Millinocket Regional Hospital Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize One-Day Strike
Registered nurses at Millinocket Regional Hospital (MRH) have voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize their nurse bargaining team to call a one-day strike, should hospital management continue refusing to address nurses’ ongoing patient safety concerns—including a variety of safe staffing issues—and attempting to silence nurses.
Maine State Nurses' Association
Aug 9, 2017
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Liberals Strike Back... Against Single Payer
In the name of political reality, some liberal pundits, politicians and policy wonks are scolding progressives to give up on Medicare for All. There are many ways to achieve "universal coverage," we're told.
Michael Lighty, Writing for Common Dreams
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
The barrier to single payer isn't cost, it's politics
With Covered California announcing this week that health insurance premiums will jump an average of 12.5 percent next year, and possibly far more depending on actions in Washington, it's worth repeating that a real cure for Californians, Senate Bill 562, is still achievable this year.
Deborah Burger, Special to The Bee
Nurses Beware Of Harmful Exposures To Chemicals, Hazardous Drugs And More (Part 2)
Nurse Talk Radio talks with USF Professor of Public Health, Barbara Sattler and Occupational Health Nurse Consultant Mary E. Miller.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
18,000 Kaiser Nurses Begin Bargaining by Joining Forces With Patients Across California
From the first cry of a newborn child, to the last breath of a dying patient, there’s a constant foundation on which Kaiser patients can always rely: Kaiser nurses. Nurses are the hand-holding, life-saving thread woven throughout their patients' entire healthcare experience.
California Nurses Association
Nurses, teachers urge voters to 'repeal, replace' GOP congressman over Obamacare
Organizers held a "mock duel" outside the office, a reference a controversy last week during which Farenthold, on the 1440 Keys radio show, singled out "some female senators from the Northeast" as part of the reason the Senate had not done away with and replaced the Affordable Care Act.
Chris Ramirez, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Nurses Challenge Rep. Blake Farenthold to Duel of Healthcare Facts Sunday, July 30
The registered nurses of Corpus Christi are challenging Texas 27th congressional district Rep. Blake Farenthold to step outside (of his office) and take part in a duel of healthcare facts this Sunday at 3 p.m., National Nurses United/National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNU/NNOC) announced today.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United - Texas
Jul 28, 2017
Nurses Beware Of Harmful Exposures To Chemicals, Hazardous Drugs And More (Part 1)
Health care workers face a wide range of hazards on the job, including sharps injuries, harmful exposures to chemicals and hazardous drugs, back injuries, latex allergy, violence, and stress. What's being done about it?
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio