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A Dagger in the Heart of Workers and Our Democracy: What's Behind the Janus Court Ruling

The Supreme Court’s transparent effort to decapitate public sector unions in its 5-4 Janus vs. AFSCME decision on Wednesday places a wide swath of public health and safety protections in its crosshairs as well.

Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of NNU/CNA; writing for Common Dreams

June 29, 2018

• Nationwide

Nurses March on ICE, Child Internment Camps to Say ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy is a Public Health Crisis

National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S., representing 1700 RNs in El Paso, TX, is mobilizing at the border and beyond to say the only thing nurses have “zero tolerance” for is the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration policy.

Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of National Nurses United

June 25, 2018

Support the VA Employee Fairness Act

When ER nurses show up for work at the UC San Diego Hospital they don’t know who will come through the door needing care; an elderly woman having a heart attack, a newborn struggling to

National Nurses United

June 13, 2018

• Veterans Affairs

• Nationwide

Recent Supreme Court Ruling A Blow To Labor. Janus May Be Next.

David Johnson, Director of Organizing for National Nurses United shares with Nurse Talk Radio about the recent Supreme Court ruling to bar workers from acting collectively to resolve illegal workplace discrimination.

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

June 5, 2018

• Nurse Talk

• Nationwide

Nurse Talk Radio Features Senator Bernie Sander's Workplace Democracy Act

With the attacks on workers’ rights nurses applaud Senator Bernie Sander's Workplace Democracy Act.

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

May 22, 2018

• Nurse Talk