University Medical Center nurses vote yes to join NNOC/NNU in historic union election for New Orleans, Louisiana
Registered nurses at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., have voted in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United. Despite a disgusting union-busting effort from management, nurses voted 82% yes with over 90% turnout.
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.
National Nurses United Statement on the Crisis in the Middle East
As nurses, our patients trust us to help and heal them when they sustain harm due to the conditions in their everyday lives. To honor that sacred trust, it is our duty to speak up for every human being’s right to a life free from violence and the traumas of war.
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By the Numbers: New York City nurses win unprecedented contract enforcement of safe staffing standards
Mount Sinai RNs blaze trail to better staffing enforcement
Not only did nurses win new ratios in their contract, but they also won strong new staffing enforcement language.
VA registered nurses sign three-year contract
Nurses call for schedule flexibility and passage of VA Employee Fairness Act
Maine’s safe staffing bill moves forward
Nurses speak out for enforceable RN-to-patient ratios