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April 5, 2016
“We’ve talked to so many voters in the past week. We were at University of Wisconsin and Carthage College, and the students there were very pro-Bernie,” said Begsa Calvache, RN, of Chicago, who along with her sister Myriam Calvache, RN, has been riding the #BernieBus for through several states. The Calvache sisters say they have been inspired to hear so many young Wisconsin voters find hope for the future in Bernie’s campaign.
“I was raised a conservative republican, but the more I learn, the more I feel the Bern,” Samantha Haltom, a Carthage College student, told the #BernieBus nurses. “I’m voting for Bernie!”
“We have an 18-year-old niece in Brookfield, and she—like many young people—is so passionate about Bernie Sanders,” said Calvache. “She likes him because he is for the people, not corporations, and she is so proud that my sister Myriam and I, her aunts, are nurses on the #BernieBus.”
April 4, 2016
The Kenosha stops come after travels through Madison and Janesville, over the weekend, where nurses attended the Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow and a Madison Bernie Sanders rally—and talked to voters about the issues impacting their lives.
“We met a lovely couple in Janesville. The woman mentioned that she's actually been conservative all her life. But this time around, when she looks at the issues that are going on in Janesville and across the country, she's voting democratic, and she’s voting for Bernie sanders,” said Jean Ross, RN, National Nurses United Co-President.
Bernie Bus Stops for Monday, April 3, 2016
Morning: University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 53144
Afternoon: Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 53140
“I have a daughter in college in Madison, and as a parent—with Scott Walker’s cuts to education—I’m getting letters at home, asking for donations to keep Wisconsin schools going,” said Jennifer Michelson, RN, a Minnesota nurse, who has been traveling with the #BernieBus in Wisconsin. “We’re already paying significant tuition, and that’s true for so many students and families we’ve talked to in Wisconsin, who are going into debt over the cost of a degree. I’m excited that Bernie Sanders supports free education at public colleges and universities for all Americans.”
April 3, 2016
Nurses aboard National Nurses United’s #BernieBus have been connecting with voters throughout Wisconsin this week, listening to the issues that impact residents’ lives, and will be heading to Madison and Janesville on Sunday for a get out the vote push for Bernie Sanders, ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
“I have a daughter in college in Madison, and as a parent—with Scott Walker’s cuts to education—I’m getting letters at home, asking for donations to keep Wisconsin schools going,” said Jennifer Michelson, RN, a Minnesota nurse, who has been traveling with the #BernieBus.
“We’re already paying significant tuition, and that’s true for so many students and families we’ve talked to in Wisconsin, who are going into debt over the cost of a degree. I’m excited that Bernie Sanders supports free education at public colleges and universities for all Americans.”
Bernie Bus Stops for Sunday, April 2, 2016
JANESVILLE
Morning: Family Fest at Janesville Performing Art Center
MADISON
Afternoon: Field & Stream Expo, Alliant Energy Center
Afternoon: Bernie Sanders Rally at the Kohl Center Arena
According to a recent study by University of Wisconsin-Madison Applied Population Laboratory, poverty in Wisconsin increased 20 percent between 2010 and 2014—and the Wisconsin Budget Project found that half of Wisconsin adults in poverty work, but don't earn enough. To that end, Nurses on the #BernieBus say Wisconsin residents they're meeting are concerned about jobs—including fellow RNs with whom they’ve had the opportunity to speak, during their travels through the state.
“I support Bernie for all his issues, but I was so excited when I found out he supports nurses,” says Milwaukee resident Lisa Granica, RN—who spent time talking to the #BernieBus nurses about working conditions for Wisconsin RNs, as well as about Bernie’s support for national safe staffing laws for nurses. “In Wisconsin, we have no staffing ratios. The last corporate job I had, it was 40 patients to 1 nurse. This is unsafe. They’re also cutting experienced nurses to get them off payroll.
We need experienced nurses in our hospitals. Bernie supports the nurses, and I support Bernie.”
“From Nevada to New Hampshire, from Colorado to South Carolina, RNs have talked to voters and been reminded of the huge gaps in access to healthcare and education, concerns about retirement security, the jobs lost due to unfair trade deals, widespread inequality, and the escalating climate crisis,” said RoseAnn DeMoro, NNU Executive Director. “Bernie Sanders and the legions of grassroots activists around the U.S. who have joined him will not stop. The political revolution is just beginning.”
April 5, 2016
Nurses Canvass Madison for Bernie on Tuesday in final GOTV Push
Nurses aboard National Nurses United’s #BernieBus will be canvassing Madison-area neighborhoods on Tuesday, in a final get out the vote push for Bernie Sanders, as well as giving residents rides to the polls in the #BernieBus.“We’ve talked to so many voters in the past week. We were at University of Wisconsin and Carthage College, and the students there were very pro-Bernie,” said Begsa Calvache, RN, of Chicago, who along with her sister Myriam Calvache, RN, has been riding the #BernieBus for through several states. The Calvache sisters say they have been inspired to hear so many young Wisconsin voters find hope for the future in Bernie’s campaign.
