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Registered Nurses at Kindred Westminster Ratify First CNA Contract

Registered nurses at Kindred Hospital Westminster (KHW) in Westminster, Ca. are celebrating the ratification of their first-ever collective bargaining agreement—overwhelmingly approved this week—the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced today.

California Nurses Association
February 4, 2016

Growing Threat of Violence in Health Care Not Taken Seriously By Employers

Ongoing violence against nurses at hospitals like Brigham and Women’s and Worcester Recovery Center reinforces alarming results of new Massachusetts Nurses Association workplace violence survey

David Schildmeier and Joe Markman, Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 4, 2016

NLRB Rules in Favor of Illegally Terminated Huntington Memorial Nurses

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced on Friday, January 29, that they found merit to all the allegations that registered nurses, Allysha Almada and Vicki Lin, were illegally fired from Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. Nurses will hold a press conference on Thursday to celebrate the NLRB decision and discuss next steps in their efforts to improve the quality of patient care and form a union at the hospital.

California Nurses Association
February 4, 2016

Nurses: It’s On to New Hampshire, Nevada, and Beyond

National Nurses United, a significant presence across Iowa in the lead up to the Iowa caucuses, and who have been campaigning for Sen. Bernie Sanders across the U.S. for months, Monday night celebrated Sanders’ dramatic finish in Iowa, and said the nurses are stepping up efforts in New Hampshire, Nevada, and the campaign ahead.

National Nurses United
February 2, 2016

Countdown to Caucus - Nurses Talk to Iowa Voters RN- ‘We Need a Champion and a Movement’

It’s the final stretch in Iowa, and several dozen registered nurses from across the Midwest arrived in Iowa Saturday joining with Iowa RNs to fan out to knock on doors and phone bank to encourage Iowans to caucus Monday night for Bernie Sanders for President.

National Nurses United
January 31, 2016

#BernieBus and RNs share with fellow Iowa RNs what it means to “Vote nurses’ values”

With just four days until the Iowa caucus, registered nurses on National Nurses United’s #BernieBus will make their own visiting hours Thursday as they stop in at Methodist Health System’s Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to discuss with nurse colleagues why a vote for Bernie Sanders is a vote for all the values nurses hold closest to their hearts. Nurses will discuss with fellow nurses why they should caucus and vote for Bernie Sanders, how to do so, and sign up commitments to caucus on Monday.

National Nurses United
January 28, 2016

Nurses, Community Members Call on Marin General to Improve Patient Care

Registered nurses and Marin community members will hold a candlelight vigil at Marin General Hospital today to highlight growing concerns over unsafe staffing levels and reductions in the quality of patient care, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced.

California Nurses Association
January 27, 2016

Five days to go and counting -- #BernieBus and nurses to appear at Bernie Sanders town hall in Mason

With just a handful of days to go before Iowans head to their local precincts to caucus in the nation’s first presidential voting event, registered nurses aboard the National Nurses United’s #BernieBus on Wednesday evening will cheer on their endorsed candidate Bernie Sanders at a town hall event in Mason City, Iowa, featuring special guest, outspoken actor and progressive activist Susan Sarandon.

National Nurses United
January 27, 2016

Today Nurses #BernieBus Slated for Family Farm Visits, Labor Meet & Greet and LGBT Event

With less than a week to go before the first in the nation vote in Iowa, the National Nurses United’s #BernieBus continues its tour of Iowa today starting with a labor meet and greet with Sen. Bernie Sanders and members of various unions including USW, CWA, APWU and NNU/National Nurses United.

National Nurses United
January 26, 2016

One Week to Go - Nurses #BernieBus Plans Monday Visits with Students, Stop at Latest Candidate Forum

With just one week to go before the first in the nation vote in Iowa, the National Nurses United’s #BernieBus Monday will greet students in Ames, visit a Bernie Sanders campaign office in Newton, and stop by an Iowa State basketball game before wrapping up the day outside a forum

National Nurses United
January 25, 2016