #OilWar #OilBlockade #covid #doctors #nurses #medical

RE: https://mastodon.social/@amazing_sanaa/116223775988234434

I need your support, just €50, to buy school supplies for myself and my sisters. Please don't leave me alone in this difficult situation here in Gaza. 😔🙏🏻
#gaza #gazaverified #gazamutualaid #nurses #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #boostswelcome #boosting
#nursing

I am grateful to everyone who helped provide food for my family today. Please continue to be my hope in this suffering and genocide. Any support and assistance is my hope in this darkness. 🥺🙏🏻
#gaza #gazaverified #gazamutualaid #GazaNeedsHelp #GazaAid #MutualAidRequest #mutualaid #MutualAidBoost #boosts #boostswelcome #boosting #nurses #nursing #savegaza #hospital

https://labornotes.org/blogs/2026/03/strike-mobilization-leads-reformer-win-oregon-nurses

got interviewed for labor notes on how we are transforming large unions to be more progressive and transparent

#unions #nurse #nurses #union #labor

Strike Mobilization Leads to Reformer Win in Oregon Nurses

The 24,000-member Oregon Nurses Association has elected a slate of reform candidates to statewide leadership positions. The Caucus for Powerful Reform (CPR) won 15 out of the 21 seats it ran for, including the presidency, vice-presidency, secretary, and a majority of board of director seats. “We need better transparency,” said Raven Winters, a nurse on the slate at Oregon Health & Science University. “We need the union to listen to our members. Ultimately our goal is to have a member-led union, not something that is top-down and controlled by someone with a $300,000 annual paycheck.

Labor Notes