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Nurses demand immediate reinstatement of colleagues unlawfully suspended by Prime Healthcare for speaking up for patients at two of its Chicago hospitals

Prime RNs and health care workers also set to strike on Sept. 3 for safe staffing at four hospitals in three states.

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Central Maine Medical Center nurses to march on boss in solidarity with colleagues unlawfully suspended or fired by Prime Healthcare for speaking up for patients

RNs at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, will hold a march on the boss at their hospital in solidarity with nurses who were unlawfully suspended or fired by Prime Healthcare for speaking up for their patients.
Nurses on picket line outside hospital

Nurses demand immediate reinstatement of colleagues unlawfully suspended by Prime Healthcare for speaking up for patients at two of its Chicago hospitals

In gross violation of national labor laws, Prime Healthcare over the past week has retaliated against registered nurses for speaking up and fighting for their patients at two of its Chicago-area hospitals, suspending six nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Ill. and one nurse at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill.
Nurses on picket line

Nurses fight back against Prime Healthcare’s egregious union busting, unsafe staffing in four states

Nurses at West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, Calif.; Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, N.V.; Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago, Ill.; and nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, Calif. will hold one-day strikes starting Thursday morning, Sept. 3, to protest the administration’s refusal to address deep concerns about patient care and safe staffing
Watsonville nurse, staff, community, holding sign "Some cuts don't heal"

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses rally to save NICU

Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) in Watsonville, California, will hold a rally on Monday, Aug. 31, to protest the Watsonville Community Hospital Administration and Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board of Supervisor’s closure of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) services.
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