NNU press conference to release results of first national nurse survey - March 5, 2020 Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, National Nurses United has called for the proper steps to protect nurses and public health.February 23, 2024 - Letter to CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen on proposals to weaken the CDC’s Covid isolation guidanceJuly 10, 2023 - Letter to CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen on proposals to weaken the CDC’s guidance for infection control in health care settings 2022 December 8, 2022 - National Nurses United applauds OSHA for sending Covid-19 permanent standard for health care workers to OMB for review, urges OMB to take prompt actionSept. 29, 2022 - National Nurses United urges CDC to strengthen protections for nurses and other health care workersSept. 27, 2022 - National Nurses United urges Congress to approve supplemental funding requests for Covid and mpox responseSept. 26, 2022 - Letter to Congress to express its support for President Biden’s supplemental funding request for $22.4 billion for the Covid-19 pandemic response, and $4.6 billion for the mpox virusAug. 26, 2022 - Nurses disappointed in DC Circuit Court’s decision to deny petition ordering OSHA to retain emergency standard and issue permanent standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19Aug. 23, 2022 - Letter to the CDC protections for health care workers from mpoxJuly 21, 2022 - Nurses urge the CDC to take immediate action to strengthen Covid-19 guidance to protect public healthJuly 20, 2022 - Letter to the CDC on mask guidance and other issuesJune 2, 2022 - Letter to the CDC on mpox infection control guidanceApril 28, 2022 - National Nurses United testifies at OSHA's hearing on occupational exposure to Covid-19 in healthcare settingsApril 22, 2022 - National Nurses United statement on wearing masks in public placesApril 4, 2022 - DC Circuit Court hears oral arguments urging OSHA to retain emergency standard and issue permanent standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19March 30, 2022 - Registered nurses call on CDC to prioritize health care workers for second Covid-19 booster shotMarch 1, 2022 - Letter to CDC on new Covid-19 community levels metricFeb. 28, 2022 - Nurses challenge new CDC metric on latest Covid-19 safety rollbackJan. 13, 2022 - Nurses welcome Supreme Court order on health care workers, dismayed safety for other workers ignoredJan. 12, 2022 - Nurses applaud 21 senators for urging Biden to immediately issue permanent OSHA protections for health care workersJan. 11, 2022 - Nurses applaud 115 Members of Congress for urging Biden to immediately issue permanent OSHA protections for health care workersJan. 11, 2022 - Nurses to hold national day of action Jan. 13 to demand employers, Biden administration protect RNs, health care workersJan. 8, 2022 - California nurses condemn state’s decision to send asymptomatic or exposed health care workers back to work without isolation or testingJan. 5, 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-19Jan. 3, 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 2021 Dec 28, 2021 - Nurses condemn Biden administration for ripping away protections from health care workers, patientsDec 23, 2021 - Nurses condemn CDC’s dangerous decision to weaken isolation guidance for employersDec 22, 2021 - NNU letter to CDC Re Omicron and isolation time framesDec 21, 2020 - Nurses condemn OSHA’s failure to adopt permanent Covid-19 and infectious disease protections for health care workersDec 16, 2021 - Unions, public health, and occupational safety organizations call for permanent OSHA Covid-19 standards for health care and other workersDec 2, 2021 - Citing new Omicron variant, nurses say permanent OSHA Covid-19 standard for health care workers badly neededNov 10, 2021 - Nurses urge rapid implementation of recommendations by President Biden’s Covid-19 Health Equity Task ForceNov 3, 2021 - Nurses urge that OSHA adopts permanent Covid-19 and infectious disease protections for health care workersOct 22, 2021 - National Nurses United applauds White House plans to roll out Covid vaccine doses for ages 5 to 11Oct 19, 2021 - Nurses applaud OSHA for acting to enforce Covid health care standard in noncompliant states Arizona, Utah, South CarolinaSept 27, 2021 - National nurse survey reveals that health care employers need to do more to comply with OSHA emergency temporary standardSept 24, 2021 - National Nurses United applauds CDC director’s approval of Covid boosters for health care workersSept 23, 2021 - Nurses condemn advisory committee for voting against Covid vaccine booster shots for nurses and other health care workersSept 22, 2021 - Nurses call on world leaders to increase global vaccine access during UN General AssemblySept 9, 2021 - National Nurses United statement on Biden’s comprehensive Covid strategyAug 13, 2021 - Nurses demand we protect the nation’s children from Covid, warn of needless deaths and illness among youngestJul 27, 2021 - National Nurses United Applauds CDC for Recommending a Partial Return to Indoor Masking, Recommends More be DoneJul 13, 2021 - Nurses urge CDC to reinstate universal masking to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and protect RNs, essential workers, and the publicJune 14, 2021 - California Nurses Association implores the public to keep on masking even after state drops most infection control measures against Covid-19June 10, 2021 - Nurses Welcome New OSHA Federal Workplace Standard as "Important Step Forward for Safer Health Care Settings"June 2, 2021 - Nurses applaud Labor Caucus and 100+ Congress members for urging Biden to immediately issue Covid emergency temporary standardMay 13, 2021 - Nation’s largest RN union condemns CDC rollback on Covid protection guidanceMay 5, 2021 - Nurses Applaud Biden Support for Vaccine Waiver To Assist International Covid Pandemic FightApril 26 , 2021 - Nurses Welcome Movement on Federal Workplace Safety Standard, Urge Quick Approval as Pandemic SurgesMarch 31, 2021 - CDC’s Recognition of Aerosol Transmission of Covid-19 is Essential to an Effective and Successful Pandemic ResponseMarch 31, 2021 - New law requiring hospitals to maintain a three-month supply of PPE takes effect April 1March 21, 2021 - National Nurses United registered nurses disapprove of new CDC guidance saying students need only maintain three feet of physical distancing in classroomsMarch 18, 2021 - New report reveals continued government failure to track and report data on Covid-19 deaths of nurses and other health care workersMarch 12, 2021 - Nurses welcome President Biden’s program on Covid-19, urge public to follow pandemic safety measuresMarch 11, 2021 - Covid-19 RN Urges U.S. House Panel to Follow Science to Help Protect Health Care WorkersMarch 10, 2021 - National RN survey highlights continued hospital failures to prioritize nurse and patient safety during pandemicMarch 9, 2021 - Global Nurses United leaders urge World Trade Organization to support waiver to provide equitable and speedy vaccine accessMarch 3, 2021 - Nurses Condemn Gov. Abbott’s Covid-19 Decision Lifting Safety Measures Now as "A Death Sentence"February 23, 2021 - Nurses, Unions, Allies Urge CDC to Acknowledge Covid-19 Aerosol Transmission to Help Bring Virus Under ControlFebruary 10, 2021 - Nurses applaud introduction of Cortese’s bill to protect frontline nurses and other health care workersJanuary 25, 2021 - Nurses say lifting CA stay home orders puts patients, nurses, health care workers at riskJanuary 25, 2021 - Thousands of nurses and health care workers hold events nationwide Jan. 27 to demand hospital employers put patients first during Covid and beyondJanuary 22, 2021 - Nurses Applaud Biden’s National Strategy for the Covid-19 ResponseJanuary 14, 2021 - Nurses applaud Biden’s American Rescue Plan 2020 December 10, 2020 - Nurses’ Proposal for a Comprehensive Federal Plan to Combat the Covid-19 Pandemic December 9, 2020 - Letter to the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee October 6, 2020 - Letter to CDC on Transmission, PPE, and Testing October 2, 2020 - Nurses urge all people in the United States to stay safe and vigilant September 28, 2020 - New report reveals widespread government failure to track and report data on Covid-19 deaths, testing, and infections September 22, 2020 - National Nurses United registered nurse members report ongoing denials of access to Covid-19 testing September 3, 2020 - Nurses Raise Caution Flag on COVID-19 Vaccine Push August 26, 2020 - Nurses Condemn Trump Administration Attack On Public Safety in New CDC Testing Guidelines August 24, 2020 - Nurses seek OSHA sanctions on HCA August 7, 2020 - Nurses Deliver Half A Million Signatures to Congress, Calling on Congress to Protect Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic August 3, 2020 - Thousands of Nurses Hold National Day of Action Aug. 5 to Save Lives During COVID-19 and Beyond July 28, 2020 - National nurse survey reveals devastating impact of reopening too soon July 27, 2020 - National Nurses United on Senate Republicans’ stimulus proposal: 'Senate Republicans have abandoned nurses and patients' July 25, 2020 - National Nurses United on Trump’s Dispatch of Federal Troops: Send Aid Instead for Confronting Virus, Economic Crisis July 14, 2020 - Nurses Call For Postponing In-person Learning, Citing Record Infections July 2, 2020 - Nurses Support Mandatory Cloth Face Covering Policies as One Measure Among Many to Protect Public Health July 1, 2020 - Letter to House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis June 25, 2020 - Nurses demand states close again until COVID-19 protection, testing, tracking measures in place June 16, 2020 - MNA and NNU Renew Call for Halt of COVID-19 Mask Decontamination Processes After UMass Scientist Questions Safety of Re-Used Masks Due to Lack of Rigorous Testing June 2, 2020 - Nurses Join Forces Nationally to Warn Against Early Reopening May 20, 2020 - New survey of nurses provides frontline proof of widespread employer, government disregard for nurse and patient safety, mainly through lack of optimal PPE May 8, 2020 - National Nurses United demands optimal COVID-19 protections, honors fallen nurses during national Nurses Week May 4, 2020 - Letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to reconvene the U.S. House of Representatives April 28, 2020 - California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United statement on reopening the country April 17, 2020 - Nurses Applaud Introduction of Emergency COVID-19 Bill to Protect RNs, First Responders, and Health Care Workers April 10, 2020 - Nurses Call for More Data, Action to Address Racial Disparities During COVID-19 Crisis April 6, 2020 - Nurses: Reuse, decontamination of masks endangers health care workers April 3, 2020 - Letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on N95 Decontamination as Unsafe Practice March 27, 2020 - National Nurses United is Stepping Up Pressure On Hospital Employers Across the United States to Provide Safer Facilities March 26, 2020 - Nation’s Nurses United condemns congressional inaction on protecting nurses, other health care workers from COVID-19 March 23, 2020 - Nurses Send Petition to Congress Demanding Immediate Protections During COVID-19 Outbreak March 17, 2020 - Petition to Congress for Proper Nurses Protection During COVID-19 March 11, 2020 - Letter to Committee on Homeland Security March 5, 2020 - Survey of Nation’s Frontline Registered Nurses Shows Hospitals Unprepared For COVID-19 March 4, 2020 - Letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention March 4, 2020 - Letter to Secretary of Labor and Federal OSHA March 2, 2020 - National Nurses United Urges Administration, Congress to Protect Health Care Workers and Fully Fund Coronavirus Response March 2, 2020 - General Statement - California Nurses Association/National Nurses United Monitoring Coronavirus March 2, 2020 - Letter to Office of the Vice-President, Coronavirus Response Coordinator, Members of United States Senate and House of Representative Feb 28, 2020 - Nation’s hospitals unprepared for COVID-19 Feb 19, 2020 - Letter to National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease Feb 19, 2020 - Letter to California Department of Public Health Jan 30, 2020 - Letter to the World Health Organization