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Senator Joe Machin

Nurses support Schumer call for vote on Biden’s Build Back Better bill; urge Sen. Manchin to rescind opposition and vote ‘Yes’

NNU today endorsed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s announcement that he will hold a vote early next year on President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation to help families across America.

National Nurses United
December 20, 2021

• NNU

Nurses in front of Alhambra Hospital Medical Center sign hold signs calling for safe staffing and patient safety

Alhambra Hospital Medical Center nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety and safe staffing

Registered nurses at Alhambra Hospital Medical Center will hold a socially distanced informational picket to protest years of understaffing and ongoing patient safety concerns.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 20, 2021

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses outside The White House holding signs calling for nurse, patient, and public safety

Unions, public health, and occupational safety organizations call for permanent OSHA Covid-19 standards for health care and other workers

More than 40 unions and organizations representing more than 14 million people signed a petition urging immediate action.

National Nurses United
December 16, 2021

• NNU

Nurses stand and speak in front of news crew

National Labor Relations Board rules to open final six ballots in Longmont nurse union election

Regional Office 27 (Denver) of the NLRB rejected Longmont United Hospital’s appeal to challenge the validity of a union election ballot.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 10, 2021

• NNU, • NNOC

National Nurses United

NNU nurses urge federal government to address unsafe hospital staffing crisis

New report on RN staffing explains decades of bad hospital practices and recommends multiple legislative and regulatory solutions.

National Nurses United
December 9, 2021

Nurses outside The White House hold signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

Citing new Omicron variant, nurses say permanent OSHA Covid-19 standard for health care workers badly needed

Widespread transmission will continue to result in evolution and spread of new variants of concern, such as Omicron, making a permanent standard even more important

National Nurses United
December 2, 2021

• NNU

Four masked nurses inside hospital stand close together

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses to hold press conference to demand hospital remain open

Nurses who work at Watsonville Community Hospital will hold a press conference on Friday, Dec. 3, to demand that the hospital remain open.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 1, 2021

Exterior of Longmont United Hospital

Longmont United Hospital RNs to hold speak-out on unsafe conditions

Registered nurses at Longmont United Hospital are hosting a speak-out event on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. to address unsafe conditions at the hospital.

National Nurses United
November 30, 2021

• NNU, • NNOC

Nurse holds signs "RNs Global Solidarity"

Nurses from 28 countries file UN complaint alleging human rights violations by EU and four countries for ‘the loss of countless lives’ in the pandemic

A coalition of nurses unions representing over 2.5 million health care workers from 28 countries around the world have filed a complaint with the United Nations alleging human rights violations by the European Union, the United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, and Singapore during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Global Nurses United
November 29, 2021

• GNU

Nurses hold signs "Black Lives Matter" and "Racism is a public health crisis"

Nurses welcome convictions for murder of Ahmaud Arbery, say trial a reminder of needed reforms in nation’s legal system

NNU welcomed the conviction of the three white assailants on most of the counts for the murder of the unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia today.

National Nurses United
November 24, 2021

• NNU