Washington, Feb. 23 -- Representative Norma J. Torres issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) will welcome Linda Hippolyte, a registered nurse and labor leader with United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), as her guest to the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, February 24th. More than 31,000 UNAC/UHCP members were on strike for better working conditions and wages at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California and Hawaii.
Linda Hippolyte brings more than a decade of frontline nursing experience and years of union leadership advocating for safe staffing, fair contracts, and respect for healthcare professionals. Her journey began in 2008 when UNAC/UHCP organize...