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International Nurse News Round-Up
Australia
- Headline: Goulburn District Unions met at Goulburn Soldiers Club on Monday to fight health privatisation plans
- Headline: Unions rally to stop privatisation of public hospitals
- Headline: Assisted death: the debate that simply refuses to die quietly
- Headline: State that sent me to battle would deny me a weapon against misery
- Headline: Five ways that the $160m same sex plebiscite could be spent in health
- Headline: Fears health workers could be priced out of market near Northern Beaches Hospital
- Headline: A third of Australia's nurses are thinking of leaving the profession
- Headline: The great debate on voluntary euthanasia
- Headline: My rant against the Americanisation of our health system
Brazil
Canada
- Headline: Dozens of jobs affected by restructuring at Joseph Brant Hospital
- Headline: 20 Regina health region workers losing their jobs
- Headline: Saskatchewan Nurses Union says 20 nursing jobs cut in Regina as health region faces budget woes
- Headline: 20 staff on mental health unit at General to get layoff notices
- Headline: 20 people to be laid off from mental health unit in Regina
- Headline: Union says 20 nursing jobs cut in Regina as health region faces budget woes
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
France
India
- Headline: Now, equal pay for private and state-run hospital nurses, recommends committee set up by the Indian Nursing Council
- Headline: Centre Hikes Base Salary Of Private Hospital Nurses To Rs 20,000 Per Month
- Headline: Nurse exodus hits private hospitals
- Headline: Private hospital nurses hopeful that their plight may end soon
Ireland
- Headline: Overcrowding at UHL reaches new heights
- Headline: Nurses and Midwives march on Dáil in row over pay disparity
- Headline: Overcrowding at UHL reaches new heights
- Headline: Nurses and Midwives march on Dáil in row over pay disparity
- Headline: Nursing unions hold protest over pay increments
- Headline: Nurses' strike may be on cards
- Headline: Nursing unions stage protest calling for restoration of incremental credit for all graduates
- Headline: Protesters demand restoration of wage increments for nurses
- Headline: Nurses' protest calls for pay to be restored as gardai are ready to strike
- Headline: Nurses seek reduced unpaid hours in line with Garda deal
- Headline: Kelleher backs nurses' call for pay reimbursement
- Headline: A&E patients told to expect long delays at two hospitals
- Headline: Trolley Watch figures show almost 400 waiting on hospital beds
Kenya
- Headline: Taita Taveta nurses call off strike
- Headline: Uasin Gishu union calls off nurses strike after talks
- Headline: Uasin Gishu nurses' strike suspended
Mexico
- Titular: Médicos y enfermeras protestan por bases
Headline: Doctors and nurses protesting basis - Titular: Protestas de trabajadores de salud, sin cesar
Headline: Health workers protest ceaselessly - Titular: Crítica situación en Hospital del Issste: hay 155 plazas sin cubrir
Headline: Critical situation ISSSTE Hospital: 155 uncovered spaces are available - Titular: Médicos paralizaron Hospital de la Mujer.
Headline: Women’s Hospital staff strike
New Zealand
- Headline: Upsurge of abuse on mental health workers at Waikato DHB
- Headline: Higher birth damage rates in midwifery-led care concerns ministry
Paraguay
- Titular: Enfermeras repudian fallo de Corte hacia sanatorios
Headline: Nurses repudiate Court ruling toward health - Titular: Enfermeras en pie de guerra por fallo de la Corte
Headline: Nurses at war over court ruling
Peru
Portugal
- Headline: Nurses to strike next month
- Headline: Nurses in Portugal Call for National Strike in October
- Manchete: Enfermeiros em greve a 13 e 14 de Outubro
Headline: Nurses will strike on 13 and 14 of October - Manchete: Enfermeiros marcam nova greve para os dias 13 e 14 de outubro
Headline: Nurses mark new strike for 13 and 14 of October - Manchete: Enfermeiros voltam à greve nos dias 13 e 14 de Outubro
Headline: Nurses vote to strike on the 13 and 14 of October - Manchete: Enfermeiros convocam greve
Headline: Nurses summon strike - Manchete: Enfermeiros em greve na Lucapa
Headline: Nurses on strike in Lucapa - Manchete: Sindicato de enfermeiros convoca greve para 03 e 04 de outubro nos Açores
Headline: Nurses’ Union calls strike for October 3-4 in the Azores - Manchete: Com mais uma greve anunciada, ministro da Saúde pede calma a sindicatos
Headline: With announced strike, Health Minister calls to unions for calm - Manchete: Hospital e enfermeiros negoceiam a acordo em Lucapa
Headline: Hospital and nurses negotiate the agreement in Lucapa - Manchete: Enfermeiros do hospital de Almada em greve parcial
Headline: Almada Hospital nurses on partial strike
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
- Titular: Satse pide que acabe la precariedad en la sanidad
Headline: Satse asks for an end to precarious work in health - Titular: El personal de enfermería que hace guardias localizadas se pone en huelga
Headline: The nursing staff makes localized guards on strike - Titular: Casi 14.000 profesionales de enfermería reclaman la reactivación de su Carrera Profesional
Headline: Almost 14,000 nursing professionals demand the revival of their Professional Career - Titular: Satse califica de "parcheo" la decisión del SES sobre los bloques quirúrgicos del San Pedro de Alcántara de Cáceres
Headline: Satse calls "stop-gap solutions" the SES decision about surgical blocks in San Pedro de Alcantara in Caceres - Titular: Satse critica el afán por recaudar con las tasas
