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Benefit Concert of Funk, Folk, Jazz and Spirituals for Nurse Unjustly Fired from Johns Hopkins Hospital

A benefit concert featuring an eclectic mix of music by Baltimore musicians will be held at Union Baptist Church on March 25, 2019 at 7 p.m. to support nurses’ organizing efforts for better patient care at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

National Nurses United
March 14, 2019

Protect Veterans’ Health Care

Nurses and Veterans to Rally in Washington, D.C. to Protect Veterans’ Health Care at the VA

RNs and veterans with Vietnam Veterans of America are holding a rally to demand that Congress and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie work expediently to provide the VA the funding and staff necessary to ensure the highest quality of care for our nation’s veterans and to restore full labor protections to nurses, said National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU).

National Nurses United
March 13, 2019

• Veterans Affairs

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Outraged by Illegal Threats, O’Connor and St. Louise Nurses Charge County for further Violations of Rights

California Nurses Association (CNA) filed new charges with the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) on March 8, alleging Santa Clara County violated state law when it threatened to retaliate against registered nurses at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy for exercising their fundamental labor rights.

California Nurses Association
March 10, 2019

North Dakota nurses’ vote is victory

North Dakota nurses’ vote is victory for unions everywhere

(Bismarck, ND) – March 8, 2019 - Nurses at CHI St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND, sent a clear message with their overwhelming vote to affiliate with the Minnesota Nurses Association: Working families want to belong to unions.

National Nurses United/MNA
March 8, 2019

Somali American candidate for Minnesota State Representative, Ilhan Omar. Photo Credit: Lorie Shaull (CC)

National Nurses Statement on Rep. Ilhan Omar, Bigotry, and the Bid to Silence Progressive Women of Color

National Nurses United opposes the attacks on Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and the broader campaign to marginalize and silence progressive voices of elected women of color.
 

National Nurses United
March 8, 2019

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RN Volunteers Provide the Critical Gift of Medical Aid to Migrant Detainees

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation (CNF) and National Nurses United (NNU), is sending its fifth team of volunteer nurses to Tucson, Ariz., March 8 through March 10

RN Response Network
March 8, 2019

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Nurses Answer the Call: RNRN/NNU Sends More Volunteers to Care for Migrants and Asylum Seekers at the Border

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, will send a new team of volunteer nurses to Tucson, Ariz., Ma

RN Response Network
March 1, 2019

• RNRN

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RNs Commend House Hearing on Preventing Workplace Violence in Health Care, Social Service Settings

Hearing important step forward for federal workplace violence prevention bill, say nurses

National Nurses United
February 27, 2019

Campaign In Support of  Rep. Jayapal’s New Medicare for All Bill

National Nurses United Hosts Press Conference Call to Unveil Campaign In Support of Rep. Jayapal’s New Medicare for All Bill

The call will feature Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of National Nurses United, Holly Miller, National Director of Community and Public Advocacy, National Nurses United, along with Diane Archer, Founder and President of JustCare USA and former President of the Medicare Rights Center. The call will unveil the advocacy campaign being waged to support Medicare for All legislation and the coordinated effort to ensure that Medicare for All becomes law.

National Nurses United
February 27, 2019

Nurses rally with Medicare for All banner

Largest U.S. Nurses’ Union Champions New Medicare for All House Bill

National Nurses United (NNU) announced its strong support for the new Medicare for All Act of 2019, introduced today by Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).

National Nurses United
February 26, 2019