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International Nurse News Round-Up

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National Nurses United Announces Donation to International Medical Corps for Ebola Response in West Africa

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Argentina

Neuquén: llegó el acuerdo salarial con Salud
Neuquén: Wage agreement reach with Health

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Australia

Nurses warn against closing mental health beds at Royal Hobart Hospital

Labor will kick-start 4,000 Nursing Careers

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Canada

Supreme Court strike down law that prevents public sector strikes

Unions celebrate striking down of Saskatchewan Essential Services Act

Possible grève de 3500 infirmières demain
Possible strike of 3,500 nurses tomorrow

Près de 3000 infirmières et infirmiers en grève en Ontario
Nearly 3,000 nurses on strike in Ontario

Almost 3000 Ontario nurses and health workers go on strike

Home health care works on strike across Ontario

Rumblings within unions over Alberta Premier Jim Prentice's talk of public sector wage rollbacks

Healthcare workers to vote on strike tonight

Ontario Nurses' Association to Make Presentation to Committee Hearing Pre-Budget Submissions: Front-line nurses' union says patients need more care

Access to psychiatric ward at Victoria Hospital in London cut to stop flow of illegal drugs

Strike vote for Access Centre staff

Local community care workers close in on strike deadline

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Chile

Enfermeras y matronas de Cesfam Calbuco en paro ante falta de presupuesto en departamento de salud
Nurses and midwives of Cesfam Calbuco on strike in the face of shortages in health department budget

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China

Huelga en la sanidad de una provincia china tras la muerte de un doctor en un hospital
Strike in health in a Chinese province after the death of a doctor in a hospital

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France

Grève aux urgences du CHU de Caen ce mardi
Strike at CHU ER in Caen on Tuesday

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Greece

What ‘austerity’ has done to Greek healthcare

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Ireland

Nurses and regulator to hold talks on dispute over 50% fee rise

44 on trolleys in Cork emergency departments

Patients suffering in silence, says INMO chief

‘Dozens of beds’ to be opened

Nurses to protest ‘state of crisis’ at Mullingar Hospital

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Kenya

Burnout by Kenyan medics at alarming level

Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Nurses call off strike, set to sign CBA

Over 800 health workers down tools at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, services slowed

Moi Hospital Staff to Strike

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Palestine

Unpaid Gaza doctors and nurses protest unpaid salaries

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Portugal

BE reúne-se com Sindicato dos Enfermeiros da Madeira
BE meets with Madeira Nurses Union

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Spain

El sindicato de enfermería SATSE cuestiona el transporte que se usa en las urgencias de Atención Primaria
Nursing union SATSE questions the transportation that is used in primary care ERs

SATSE exige que se amplíe la plantilla de enfermeras del Hospital Sagrado Corazó
SATSE demands the expansion of nursing staff at the Sagrado Corazó Hospital

El Sindicato de Enfermería denuncia a las gerencias del área del SERGAS por contrataciones fraudulentas
Nursing union denounces the management of the SERGAS area for fraudulent contracts

Convocan una huelga de profesionales de enfermería en los quirófanos de Carlos Haya
Nursing professionals call a strike in  Carlos Haya operating rooms

CSIF convoca una huelga de enfermería en los quirófanos del Carlos Haya
CSIF calls a nursing strike in the operating rooms of Carlos Haya

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Tunisia

Les étudiants de l'ISSIG en grève ouverte
ISSIG [nursing] students in open strike

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UK

4:1 statement on NICE A&E Staffing Guidelines

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USA

Sacramento’s Ebola readiness does little to calm nerves

Patient tested for Ebola at Calif.'s UC Davis hospital

Minnesota Nurses chide hospitals for lack of cooperation in state study

Nurses union votes to strike if negotiations fail

Kaiser, nurses settle dispute with new CBA

He’s not suddenly Paul Krugman: Let’s not morph Obama into Elizabeth Warren quite yet/

Kaiser nurses ratify contract

unions says California Kaiser nurses reach contract agreement

CNA/NNU Members at Kaiser Permanente In California Ratify Contract Covering 18,000

After Strikes And Protests, Kaiser Nurses Approve New Contract

Union Says California Kaiser Nurses Reach Contract Agreement

Kaiser Nurses Approve New Contract

Benefits of Keystone pipeline exaggerated

Union: Understaffing at VA hospital puts care for Cincinnati veterans at risk

U. of C. nurses expected to authorize a strike

Nurses to picket outside Cincinnati VA Hospital on Friday2

Rahm Emanuel Is a Union-buster. So Why Are Chicago Unions Backing Him?

Headline:How Scrappy Community and Labor Activists Took on a California Oil Giant—and Won

California Nurses Association OKs Kaiser contract

California Kaiser Nurses Reach Contract Agreement

Nurses approve contract with Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser nurses ratify country’s largest nurses contract