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International Nurse News Round-Up
Global Nurses United
Argentina
Australia
- Headline: Ursula Stephens decries Goulburn hospital privatization
- Headline: NSW Nurses Associations plans action over Goulburn health
- Headline: Nurses lured by holidays, pay hikes as shortages bite
- Headline: Unions unite to fight public-private partnerships for regional hospitals
- Headline: Patient safety could suffer if Shellharbour Hospital part-privatised: union
- Headline: 'What if the patient gags?': Fears for local hospital care
- Headline: Female nurses at higher risk of suicide
- Headline: Enhanced safety measures aimed at curbing violence against Queensland health workers
Brazil
- Manchete: Enfermeiros acordam pagamento do índice de 11,30%
Headline: Nurses agree payment of 11.30% index Manchete: Enfermeiros da Santa Casa buscam reajuste salarial e discutem começo de greve - Headline: Nurses of Santa Casa seeking wage increase and discuss strike early Manchete: Enfermeiros da Santa Casa começam greve em Campo Grande
- Headline: Nurses of Santa Casa begin strike in Campo Grande Manchete: Enfermeiros de S. Cristóvão encerram greve após acordo
- Headline: Nurses of S. Cristóvão contain strike after agreement
Cameroon
Canada
- Headline: Layoff notices coming for Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region workers
- Headline: Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region to issue layoff notices Titre: Sondage exclusif: Les infirmières ne veulent pas déménager au nouveau CHUM
- Headline: Exclusive Poll: Nurses do not want to move to the new CHUM
- Headline: RNs worry about job safety as Saskatoon Health Region axes 70 jobs
- Headline: Canada: Ontario's Nurses Deserve PTSD Disability Presumption
Colombia
France
- Titre: Santé : le coup de blues des infirmières
Headline: Health: the stroke of blues of the nurses Titre: Appel à la grève à l'hôpital d'Abbeville (80) - Headline: Nurses at Abbeville Hospital begin strike Titre: Suicides, burn out, épuisement: les infirmiers en grève pour dénoncer leur situation
- Headline: Suicides, burnout, exhaustion: striking nurses to report their situation Titre: "Qu’ils aillent travailler à l’usine, puisqu’ils ne supportent pas leur quotidien !"
- Headline: "Let them go to work at the plant, they do not support their day!" Titre: Un mal-être profond et généralisé – Grève des infirmiers
- Headline: A malaise deep and widespread – Nurses Strike Titre: En Savoie, les infirmières font la grève des visites à domicile
- Headline: Savoie, nurses are striking home visits Titre: Anne Roumanoff : pourquoi son hommage aux infirmières a été vu 3 millions de fois !
- Headline: Anne Roumanoff why her tribute to nurses was viewed 3 million times! Titre: "Quand tu es infirmière aux urgences" : sa vidéo hilarante sur son travail fait le buzz
- Headline: “When you’re a nurse in the ER”: this hilarious video about her work is the buzz Titre: #PrêtàLiker : l’humour dévastateur d’une infirmière toulousaine
- Headline: # PrêtàLiker: the devastating humor of a Toulouse nurse Titre: Les infirmières de montagne poursuivent la grève en Savoie
- Headline: Mountain nurses continue the strike in Savoie Titre: En Savoie, les infirmières libérales en grève
- Headline: In Savoie, the liberal nurses strike
Guam
Ireland
- Headline: Almost 380 people waiting on a hospital bed today, according to nurses
- Headline: More than 340 people waiting for a hospital bed
- Headline: Sligo Hospital Trolley Watch
- Headline: Daily report records almost 350 people waiting on a hospital bed today
- Headline: Serious delays in Letterkenny Hospital a cause for concern
- Headline: Strike inflicting untold damage on city business, says Taoiseach
Kenya
- Headline: Uasin Gishu nurses give notice of strike over pay
- Headline: Striking Nairobi doctors ordered to report back as Kakamega nurses call off strike
- Headline: Health official could lose job over strike
- Headline: Nurses in Meru issue strike notice
Mexico
Myanmar
New Zealand
