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NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro to speak on health and poverty televised panel in DC

Be sure to watch RoseAnn DeMoro, National Nurses United’s executive director, talk Thursday about how bedside nurses are witnessing the devastating harm the economy has on patients and their communities.

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HR 1579 -- The New Bill to Rebuild the Nation With a Tax on Wall Street

Calling the legislation "remarkable" and "bold," Rep. Barbara Lee told the press conference that HR 1579 would address "out-of-control tactics" on Wall Street and would "lead to critical investments for our future -- in health and development assistance."

National Nurses United

With the next budget fight looming, tell Congress don’t push Grandma off the cliff

With the hostage taking of the current crisis has passed, a budget conference committee will be convened whose charge will be further deep cuts beyond the much detested sequester cuts negotiated late last year. And, there’s already “bipartisan” consensus that a central target of those knives will be two of the most important social reforms in U.S. history, Social Security and Medicare.

Karen Higgins, RN, NNU Co-president

NNU Nurses Win Historic Victory at MedStar Health!

After three arbitration decisions by two separate arbitrators and a federal judge’s order, hospital management has entered into a settlement agreement with nurses represented by National Nurses United to repay nurses for nearly all increases in out-of-pocket costs and premium increases for calendar years 2012 and 2013. The reimbursements will be applicable to NNU members at Washington Hospital Center who enroll in the company’s Care First healthcare plan.

National Nurses United

Global Nurses United Convenes in Las Vegas for Historic Meeting

Members of Global Nurses United – an international federation of nurses and health workers unions – gathered in Las Vegas on Friday for a historic meeting.

National Nurses United

Trade Deals Should Come With Their Own Warnings for Public Health

The problem with so many of the international trade deals signed at the behest of transnational corporations the past three decades. National sovereignty is overridden by the inexorable push for higher corporate profits, with public health frequently a first target.

Chuck Idelson

Fast Track Bill Moves On to Senate, Along with Fight to Stop It.



We cannot thank you enough for continuing to hold your ground. The past months have seen nurses, union members, working families, environmentalists—a very broad coalition of Americans—stand together against Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We proved the power of our united voice by stalling Fast Track last week.

National Nurses United

National Nurses United steadfast support of Bernie Sanders

Nurse Talk News Update---National Nurses United, the nations largest organization of RNs continues its steadfast support of Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders as conference delegates approve endorsement. RN Irma Westmoreland a life long Republican will be casting her ballot for Senator Sanders.

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Building the Political and Social Movement at the People’s Summit in Chicago

In three momentous days June 17-19, 3,000 activists gathered in a People’s Summit in Chicago to embrace a continuing resolution to building a broad, bigger progressive movement to transform the nation and the planet.

RoseAnn DeMoro writing for The Huffington Post

Bring Friends to 'A Fair Drug Pricing' Town Hall & Short Documentary Screening This Saturday

This Saturday (Thursday for Riverside), in cities throughout California, you can join nurses, veterans and seniors at a sneak preview of a new documentary film about pharmaceutical greed, and discuss the groundbreaking changes Proposition 61 will bring for many Californians struggling to afford medications.

California Nurses Association