Press releases

Scott, Murray, Committee Members to Unveil New GAO Report on Workplace Violence in Healthcare*

WASHINGTON – ON THURSDAY, April 14, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) will be joined by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Representatives Frederica Wilson (FL-24), and Joe Courtney (CT-02) in hosting a press conference along with several health care workers who have faced workplace violence.

Committee on Education & The Workforce Democrats

April 12, 2016

#BernieBus Nurses to Visit Rochester, NY Students, Voters Friday

Registered nurses aboard National Nurses United (NNU)’s #BernieBus will head to Rochester, NY on Saturday to meet with students at Monroe Community College—and with voters at various sites around the city. The Rochester stop is the latest in a cross-country #BernieBus tour, where nurses speak with local residents about the issues that impact their lives.

National Nurses United

April 11, 2016

Nurses’ YUGE, Red #BernieBus to Visit Binghamton, NY Monday

Registered nurses aboard National Nurses United (NNU)’s #BernieBus will continue a swing through upstate New York on Monday, heading to Binghamton to meet with local residents about the issues impacting their lives.

National Nurses United

April 11, 2016

#BernieBus Nurses to Visit Buffalo Students, RNs, Voters Friday

Registered nurses aboard National Nurses United (NNU)’s #BernieBus will head to Buffalo, NY on Friday to meet with University at Buffalo students, with registered nurses at Erie County Medical Center, and with local residents at City Hall—to talk about the issues championed by Bernie Sanders, and to hear about the particular struggles Buffalo voters are facing.

National Nurses United

April 7, 2016

Nurses’ #BernieBus Heads to Erie, PA to Meet With Students, UE Workers

Registered nurses aboard National Nurses United (NNU)’s #BernieBus will head to Erie, Pa. on Thursday to meet with local students—and with workers from United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE), which, like NNU, has also endorsed Bernie Sanders for president.

National Nurses United

April 7, 2016

Fresh Off Bernie Sanders’ Wisconsin Win, #BernieBus Nurses Head to Gary and Fort Wayne Indiana

After connecting with voters throughout Wisconsin this past week—nurses aboard National Nurses United’s #BernieBus will head to Indiana Wednesday, to talk to Hoosiers about the issues impacting their lives.

National Nurses United

April 6, 2016

Nurses Canvass Madison for Bernie on Tuesday in final GOTV Push

Nurses aboard National Nurses United’s #BernieBus will be canvassing Madison-area neighborhoods on Tuesday, in a final get out the vote push for Bernie Sanders, as well as giving residents rides to the polls in the #BernieBus.

National Nurses United

April 5, 2016

Workplace Violence Bill Gets Favorable Vote from Public Safety Committee

The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security has voted favorably on An Act Requiring Health Care Employers to Develop and Implement Programs to Prevent Workplace Violence, advancing the legislation and boosting efforts to combat rampant violence against nurses and other health care workers throughout Massachusetts.

David Schildmeier and Joe Markman, Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 5, 2016

Nurses’ ‘YUGE,’ Red #BernieBus In Madison, Janesville Sunday

Nurses aboard National Nurses United’s #BernieBus have been connecting with voters throughout Wisconsin this week, listening to the issues that impact residents’ lives, and will be heading to Madison and Janesville on Sunday for a get out the vote push for Bernie Sanders, ahead of Tuesday’s primary.

National Nurses United

April 4, 2016

Nurses’ #BernieBus Meets With Students in Kenosha, WI Monday

Nurses aboard National Nurses United’s #BernieBus have been connecting with voters throughout Wisconsin this week and will be heading to the University of Wisconsin and Carthage College on in Kenosha on Monday, to talk to students about Bernie Sanders’ support for education for all Americans.

National Nurses United

April 4, 2016