- Headline: Despite union backdown, 700 nurses walk off job in PNG
Headline: Gruelling rosters are compromising patient safety, say exhausted Bay hospital doctors
Headline: Patients will gain from the new no-fuss prescribing nurses
Portugal
- Manchete: Hospital de Braga estranha greve de enfermeiros e diz manter "abertura negocial"
Headline: Braga Hospital strange strike of nurses and said keep "negotiating opening" Manchete: Enfermeiros do Hospital de Braga vão fazer quatro dias de greve - Headline: Braga Hospital nurses will make four-day strike Manchete: Enfermeiros de Braga vão fazer quatro dias de greve
- Headline: Braga nurses to begin four-day strike Manchete: Enfermeiros do Hospital de Braga anunciam greve de 4 dias
- Headline: Braga Hospital nurses announce four-day strike
Saudi Arabia
- Titre: Arabie:un hôpital en grève en raison d'impayés
Headline: Saudi Arabia: a strike in hospital because of unpaid wages - Headline: Strike at privately-run Saudi hospital after salary delays
- Headline: Saudi hospital staff strike over months of unpaid wages
- Headline: Saudi and foreign workers unite to strike over unpaid wages
- Headline: Walkout at Saudi hospital over unpaid wages enters 5th day
- Headline: Saudi Arabia: Employees of Saad Specialist Hospital strike over unpaid wages
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
- Titular: Enfermeras reclaman con lazos y un 'flashmob' a la Xunta que "reactive" la carrera profesional
Headline: Nurses demand with bows and 'flashmob' to the Xunta that "reactivating" professional career Titular: Los sanitarios de Canarias amenazan con una “huelga general” si se llevan a cabo recortes - Headline: Canary health threatening a "general strike" if they carry out cuts Titular: Los enfermeros exigen que se acabe con la eventualidad
- Headline: Nurses demand an end to the eventuality Titular: Trabajadores y sindicatos protestan en el Hospital de Jerez por “la falta de personal”; para el SAS, “no se puede hablar de recortes”
- Headline: Workers and unions are protesting at the Hospital de Jerez for "lack of personnel"; for SAS, "you cannot talk about cuts"
Syria
- Headline: Nurses and ambulance drivers killed as airstrike destroys Syrian medical facility
Headline: US, Russia clash over Syria as air strike attack on clinic kills nurses and ambulance drivers
United Kingdom
- Headline: RCN in Wales launches new nurse workforce campaign
- Headline: 'Bring it on!' - New nurses start their careers at Lincolnshire hospitals
United States
- Headline: As Tribes Fight Pipeline, Internal AFL-CIO Letter Exposes 'Very Real Split'
- Headline: With proposed nurse shortfalls, compromise must be reached to safeguard healthcare
- Headline: Allina, nurses contest each other's resolve as strike enters third week
- Headline: AFL-CIO Backs Dakota Access Pipeline and the “Family Supporting Jobs” It Provides
- Headline: High-stakes Allina nurses strike remains at standstill after two weeks
- Headline: Workplace dangers take the stage in Allina nurses strike
- Headline: In Day 11 Of Strike, Nurses Highlight Workplace Violence
- Headline: MN nurses share stories of assault
- Headline: Striking nurses question Allina board members’ leadership
- Headline: Allina’s nurses’ strike: what’s the hold up?
- Headline: Allina nurse strike at standstill going into third week
- Headline: Pressure mounts as Allina nurses strike moves into third week
- Headline: Minnesota nurses strike (opinion article)
- Headline: Nurses at St. Louis University Hospital begin voting on new contract
- Headline: SLU hospital nurses to vote on new contract with SSM Health
- Headline: Nurses offer testimony in NLRB hearing
- Headline: NLRB sets hearing in Lewisburg
- Headline: NLRB to take testimony Monday in Greenbrier County
- Headline: Overtime pay at issue in hospital labor complaint
- Headline: AFL-CIO To Planet Earth: Drop Dead
- Headline: Dakota access pipeline exposes rift in organized labor
- Headline: Battle over East Bay hospital closure draws hundreds to town hall meeting