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We Are The 99%

Nurses Urge Senate to Reject Proposed Budget Resolution ‘Will Endanger the Healthcare of Millions of Americans’

National Nurses United today called on members of the Senate to vote against the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Resolution warning it will “endanger the healthcare of millions of Americans in order to ens

National Nurses United
October 19, 2017

RN Lucia Lopez after treating a child

‘The People of Puerto Rico are Dying’ Say 50 Nurses Returning from Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico

A large delegation of 50 volunteer registered nurses from across the U.S. returns this week from Puerto Rico after a two-week disaster relief effort in the wake of Hurricane Maria, describing an ineffective federal response that has led to deadly conditions including extreme lack of food.

RN Response Network
October 18, 2017

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MSNA nurses holding signs for safe staffing

Nurses Call on Maine Legislature to Protect Healthcare for Rural Maine Patients

Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United (MSNA/NNU) will hold a press conference Thursday, October 19, to speak out in strong support of a bill to protect healthcare for

Maine State Nurses Association/NNOC
October 18, 2017

Volunteers at the SB 562 action in assembly district 28

From Mt. Shasta to the High Desert, Over Ten Thousand Californians Mobilized Over the Weekend for Single Payer Bill SB 562

The California Nurses Association, Healthy California campaign, Our Revolution and #KnockEveryDoor held more than one hundred grassroots outreach actions in all 80 state Assembly districts over the weekend.

California Nurses Association
October 16, 2017

Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto with other RN activists and former Assembly member Sandre Swanson

Nurses Set Committee to Support Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, RN for East Bay Assembly Race

The California Nurses Association (CNA) today filed with the Secretary of State an independent-expenditure committee in support of Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, RN, a Democratic candidate for the open A

California Nurses Association
October 16, 2017

Anaheim Medical Center RNs triumphant pose

Overwhelming Margin for Union Voice at West Anaheim Medical Center as RNs Vote to Join CNA

Voicing concerns about safe staffing, retirement security and other patient and economic protections, registered nurses at West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, CA have voted to join the Californ

California Nurses Association
October 13, 2017

NNOC RNs with Vincent Fort

Registered Nurses Endorse Vincent Fort for Mayor of Atlanta

The National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United today endorsed Vincent Fort to be the next Mayor of Atlanta.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 12, 2017

Escobar headshot

National Nurses United Endorses Veronica Escobar for Texas' 16th Congressional District

WASHINGTON, DC-- National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, today endorsed Veronica Escobar for election to Congress to represent Texas' 16th Congressional District.

October 12, 2017

UC RN Protest

Nurses to Protest at 7 UC Hospitals October 12, Saying "Patients Over Profits!"

Registered nurses will hold protest rallies at seven University of California (UC) hospitals across California on Thursday, October 12, to call attention to what they say is a prioritizing of hospital profits over patient care issues.

California Nurses Association
October 11, 2017

Hi-Desert RNs victory

In Nearly Unanimous Vote Hi-Desert Medical Center RN’s Choose CNA (95% Victory)

RNs Seek to Strengthen Patient Care at Joshua Tree Hospital

Registered Nurses at Hi-Desert Medical Center (HDMC) in Joshua Tree, CA voted nearly unanimously Tues

California Nurses Association
October 11, 2017