Nurses Call on Maine Legislature to Protect Healthcare for Rural Maine Patients
Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United (MSNA/NNU) will hold a press conference Thursday, October 19, to speak out in strong support of a bill to protect healthcare for patients in rural Maine. They call on legislators to take up this critical bill, “An Act to Protect Rural Maine Healthcare,” in the Maine legislature’s upcoming emergency session.
From Mt. Shasta to the High Desert, Over Ten Thousand Californians Mobilized Over the Weekend for Single Payer Bill SB 562
Nurses Set Committee to Support Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, RN for East Bay Assembly Race
The California Nurses Association (CNA) today filed with the Secretary of State an independent-expenditure committee in support of Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, RN, a Democratic candidate for the open Assembly District 15 in the north East Bay.
'The People of Puerto Rico Are Dying': Action Is Needed Now
She flew to Puerto Rico to aid relief efforts. Then she found out her home was in the path of a wildfire
Cyndi Evans was moved by images she saw on TV of people suffering in Puerto Rico and the mayor of San Juan asking for help.
An intensive care unit nurse at the Kaiser Permanente San Rafael hospital, Evans flew to the island Oct. 6 with a group of doctors and nurses. There, she was greeted by devastation. People who’d gone days without water. Downed power lines. Black mold spreading. Infections caused by a lack of sewage system.
A friend offered her their internet connection one day, and 64 text messages popped up on her phone.
West Anaheim Medical nurses vote to unionize
Nurses at West Anaheim Medical Center voted to join the California Nurses Association by 147-33 in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations board Thursday, Oct. 12.
The lopsided approval testified to widespread discontent over pay and benefits that have led to an exodus of experienced nurses from the Anaheim facility to other hospitals, and a surge in temporary help, according to nurses who favored the union.
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Nurses Demand Congress Act to Avert Further Public Health Calamity in Puerto Rico
In a letter to all members of Congress today, National Nurses United, whose disaster relief organization has placed 50 volunteer RNs on the ground in Puerto Rico, is pressing Congress to “take immediate action to prevent a further public health calamity in Puerto Rico”.