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Nurses Protest at White House.

Nurses urge country to stay vigilant on Covid-19 in face of President’s ‘reckless’ behavior

National Nurses United today urged people across the country to remain vigilant on Covid-19 precautions while condemning President Trump for behaving in a way that puts those around him and the entire nation at risk, and for cancelling negotiations on a new Covid stimulus legislative package that would help working people and families.

National Nurses United
October 6, 2020

San Joaquin County nurses hold signs "Protect Nurses"

Nurses in San Joaquin County’s health system to hold five-day strike, starting Oct. 7

Registered nurses in San Joaquin County’s health system will hold a five-day strike, starting Oct. 7 at 7:00 a.m. to denounce the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about patient care, safe staffing, and personal protective equipment (PPE), and to protest San Joaquin County executives’ demands for extreme contract changes.

California Nurses Association
October 6, 2020

Nurses holds sign "Protect Nurses"

Nurses at San Leandro and Alameda Hospitals give notice for five-day strike

Registered nurses at Alameda Hospital in Alameda, Calif. and San Leandro Hospital in San Leandro, Calif. are scheduled to begin a five-day strike tomorrow Oct. 7, 2020 at 7:00 am. Both hospitals are managed by Alameda Health System (AHS). The nurses authorized the strike, citing concerns over patient safety during the Covid-19 pandemic, management’s bargaining in bad faith with nurses at the table for nearly two years, punitive management actions, which hinder recruitment and retention of experienced nurses, and persistent short staffing which jeopardizes safe patient care.

California Nurses Association
October 6, 2020

Nurse holds sign "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

Nurses urge all people in the United States to stay safe and vigilant

National Nurses United today called on all people in the United States to redouble efforts to practice the utmost safety precautions in the face of a still-deadly pandemic.

National Nurses United
October 2, 2020

Nurse holds sign "Save Lives, PPE Now"

Nurses applaud PPE bill signed by Gov. Newsom today

In a big win for nurses and other health care workers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation today to require hospitals to create and maintain a stockpile of N95 masks, gowns, and other personal protective equipment (PPE).

California Nurses Association
September 29, 2020

Nures hold memorial outside the Capitol

New report reveals widespread government failure to track and report data on Covid-19 deaths, testing, and infections

Today, National Nurses United (NNU) released a report, Sins of Omission: How Government Failures to Track Covid-19 Data Have Led to More Than 1,700 Health Care Worker Deaths and Jeopardize Public Health and a statement on Covid-19 data transparency. In both, NNU condemns the failure of federal and state governments to track and publicly report transparent, accurate, and timely data on the Covid-19 pandemic. The continued lack of detailed, consistent data endangers the health and lives of nurses, other health care workers, and their patients.

National Nurses United
September 28, 2020

Amy Coney Barret

Nurses criticize election eve Supreme Court nominee, voice alarm at threat to women’s health and safety

National Nurses United criticized the decision of President Trump to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court seat held by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and strongly urges the Senate to honor her dying wish that she not be replaced until after the 2020 presidential race is decided.

National Nurses United
September 26, 2020

Nurse holds sign "Breonna Taylor"

Nurses: Breonna Taylor decision a miscarriage of justice

National Nurses United today joins those across the nation seeking social justice in deploring the failure of a Kentucky grand jury to hold Louisville police officers accountable for the death of Breonna Taylor who was shot and killed in a mistaken late-night raid in March.

National Nurses United
September 24, 2020

NNU Executive Director Bonnie Castillo with nurses demanding appropriate protection against Covid-19

National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN named as TIME 100 most influential people in the world

Bonnie Castillo, RN, executive director of National Nurses United has been named by TIME to the 2020 TIME 100, its annual list of the most influential people in the world. “This award is a great honor for all of our nurse members, across the country, and for nurses everywhere, union and non-union,” said Castillo.

National Nurses United
September 22, 2020

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Nurses hold sign "Safe Nurses, Safe Patients"

National Nurses United registered nurse members report ongoing denials of access to Covid-19 testing

Nine months into Covid-19, and with the winter flu season just around the corner, registered nurse members of National Nurses United report that they are routinely denied access by employers to Covid-19 testing -- even after confirmed exposures to Covid-positive patients and after they themselves have tested positive, but want assurances that they are no longer infectious and can return to work.

National Nurses United
September 22, 2020