Headline: Satse criticizes the desire to raise the rates - Titular: Las protestas por falta de personal en el hospital se extienden a centros de salud
Headline: Protests over lack of staff in the hospital extends to health centers - Titular: El hospital de Jerez, al borde del colapso tras un verano «en precario»
Headline: Jerez hospital, the brink of collapse after a "precarious" summer - Titular: Las tasas de inscripción para enfermeros en la OPE de Andalucía suben un 51,4%
Headline: The registration fees for nurses in the OPE of Andalusia rose by 51.4% - Titular: "No podemos más y la población debe saber lo que está ocurriendo"
Headline: "We cannot do more and people should know what is happening" - Titular: Satse afirma que el Hospital Reina Sofía quiere cerrar la Unidad de Reumatología
Headline: Satse says the Reina Sofía Hospital wants to close the Rheumatology Unit - Titular: Los traslados de enfermeras serán efectivos desde el 9 de noviembre
Headline: Transfers of nurses will be effective from November 9 - Titular: Satse alerta del cierre de la Unidad de Reumatología del Provincial
Headline: Satse alerts the closure of the Rheumatology Unit of the Provincial - Titular: Satse critica que Córdoba sólo dispone de siete plazas para especialidades
Headline: Satse criticism that Cordoba has only seven places for specialties - Titular: La Enfermería valenciana, descontenta con la OPE y con la estrategia de salud mental
Headline: Valencia Nursing, discontented with the OPE and the mental health strategy - Titular: El personal de enfermería critica a Sanidad por no incluirlos en el plan de salud mental
Headline: Nursing staff criticizes Health for not including them in the mental health plan - Titular: El sindicato de enfermería denuncia la falta de matronas en el área sanitaria VI
Headline: The nursing union denounces the lack of midwives in the VI health area - Titular: Las enfermeras consideran que las mujeres del Oriente están discriminadas
Headline: Nurses consider that women in the East are discriminated against - Titular: El sindicato de enfermería reclama matronas en los centros del Oriente
Headline: The nursing union claims midwives in Eastern centers
United Kingdom
- Headline: Nursing on the cheap! Patients 'put at risk as thousands of unqualified hospital staff are standing in for nurses'
- Headline: Healthcare assistants used as 'nurses on the cheap'
United States
- Headline: Progressive Politics After Bernie
- Headline: Dakota Access Pipeline Exposes Rift In Organized Labor
- Headline: Big labor has an identity crisis and its name is Dakota Access
- Headline: Allina nurses agree to bargaining session
- Headline: Mediator brings Allina, nurses back to the bargaining table
- Headline: Nurses on strike in Minnesota to face renewed negotiations
- Headline: Striking nurses to lose health insurance coverage Oct. 1
- Headline: Pressure mounts in Allina strike with nurses set to lose health coverage Oct. 1
- Headline: Allina, nurses union to meet for talks Tuesday
- Headline: Allina health, striking nurses to return to the bargaining table
- Headline: Striking nurses, Allina called back to bargaining
- Headline: Allina, nurses could restart talks this week under mediation
- Headline: Allina, Nurses’ Union to Meet
- Headline: The nurses strike: What’s at stake with the Oct. 1 deadline
- Headline: 75 rally over nursing staff levels at UIHC
- Headline: Respected by nurses, Allina CEO Wheeler is tested by nursing strike
- Headline: Allina Health, Minnesota Nurses' Union to Return to Bargaining Table
- Headline: 3 weeks into strike, nurses union and Allina resume contract talks
- Headline: Nurses union, Allina meeting again
- Headline: More Talks Planned In Effort To End Minnesota Nurses Strike
- Headline: Nurses, Allina to resume talks after breaking for the night
- Headline: More talks planned in effort to end Minnesota nurses strike
- Headline: Nurses union, Allina meeting again
- Headline: Allina nurses stage protest outside General Mills shareholder meeting
- Headline: Allina hospital nurses' strike approaches record as 2nd day of talks ends
- Headline: Nearly 5,000 Nurses Still On Strike In Minnesota
- Headline: More talks planned in effort to end Minnesota nurses strike
- Headline: Are Allina and nurses union close to agreement? They’re not saying
- Headline: Allina, striking nurses continue talks
- Headline: Nurses strike deal with San Joaquin County
- Headline: Hospital, nurses' union settle contract dispute
- Headline: Registered nurses, San Joaquin General reach contract agreement
- Headline: SLU Hospital nurses approve 3-year contract
- Headline: SLU Hospital nurses approve new contract
- Headline: California Nurses Association holds town hall to address Berkeley hospital closure
- Headline: Nurses hold town hall to oppose closure of Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley
- Headline: Nurses, hospital reach tentative contract deal
- Headline: Nurses, staff unions claim victory with new contracts at Whittier, San Gabriel hospitals
- Headline: Five GVMC nurses offer contradictory testimony
- Headline: Hearing on alleged labor violations at hospital wraps up
- Headline: Nurses Endorse Gun Safety, Death Penalty Repeal Measures
- Headline: Patients to be Protected From Observation Status, under Bill Signed by Gov. Brown
- Headline: Markowitz: Prop. 61 on drug prices will save lives
- Headline: After backing Gavin Newsom, California nurses group gets behind pot legalization