Covid-19 Press Releases

National Nurses United is Stepping Up Pressure On Hospital Employers Across the United States to Provide Safer Facilities

National Nurses United is stepping up pressure on hospital employers across the U.S.

Unions Demand Decisive Action From Cook County Criminal Justice System to Protect Workers Against Threat of Covid-19

SEIU Local 73 and National Nurses United demand Cook County drastically reduce jail population

SEIU Local 73 and the National Nurses United (NNU) represent nearly 300 workers in the Cook

UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Noon to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at the University of California San Diego (Hillcrest) are holding an action

National Nurses United condemns congressional inaction on protecting nurses, other health care workers from COVID-19

National Nurses United today condemned the United States Senate for failing to mandate protections for health care workers in the COVID-19 stimulus package that passed the Senate on Wednesday night.

Nurses Send Petition to Congress Demanding Immediate Protections During COVID-19 Outbreak

National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses, sent a petition to the US Congress today with a quarter of a million signatures demanding that Congress ensure that nurses and health care workers are immediately given the protections they need to avoid exposure to COVID-19.

Union Workers in the Building Trades Donate Masks to Nurses Amidst Government Inaction

Today, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), an alliance of fourteen affiliated unions collectively representing over 3 million skilled craft professionals in the building and constructio

Nurses: California Needs to Do More on Protective Gear

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials to sharply escalate steps to get immediately personal protective equipment to nurses and other health care workers.

Updated COVID-19 survey of registered nurses shows little improvement and worsening availability of personal protective equipment

A nationwide survey National Nurses United (NNU) has been conducting of registered nurses, the country’s frontline health care staff, continues to show that the vast majority of United States hospitals and health care facilities are still unprepared to handle and contain cases of COVID-19.

Nurses: Time to sharply ramp up health care capacity for COVID-19

National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today called on an embattled nation to dramatically ramp up health care capacity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nurses Say Eastern Maine Medical Center Has Addressed Many of Their Concerns Over COVID-19 Safety Preparations

Earlier today registered nurses at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) highlighted progress that has been made through talks with the medical center concerning its preparedness for C