After about 370 nurses protested drastic changes from hospital management, union officials expect more across the US in 2019
Deep in the heart of Trump country, Indiana, Pennsylvania, the hometown of Jimmy Stewart served as the inspiration for Bedford Falls in the hit holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life. However, this year nurses say that one of the town’s largest employers, the Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC), is turning Stewart’s hometown into a Pottersville, the dystopian alternative universe of the Christmas classic.
“They want to cut benefits for nurses so that they get more money and they work for less,” said Indiana Regional Nurses Association (Irna) leader Lisa Traister. “We have a lot of nurses that are leaving because with the [company’s] proposal there is no way that they can work plus pay for the cost of healthcare benefits.”
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