Covid-19 Press Releases

California nurses condemn state’s decision to send asymptomatic or exposed health care workers back to work without isolation or testing

Eliminating the isolation time and sending asymptomatic or exposed health care workers to work will guarantee more preventable transmission, infections, hospitalizations, and death.

California Nurses Association

January 8, 2022

AFL-CIO and nation’s major nursing unions urge federal court to order the Department of Labor to issue a permanent OSHA standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19

National leading labor organizations and unions petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals to order the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a permanent standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19.

National Nurses United

January 5, 2022

With Covid infection numbers exploding and pediatric hospitalizations at all-time highs, National Nurses United RNs call for schools to offer remote learning to protect nation’s children

NNU is urging all school districts to offer remote learning as an option for families who don’t want their children to return to in-person learning.

National Nurses United

January 3, 2022

Nurses condemn Biden administration for ripping away protections from health care workers, patients

NNU today condemned the Biden administration's latest moves to rip away protections from health care workers and the public

National Nurses United

December 28, 2021

Nurses condemn CDC’s dangerous decision to weaken isolation guidance for employers

National Nurses United demands that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain its existing guidance on ten-day isolation for health care workers who have tested positive for Covid-19.

National Nurses United

December 23, 2021

Nurses condemn OSHA’s failure to adopt permanent Covid-19 and infectious disease protections for health care workers

NNU nurses will continue to fight to enforce the temporary standard in hospitals across the country.

National Nurses United

December 21, 2021

Unions, public health, and occupational safety organizations call for permanent OSHA Covid-19 standards for health care and other workers

More than 40 unions and organizations representing more than 14 million people signed a petition urging immediate action.

National Nurses United

December 16, 2021

Citing new Omicron variant, nurses say permanent OSHA Covid-19 standard for health care workers badly needed

Widespread transmission will continue to result in evolution and spread of new variants of concern, such as Omicron, making a permanent standard even more important

National Nurses United

December 2, 2021

Nurses from 28 countries file UN complaint alleging human rights violations by EU and four countries for ‘the loss of countless lives’ in the pandemic

A coalition of nurses unions representing over 2.5 million health care workers from 28 countries around the world have filed a complaint with the United Nations alleging human rights violations by the European Union, the United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, and Singapore during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Global Nurses United

November 29, 2021

Nurses urge rapid implementation of recommendations by President Biden’s Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force

RNs call on Biden administration and Congress to take action to end the pandemic, address structural racism, and prevent future pandemics.

National Nurses United

November 10, 2021