Covid-19 Press Releases

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VA Nurses

Veterans Health Administration unions decry management’s failure to involve them in COVID-19 preparations, call to work together

We health care workers in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system, deeply dismayed by the lack of preparations, planning, and communications so far in response to COVID-19, are calling on VHA management to work with us to ensure the nation’s VA health facilities can safely handle COVID-19. Together, our unions represent nearly 350,000 employees working within the VHA system.

NNU, AFGE, NAGE, NFFE, SEIU 200 United
March 14, 2020

Nurses rally for increased protections from COVID-19

National Nurses United statement on today’s Trump administration press conference

The following statement by National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN and Presidents Jean Ross, RN, Zenei Cortez, RN and Deborah Burger, RN is in response to the Trump administra

National Nurses United
March 13, 2020

Nurse wearing face mask

Recording of National Nurses United COVID-19 Update Call Available on Website

Thousands of nurses joined the COVID-19 update call earlier today. Due to the overwhelming response, it crashed the system. A recording of the National Nurses United (NNU) COVID-19 update call is now available on the union’s Media Resources section.

March 12, 2020

Nurses holding signs

As CDC further weakens COVID-19 guidance, nurses outraged by failed federal, state, local, employer efforts stage day of action Wednesday to demand protections for nurses, patients, public

Registered nurses are outraged to learn that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday further weakened its guidance on measures to contain COVID-19.

National Nurses United
March 10, 2020

COVID-19 press conference

Survey of Nation’s Frontline Registered Nurses Shows Hospitals Unprepared For COVID-19

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

National Nurses United/California Nurses Association
March 5, 2020

Seton nurses

Nurses: Threatened Daly City hospital closure poses significant threat to public amidst growing COVID-19 crisis

Registered nurses, joined by San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa, will hold an emergency press conference Friday morning to call for urgent action to stop the threatened immediate closure of S

California Nurses Association
March 5, 2020

U.S. Capitol Building

National Nurses United Urges Administration, Congress to Protect Health Care Workers and Fully Fund Coronavirus Response

On Monday afternoon, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, Ambassador Deborah Birx, members of Congress, and other key officials in the administration, demanding a quick and meaningful response to the outbreak of novel coronavirus across the nation.

National Nurses United
March 2, 2020

COVID-19 model

Nation’s hospitals unprepared for COVID-19

Despite University of California medical facilities being generally better prepared and equipped to treat challenging medical cases, the recent UC Davis Medical Center COVID-19 case highlights the vulnerability of the nation’s hospitals to this virus and the insufficiency of current Centers for Disease Control guidelines.

National Nurses United
February 28, 2020