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Nurses hold signs "Nurses essential for patient care"

California Nurses Association Celebrates New Funding for State’s Nurse Workforce

CNA today applauded the state Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom for signing into law A.B. 128, which includes a one-time $10 million infusion into the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Program.

California Nurses Association
July 28, 2021

Large group of Corpus Christi nurses hold raised fists in field

RNs in Brownsville, Corpus Christi Reach Tentative Pact With HCA on New Collective Bargaining Contract

Registered nurses at two Texas HCA hospitals in Brownsville and Corpus Christi have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 28, 2021

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Nurses holds signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

National Nurses United Applauds CDC for Recommending a Partial Return to Indoor Masking, Recommends More be Done

National Nurses United today applauded new CDC guidance stating that fully vaccinated people should resume wearing masks in public, indoor settings in areas of the country with substantial or high transmission.

National Nurses United
July 27, 2021

Registered nurses at Community First hospital

Registered nurses at Community First to hold one-day strike

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago will hold a one-day unfair labor practice strike on Monday, July 26.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 24, 2021

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Person holding sign: "Love it, improve it, Medicare for All!"

17 National Unions Demand Congress Expand and Improve Medicare Coverage

Joint union letter calls for lowering age eligibility, vision/dental coverage, out-of-pocket cap, and drug price negotiation.

National Nurses United
July 23, 2021

Patients First In the Hospital, in the Community

Nurses Across Country to Hold National Day of Action July 21 to Demand Patient, Nurse Protections

Registered nurse members of National Nurses United will hold a national day of action on Wednesday, July 21, to demand that employers address problems highlighted by the Covid-19.

National Nurses United
July 19, 2021

Applicaiton for DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Nurses condemn federal judge’s decision on DACA

National Nurses United (NNU) Friday condemned the ruling by a federal judge in Texas to declare unlawful the highly successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that has enabled young people who came to the United States undocumented as children to remain in this country.

National Nurses United
July 17, 2021

Community First Medical Center RNs

Registered nurses at Community First issue 10-day notice to strike

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago have issued a 10-day strike notice to hospital management announcing they will hold a one-day strike on July 26, 2021.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 14, 2021

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Piedmont-Newnan Hospital

Nurses Call on FTC to investigate sale of Georgia hospitals that could result in monopoly, adversely impact public health, consumer choice

National Nurses United (NNU) is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the recent announced acquisition by Piedmont Healthcare of 11 hospitals that could give it a monopoly power over health care delivery.

National Nurses United
July 14, 2021

Nurses holds signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

Nurses urge CDC to reinstate universal masking to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and protect RNs, essential workers, and the public

NNU strongly urges the CDC to reinstate universal masking, irrespective of vaccination status.

National Nurses United
July 13, 2021