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Save Community Hospital Long Beach

Press Conference Friday – Nurses, Community Leaders Speak Out, Call to Save Community Hospital Long Beach

Registered nurses and Long Beach area community leaders will hold a press conference Friday to demand MemorialCare Health System stop artificial moves, including the design to fast forward an immediate emergency room diversion, to hasten it’s unwarranted decision to close Community Hospital Long Beach.

California Nurses Association
March 14, 2018

Nurses Say: Stop the Violence

Nurses Commend Student Activists on National Walkout Day to Urge Action on Gun Violence

National Nurses United today commended students across the U.S. who are participating in public protests as part of a National Walkout Day to demand real action on addressing the growing plague of gun violence across the U.S.

National Nurses United
March 14, 2018

Healthcare is a Human Right, SB 562

Nurses: Assembly Select Committee Findings Abandon 21 Percent of Californians Struggling with Health Costs

The California Nurses Association today criticized a report issued by the Assembly Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage as abandoning the day-to-day struggles of millions of Californians faced with un-payable medical costs.

California Nurses Association
March 13, 2018

UC - Listen to Nurses

University of California Registered Nurses To Rally at UC Regents Meeting for Improved Care, Workplace Safety

Registered nurses from UC will speak out at the UC Regents meeting and hold a rally on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at UCLA to press the case for improving staffing and workplace safety measures, and to oppose severe employer cuts.

California Nurses Association
March 12, 2018

Patients Are My Special Interest

Nurses Condemn Community Medical Center Long Beach for Hasty Move to Divert ER, Forcing Delay in Care for Patients

Registered nurses are condemning the hasty decision by the MemorialCare Health System chain to begin an immediate emergency room diversion this week at Community Medical Center Long Beach well in advance of its plan to close the hospital.

California Nurses Association
March 8, 2018

Prevent Workplace Violence

Nurses Applaud Introduction of H.R. 5223 - Federal Legislation to Prevent Workplace Violence in Health Care Facilities

National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, announced its support for the Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act, introduced today by Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17).

National Nurses United
March 8, 2018

NNU logo

Nurses Applaud Keith Ellison as New Sponsor of Medicare for All Bill, Welcome New Chapter in Movement for Guaranteed Health Care for All

National Nurses United today commended Congressman Keith Ellison after he took over the lead sponsorship of HR 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. Ellison asked for unanimous consent to become the lead sponsor on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon.

National Nurses United
March 7, 2018

Patient Need, Not CHS Greed

National Labor Relations Board Moves Forward with Charges Against Barstow Community Hospital

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has again found merit with charges brought by registered nurses against Barstow Community Hospital and its corporate parent Quorum, for policies that have harmed the hospital’s ability to staff the hospital safely.

California Nurses Association
March 7, 2018

RoseAnn DeMoro and Bonnie Castillo, RN

Transformative NNU Leader RoseAnn DeMoro Retiring, Piloted Nurses Union to Historic Growth and Influence

Bonnie Castillo, RN, who has led in every phase of the organization’s work after a career as a nurse activist, succeeds DeMoro as executive director of both NNU and the CNA and its affiliate National Nurses Organizing Committee in what the two, who have worked together for years, emphasizes will be a seamless transition.

National Nurses United
March 6, 2018

Medicare For All

Nurses Testify in Support of Maryland Single-Payer Bill

The Co-President of National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, testified today in the Maryland House of Delegates Health and Government Operations Committee in support of the Healthy Maryland Act HB1002/SB1516), a bill that would institute Medicare-for-all, single-payer health care legislation in the state.

National Nurses United
March 5, 2018