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NNU Nurses: Rittenhouse verdict a threat to free speech, right to protest, and an acceptance of vigilantism

NNU today expressed alarm at the message emerging from the acquittal of right-wing vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse for killing two people and wounding another during a Black Lives Matter protest last year.

National Nurses United
November 19, 2021

Group of healthcare workers outisde hopsital hold signs "Safe Staffing Now"

Palomar RNs and caregivers hold informational picket to demand prioritizing patient safety

RNs and caregivers will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Nov. 16 to call on Palomar to support a series of proposals aimed at improving staffing levels and strengthening safe patient care conditions.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
November 15, 2021

• CNA, • CHEU

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Kaiser nurses to hold 24-hour sympathy strike Nov. 19 in solidarity with Kaiser engineers

Kaiser nurses will hold a 24-hour sympathy strike in solidarity with IUOE Stationary Engineers, Local 39 from 7 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 19 to 7 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20.

California Nurses Association
November 11, 2021

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

Nurses urge rapid implementation of recommendations by President Biden’s Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force

RNs call on Biden administration and Congress to take action to end the pandemic, address structural racism, and prevent future pandemics.

National Nurses United
November 10, 2021

• NNU

Nurses outside St. Mary Apple Valley hospital holding signs calling for nurse and patient safety

St. Mary Apple Valley nurses protest new hospital policy that jeopardizes safety of patients, coworkers, and community by pressuring nurses to work sick

Nurses will hold a picket to protest a new punitive attendance policy that will jeopardize the safety of their patients, coworkers, and community.

California Nurses Association
November 9, 2021

• CNA

Tell Kaiser >> Don't leave patients home all alone!

Kaiser nurses condemn new “Home All Alone” patient-dumping scheme designed to maximize profits by sacrificing safe patient care

Kaiser registered nurses will hold informational pickets on Wednesday, Nov. 10 to warn the public against Kaiser’s unsafe, new “Home All Alone” patient-dumping scheme that sends patients in need of hospitalization back home.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 8, 2021

• CNA

Large group of Palomar nurses inside the hospital

Palomar Health nurses and caregivers hold virtual town hall urging focus on patients over profits

Registered nurses and caregivers will hold a virtual town hall on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. to discuss how Northern San Diego County can save Palomar Health.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
November 8, 2021

• CNA, • CHEU

Older woman sits on side of bed with head down

National Nurses United condemns industry plans to maximize profit by sending patients home all alone, replacing 24/7 hands-on nursing care with technology

Kaiser’s program example of massive industry drive to eliminate hospitals and nurses, endangering patients by depriving them of real nursing care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 4, 2021

• CNA, • NNU

Masked nurse outside holds signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

Nurses urge that OSHA adopts permanent Covid-19 and infectious disease protections for health care workers

NNU today urged the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to adopt a permanent OSHA standard on Covid-19 in health care workplaces, building on the emergency temporary standard adopted last June.

National Nurses United
November 3, 2021

• NNU

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Nurses in San Gabriel Valley and Whittier to hold informational picket to protest working conditions and remember those lost to Covid on Dia de los Muertos

Registered nurses and health care worker will hold an informational picket on Monday, Nov. 1, to protest unsafe working conditions and to remember those lost to Covid.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
October 29, 2021

• CNA, • CHEU