FRIDAY—Nurses’ #BernieBus Heads to Southern CA
National Nurses United members, who have spent the last eight months traveling from coast to coast campaigning for Sen. Bernie Sanders on a bright red #BernieBus—will begin a week-long campaign swing southern California with stops at two San Fernando Valley college campuses on Friday.
National Nurses United
May 13, 2016
Informational Picket Today May 12
Registered Nurses and Community Members Will Protest Eroding Patient Care Conditions at Washington Hospital
National Nurses United
May 12, 2016
Nurses: New OSHA Rule Long Overdue, Strong Enforcement Needed
National Nurses United welcomes the latest occupational health and safety rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses while also calling on the Agency to create stronger enforcement policies using the new data that this rule makes available.
National Nurses United
May 11, 2016
Grupo La Meta y Enfermeras Colaboran en Concierto por Bernie Sanders
Modesto, Calif. Grupo La Meta, quienes recientemente ha recibido atención nacional por su canción "El Quemazón†—un corrido para el candidato presidencial Bernie Sanders— se presentarán en conjunto con California Nurses Asociación/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) para un concierto especial en apoyo a la campaña de Bernie este Miércoles.11 de Mayo en Sacramento.
National Nurses United
May 10, 2016
Sanders Honors RNs on Nurses Week – Endorses California Initiative to Curb Drug Price Gouging
The nation’s largest RN organization today welcomed a statement by Sen. Bernie Sanders honoring America’s nurses on Nurses Week for “all you do every day of the year to care for and save the lives of patients†and for “speaking out for health and safety beyond the bedside†notably in campaigning for “guaranteed healthcare through an improved Medicare for all single payer healthcare system.â€
National Nurses United
May 10, 2016
Registered Nurses Honor National Nurses Week with Lobby Day for Improved Patient Protections
Hundreds of registered nurses from across California will gather in Sacramento Wednesday, May 11, in honor of National Nurses’ Week to encourage state legislators to step up efforts to improve protections for hospital patients, and to express their support for Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders.
California Nurses Association, National Nurses United
May 10, 2016
Sanders Can Fix What Ails Health Care System
We know our health care system is broken and that Sanders is the one who can fix it. That’s why I and other members of National Nurses United, who are gathering Wednesday in Sacramento, support Sanders, who held a rally in Sacramento on Monday.
Cathy Kennedy, RN writing in The Sacramento Bee
#BernieBus Visits Stockton, SFSU Tuesday
National Nurses United members, who spent months traveling from coast to coast campaigning for Sen. Bernie Sanders on a bright red #BernieBus—will be heading to an early morning Bernie Sanders rally in Stockton and then to San Francisco State University on Tuesday, May 10.
National Nurses United
May 10, 2016
Maine RNs Hold Vigil for Safe Staffing Wednesday
This Wednesday, members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United will hold a vigil in support of safe staffing at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - MSNA
May 9, 2016
Antelope Valley Nurses Vote by 96% to Authorize Strike
Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Hospital turned out in record numbers last week to vote overwhelmingly by 96 percent to authorize a strike, if necessary, to protest the hospital’s continued refusal to address issues such as unsafe staffing and high nurse attrition and turnover.
California Nurses Association
May 9, 2016