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Dignity Health, Mercy Medical Center Merced Nurses to Hold Action to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19 and Speak out as Nearby Hospital Nurses Test Positive for COVID-19

Merced, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic and expose the hospital’s faulty in

California Nurses Association
April 14, 2020

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Providence Saint John’s Health Center Nurses Declare Victory in Winning Proper COVID PPE After Suspensions, Mass Protest

The registered nurses of Providence Saint John’s Health Center are declaring victory today after hospital management announced that health care workers throughout the Providence system will be issu

California Nurses Association
April 14, 2020

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St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at St.

California Nurses Association
April 14, 2020

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Registered Nurses to Meet with Senators to Demand Protections for Frontline Health Care Workers

Nurses will meet virtually with U.S. senators starting tomorrow as part of their annual Lobby Days events about winning an emergency temporary OSHA infectious diseases standard

National Nurses United
April 14, 2020

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National Nurses Organizing Committee Wins Workers Compensation Presumptive Eligibility for Nurses and Other Essential Workers Who Contract COVID-19

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) initiated the idea of presumptive eligibility for COVID-19 workers in Illinois and began working with the Illinois A

National Nurses Organizing Committee
April 14, 2020

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Central Coast Nurses to Hold Vigil at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

Central Coast, CA – To demand personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses at hospitals across the region and insist on safe staffing for frontline healthcare

California Nurses Association
April 14, 2020

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Palomar Medical Center Nurses and Caregivers to Hold Action After Public District Issues Lays Offs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Poway, CA –  Palomar Health is a public health district with a principle to care for the community.

California Nurses Association
April 13, 2020

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UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica Nurses to Hold Action to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19, Maintenance of Staffing Ratios, and Full Employment for All Healthcare Workers

Santa Monica, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at UCLA Medical

California Nurses Association
April 10, 2020

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NNOC/NNU demands state governors, employers give nurses housing, child care, other protections

The National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) recently sent letters to governors of 18 states, as well as to hospital employers, demanding that nurses not only have the

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 10, 2020

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Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

Roseville, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Kaiser Rosevill

California Nurses Association
April 9, 2020