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Nancy Hagans, RN: The nurses union powerhouse

New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans worked this year to rectify one of the biggest complaints from nurses coming out of the pandemic: short staffing and burnout. After a historic three-day strike by more than 7,000 nurses at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, Hagans finalized a labor contract in January that dealt with both issues.

City and State New York
December 13, 2023

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50 Most Influential Clinical Executives - Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director, National Nurses United

Castillo has championed the rights of nurses in her nearly two decades with NNU and has been a vocal advocate for creating federally administered national health insurance.

Modern Healthcare
June 18, 2022

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California is rolling back protections for frontline workers. This is wrong and dangerous

As California struggles with record infections, hospitalizations and deaths, it’s hard to imagine that hospital industry executives, with the cooperation of state regulators, would come up with a plan to make conditions worse. Sadly, they have.

Zenei Cortez
December 28, 2020

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Global Nurses United
September 13, 2020

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Global Nurses United
July 24, 2020

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Global Nurses United
July 10, 2020

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Global Nurses United
July 2, 2020

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Global Nurses United
June 22, 2020

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Global Nurses United
June 12, 2020

Filipino health workers in action for better wages and more protective equipment

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Global Nurses United
June 5, 2020