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San Diego VA Medical Center nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

San Diego VA nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with lunch time action calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

National Nurses United
April 30, 2020

• Veterans Affairs

Nurse at shift change outside VA

Charlie Norwood VA Augusta Medical Center nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

Charlie Norwood VA Augusta nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with a lunch time act ion calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

National Nurses United
April 30, 2020

• Veterans Affairs

Nurses demonstrate in front of White House

Nurses Union Endorses the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act

National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, applauds Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on the announcement of the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act.

National Nurses United
April 29, 2020

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RNs to Hold Vigil in Memory of El Paso RN Karla Dominguez Who Died of COVID-19

Registered nurses will hold a memorial Wednesday night in memory of Karla Dominguez, a pediatric intensive care nurse at Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus in El Paso who died of COVID-19.

National Nurses United
April 28, 2020

NNU COVID-19 Press Conference March 5, 2020

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United statement on reopening the country

National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, strongly cautions that calls to “reopen the country” are premature when the threat of the virus causing COVID-19 is not yet behind us.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 28, 2020

Nurse rally outside facility

Stanford ValleyCare nurses ratify new contract by overwhelming majority

Stanford ValleyCare registered nurses recently voted by an overwhelming majority to ratify their first contract with the California Nurses Association (CNA), the union&nbsp

California Nurses Association
April 28, 2020

Nurses hold "Protect Nurses" signs

San Leandro Hospital Nurses to Hold Shift Change Action to Sound Off on Alameda Health Systems’ Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic

To demand the highest level of personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses, including N95 masks, head to toe protection, safe placement for COVID-19 patients, safe staffing levels, and the end of disciplining frontline nurses caring for COVID-19 patients, registered nurses at San Leandro Hospital are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 4:00 p.m., April 29...

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
April 28, 2020

Nurses at shift change action

Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Bring Attention to the Dangerous Conditions Faced by Nurses and Patients

To speak out about dangerous patient care conditions, which include inadequate provisions of personal protective equipment (PPE), partially due to a locked and inaccessible stockroom, and dangerously low staffing, registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at 7:45 p.m., April 28, announced National Organizing Committee/National Nurses United...

National Nurses Organizing Committee
April 27, 2020

Stroger Hospital Nurses

Stroger Hospital Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Protest the Lack of Appropriate Gowns and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment and the high number of COVID-19 infections among the nurses, registered nurses at John H. Stroger Hospital will hold an action and media availability during their shift change, announced National Nurses United (NNU) today.

National Nurses United
April 26, 2020

Nurses holding signs outside Palomar Health

Tri-City Medical Center and Palomar Health Nurses to Hold Solidarity Caravan with Supporters to Protest Layoffs and Furloughs of Health Care Workers

To protest and demand the rescinding of layoff and furlough notices of 24 RNs at Tri-City Medical Center, 83 RNs at Palomar Health, and 63 caregivers and health care employees at Palomar Health, registered nurses from Tri-City Medical Center and Palomar Health, along with CHEU members and community supporters will hold a solidarity caravan at 12:00 p.m., April 27, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United...

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
April 26, 2020

• CHEU