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JHH nurses with lawmakers

Maryland Lawmakers Demand Johns Hopkins Hospital Respect Nurses' Rights, End Interference in Union Organizing Drive

Forty-seven members of the Maryland General Assembly today sent a letter to Johns Hopkins Hospital urging management to respect the rights of registered nurses to form a union, to stop interfering in their organizing drive, and stop using anti-union consultants to deny nurses their rights.

National Nurses United
April 2, 2019

RNRN Volunteers

RNRN Volunteers Deploy to the Border Nurse Volunteers Provide Critical Medical Aid to Migrants and Asylum Seekers

Nurse volunteers from the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN)— a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation (CNF) and National Nurses United (NNU)—are answering the call again this weekend, providing medical care for migrants and asylum seekers. RNRN/NNU has been sending teams of volunteer nurses to the Tucson area since February.

National Nurses United
March 29, 2019

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Nurses with Safe Staffing paddles

Illinois RNs Applaud Lawmakers as They Move Gold-Standard Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Legislation to Full Assembly

Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) applaud Illinois lawmakers for voting overwhelmingly to move the Safe Patient Limits Act (H.B. 2604) to the full assembly.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
March 27, 2019

Nurse practioner Ada Bajada, RNRN volunteer

RNRN Volunteers to Provide Much-Needed Medical Aid in Northern Guatemala

Nurse volunteers from the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN)—a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation (CNF) and National Nurses United (NNU)—are heading to Guatemala this

RN Response Network
March 27, 2019

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Zenei Cortez, RN

Statement from National Nurses United President Zenei Cortez, RN: New Bill Introduced by Speaker Pelosi Fails to Address Underlying Needs for Providing Comprehensive Health Care

Washington--In response to Speaker Pelosi’s supposed new “sweeping” health care legislation unveiled today, National Nurses United President Zenei Cortez, RN issued the following strongly-worded st

National Nurses United
March 26, 2019

Workplace Violence Risk

Historic Hearing on First Nevada Bill to Address Epidemic of Workplace Violence Faced By Nurses and Other Health Care Workers

Nevada’s health care unions, National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) and Service Employees International (SEIU) Local 1107,

National Nurses Organizing Committee and SEIU Local 1107
March 25, 2019

Nurse volunteering with RNRN

RN Volunteers Return to Tucson to Provide Critical Medical Aid to Migrants and Asylum Seekers

Nurse volunteers from the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN)—a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation (CNF) and National Nurses United (NNU)—are back on the ground this w

RN Response Network
March 22, 2019

• RNRN

Support the Medicare for All Act

Nurses Applaud San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Unanimous Vote to Support the Medicare for All Act – H.R. 1384

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday night to support a resolution introduced by Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer endorsing the Medicare for All Act, H.R. 1384. Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced the bill in the House of Representatives last month. The legislation, which already has 107 co-sponsors, would guarantee comprehensive healthcare to all residents, slash patient and family costs for care, and ensure real patient choice.

National Nurses United
March 20, 2019

Nurses Volunteer to Provide Urgently Needed Medical Care

Nurses Volunteer to Provide Urgently Needed Medical Care to Migrants Released from ICE Detention

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, is sending its sixth team of volunteer nurses to Tucson, Ariz., March 15 through March 17 to provide basic medical support to migrants and asylum seekers recently released from federal detention. 

National Nurses United
March 15, 2019

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Global Nurses Statement on New Zealand Massacre, ‘World’s Nations Must Unite Against Xenophobia’

Nurse leaders around the world joined together in expressing shock and horror at the deadly slaughter in Christchurch, New Zealand and said it is a reminder of the deadly consequences of hate speec

Global Nurses United
March 15, 2019

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