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Gun Violence

NNU Statement on Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting: ‘Gun Violence is a Significant Public Health Issue’

National Nurses United today joined with millions of others in calling for meaningful action in response to yesterday’sshooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, as well as similar shootings across the United States this year alone.

National Nurses United
July 29, 2019

Workplace Violence Puts Everyone At Risk

St. Joseph Eureka Nurses Demand Hospital Approve Workplace Violence Protections, After Multiple RNs Attacked

On the heels of multiple recent attacks against registered nurses at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, RNs will gather in front of the hospital Monday, July 29 to demand management approve a nurse-driven workplace violence prevention proposal, the California Nurses Association announced today.

California Nurses Association
July 26, 2019

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic 

Global Nurses United Leaders Unanimously Support Resolution on Justice For Immigrants

Leaders of an international federation of nurse and health care worker unions from 27 countries, Global Nurses United (GNU), voted unanimously to pass a resolution supporting climate and immigrant justice –– and condemning U.S. immigration policy that violates the human rights of migrants seeking asylum.

Global Nurses United'
July 26, 2019

• GNU

Watsonville Community Hospital

Registered Nurses Applaud Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust’s Decision to Buy Watsonville Community Hospital

Registered nurses, doctors, community activists, and residents applaud Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust’s decision to exercise its right of first refusal to buy Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) from Quorum, announced the California Nurses Association today.

California Nurses Association
July 19, 2019

Johns Hopkins Hospital

AFL-CIO, RN Leaders to Headline Huge Johns Hopkins Rally to Demand JHH End Practice of Suing Patients with Medical Debt

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, and National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo are headlining a major rally outside Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to press hospital officials to end their deplorable practice of suing low-income community patients and their families for medical debt.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
July 18, 2019

Nurses to Picket at University of Chicago Medical Center

Nurses to Picket at University of Chicago Medical Center over Concerns about Patient Care and Safety

Registered nurses will hold an informational picket and rally Monday, July 22, 2019 at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) to inform the public of their concerns about patient care at the hospital, announced National Nurses United Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today.

National Nurses United / NNOC
July 18, 2019

• NNU

MSNA nurses holding signs for safe staffing

Nurses to Hold Rally for a Fair Contract at Down East Community Hospital

Registered nurses and hospital technicians at Down East Community Hospital (DECH) in Machias, Maine will hold a rally for a fair contract on July 18, to protest hospital mismanagement that makes it difficult...

Maine State Nurses Association / NNU
July 16, 2019

• NNU

I'm a Patient Advocate

Urgent Community Town Hall to Address Concerns about Patient Care with Impending Sale of Watsonville Community Hospital

Registered nurses, doctors, community activists, and residents are holding a town hall Sunday, July 14 to share concerns about patient care and strategize on action as Watsonville Community Hospital is up for sale, announced the California Nurses Association today.

California Nurses Association
July 12, 2019

100% Patient Advocate

RNs Applaud Signing of Hospital Inspection Bill that Protects Patients, Nurses

The California Nurses Association today applaud the decision by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign an important hospital inspection bill to protect the ability of registered nurses and other health care employees to speak privately with a state hospital inspector during ...

California Nurses Association
July 11, 2019

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Huge Rally at Johns Hopkins Set July 20 to Protest JHH’s Aggressive Practice of Suing Patients with Medical Debt

Nurses will be joined by labor and community activists for a major rally outside Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Saturday, July 20 to press hospital officials to end their deplorable practice ...

National Nurses United
July 8, 2019