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Nurse Erica EXPOSES Healthcare Worker Rights | Unions, Strikes & Ending Workplace Violence
28 minutes Posted Jun 29, 2026 at 4:00 am.
Welcome And Why This Matters
Violence Is Not Part Of Nursing
Reporting Assaults And OSHA Rights
What Employers Must Do Now
Union Fears And Retaliation
Weingarten Rights And Real Protection
Strike Contracts And Patient Safety Risks
How Strikes Force Real Change
Criminal Prosecution And The Vaught Case
Just Culture And Why Reporting Stops
Legislation Nurses Can Push For
Where To Follow Nurse Erica
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Getting hit, threatened, or harassed shouldn’t be a rite of passage in healthcare, yet too many nurses are told to accept violence as “part of the job.” Nurse Erica joins us to draw a clear line: this is a workplace safety crisis, and nurses have more rights and options than most people realize. We dig into what the data says about how often violence happens, why it’s under-reported, and why filing a police report still matters as documentation and accountability, even when prosecution feels ...