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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

• RNRN, • NNU

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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

• GNU

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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

Nurses with placards

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