“I was raised a conservative republican, but the more I learn, the more I feel the Bern,” Samantha Haltom, a Carthage College student, told the #BernieBus nurses. “I’m voting for Bernie!”
“We have an 18-year-old niece in Brookfield, and she—like many young people—is so passionate about Bernie Sanders,” said Calvache. “She likes him because he is for the people, not corporations, and she is so proud that my sister Myriam and I, her aunts, are nurses on the #BernieBus.”
#BernieBus
nurses
will be canvassing throughout Madison on Tuesday, April 5.
Nurses “Feel the Bern” with
Wisconsin college students
April 4, 2016
Nurses’ #BernieBus Meets With Students in Kenosha, WI Monday
Nurses aboard National Nurses United’s #BernieBus have been connecting with voters throughout Wisconsin this week and will be heading to the University of Wisconsin and Carthage College on in Kenosha on Monday, to talk to students about Bernie Sanders’ support for education for all Americans.The Kenosha stops come after travels through Madison and Janesville, over the weekend, where nurses attended the Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow and a Madison Bernie Sanders rally—and talked to voters about the issues impacting their lives.
“We met a lovely couple in Janesville. The woman mentioned that she's actually been conservative all her life. But this time around, when she looks at the issues that are going on in Janesville and across the country, she's voting democratic, and she’s voting for Bernie sanders,” said Jean Ross, RN, National Nurses United Co-President.
Bernie Bus Stops for Monday, April 3, 2016
Morning: University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 53144
Afternoon: Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 53140
Nurses attend the Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow.
“I have a daughter in college in Madison, and as a parent—with Scott Walker’s cuts to education—I’m getting letters at home, asking for donations to keep Wisconsin schools going,” said Jennifer Michelson, RN, a Minnesota nurse, who has been traveling with the #BernieBus in Wisconsin. “We’re already paying significant tuition, and that’s true for so many students and families we’ve talked to in Wisconsin, who are going into debt over the cost of a degree. I’m excited that Bernie Sanders supports free education at public colleges and universities for all Americans.”
April 3, 2016
Nurses’ ‘YUGE,’ Red #BernieBus In Madison, Janesville Sunday
#BernieBus RNs at the state
capitol
Nurses aboard National Nurses United’s #BernieBus have been connecting with voters throughout Wisconsin this week, listening to the issues that impact residents’ lives, and will be heading to Madison and Janesville on Sunday for a get out the vote push for Bernie Sanders, ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
“I have a daughter in college in Madison, and as a parent—with Scott Walker’s cuts to education—I’m getting letters at home, asking for donations to keep Wisconsin schools going,” said Jennifer Michelson, RN, a Minnesota nurse, who has been traveling with the #BernieBus.
“We’re already paying significant tuition, and that’s true for so many students and families we’ve talked to in Wisconsin, who are going into debt over the cost of a degree. I’m excited that Bernie Sanders supports free education at public colleges and universities for all Americans.”
Bernie Bus Stops for Sunday, April 2, 2016
JANESVILLE
Morning: Family Fest at Janesville Performing Art Center
MADISON
Afternoon: Field & Stream Expo, Alliant Energy Center
Afternoon: Bernie Sanders Rally at the Kohl Center Arena
According to a recent study by University of Wisconsin-Madison Applied Population Laboratory, poverty in Wisconsin increased 20 percent between 2010 and 2014—and the Wisconsin Budget Project found that half of Wisconsin adults in poverty work, but don't earn enough. To that end, Nurses on the #BernieBus say Wisconsin residents they're meeting are concerned about jobs—including fellow RNs with whom they’ve had the opportunity to speak, during their travels through the state.
“I support Bernie for all his issues, but I was so excited when I found out he supports nurses,” says Milwaukee resident Lisa Granica, RN—who spent time talking to the #BernieBus nurses about working conditions for Wisconsin RNs, as well as about Bernie’s support for national safe staffing laws for nurses. “In Wisconsin, we have no staffing ratios. The last corporate job I had, it was 40 patients to 1 nurse. This is unsafe. They’re also cutting experienced nurses to get them off payroll.
We need experienced nurses in our hospitals. Bernie supports the nurses, and I support Bernie.”
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National Nurses United, with over 185,000 members from all 50 states,
is the largest organization of registered nurses in the U.S. and the
first union to endorse Sanders, in August last year. Since then, NNU
members have been organizing house parties, rallies and phone banks,
and mobilizing door-to-door efforts in support of Sanders.“From Nevada to New Hampshire, from Colorado to South Carolina, RNs have talked to voters and been reminded of the huge gaps in access to healthcare and education, concerns about retirement security, the jobs lost due to unfair trade deals, widespread inequality, and the escalating climate crisis,” said RoseAnn DeMoro, NNU Executive Director. “Bernie Sanders and the legions of grassroots activists around the U.S. who have joined him will not stop. The political revolution is just beginning.”
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