Covid-19 Statements and Letters To Officials
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.
- April 28, 2022 - National Nurses United testifies at OSHA's hearing on occupational exposure to Covid-19 in healthcare settings
- April 22, 2022 - National Nurses United statement on wearing masks in public places
- April 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-19
- March 30, 2022 - Registered nurses call on CDC to prioritize health care workers for second Covid-19 booster shot
- March 1, 2022 - Letter to CDC on wew Covid-19 community levels metric
- Feb. 28, 2022 - Nurses challenge new CDC metric on latest Covid-19 safety rollback
- Jan. 13, 2022 - Nurses welcome Supreme Court order on health care workers, dismayed safety for other workers ignored
- Jan. 12, 2022 - Nurses applaud 21 senators for urging Biden to immediately issue permanent OSHA protections for health care workers
- Jan. 11, 2022 - Nurses applaud 115 Members of Congress for urging Biden to immediately issue permanent OSHA protections for health care workers
- Jan. 11, 2022 - Nurses to hold national day of action Jan. 13 to demand employers, Biden administration protect RNs, health care workers
- Jan. 8, 2022 - California nurses condemn state’s decision to send asymptomatic or exposed health care workers back to work without isolation or testing
- Jan. 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-19
- Jan. 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