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Global Nurses United Press Clips
Australia
- Updated: Retention bonus payments less than promised
- Government breaks another promise to aged care workers
- Gloucester aged care nurses and residents protest Anglican Care staff changes at Hillcrest
- Fighting the freeze: Nurses hold firm
Brazil
- Sindicato dos Enfermeiros de Pernambuco critica reabertura do comércio
Pernambuco Nurses Union criticizes reopening of business - Sindicatos dos Enfermeiros denuncia falta de EPIs nos hospitais públicos de Cuiabá e VG
Nurses' Unions denounces lack of PPE in public hospitals in Cuiabá and VG - Secretário de Saúde de MT diz que profissionais nunca viveram experiência como a da Covid-19 e vê colapso emocional
MT Health Secretary says professionals have never had an experience like Covid-19 and sees emotional breakdown - Sem insalubridade, profissionais que atuam no combate à Covid-19 entregam plantões em Piripiri
Without sick leave, professionals working in the fight against Covid-19 deliver shifts in Piripiri - Profissionais do Hospital Adão Pereira Nunes denunciam que estão com salários atrasados
Professionals at the Adão Pereira Nunes Hospital report that they are behind on their salaries
Canada
- Ontario Nurses Frustrated By 1 Per Cent Wage Increase During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Nurses’ association: hospital ‘morale is the worst it’s ever been’
- 'The marathon continues': Third rally at Sask. Leg. for Black Lives Matter
- Embauche massive de préposées n’est pas la solution ultime
Mass hiring of attendants is not the ultimate solution - La détresse qui guette les «anges gardiens»
The distress that awaits the “guardian angels” - Hôtel-Dieu de Sorel : des employés réclament le respect des calendriers de vacances
Hôtel-Dieu de Sorel: employees demand respect for vacation calendars - Court strikes down Manitoba's 'draconian' wage freeze bill
- Front-line workers unhappy with new provincial funding
- ‘We need to rethink the way we treat our seniors’
- WENDY CAMERON: Standing up for Northwood
- Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses Union ratifies contract extension
Colombia
- Fabián Palacios: enfermero y líder sindical muerto por Coronavirus, pero también por sus condiciones de trabajo
Fabián Palacios: nurse and union leader killed by Coronavirus, but also by his working conditions - Enfermero que murió en Barranquilla trabajaba con mascarilla remendada
Nurse who died in Barranquilla worked with patched mask
Dominican Republic
- Sindicatos crean coalición en apoyo a la entrega del 30% de AFP
Unions create coalition to support delivery of 30% AFP
Honduras
- ANEEH: 150 enfermeras se han contagiado de Covid-19
ANEEH: 150 nurses have been infected with Covid-19 - Falta de personal agiganta la crisis en los hospitales de Honduras
Lack of personnel increases the crisis in Honduran hospitals - Confirman otros 50 contagios de COVID-19 entre personal de enfermería en Honduras
Another 50 COVID-19 infections confirmed among nursing personnel in Honduras - Hospitalizan a la exministra hondureña de Salud por coronavirus
Honduran former Minister of Health hospitalized for coronavirus - ANEEAH demanda la contratación de más de 6 mil enfermeras
ANEEAH demands the hiring of more than 6,000 nurses - Ya hay más de 100 enfermeras con #Covid19 solo en la Secretaría de Salud: Aneeah
There are already more than 100 nurses with # Covid19 just in the Ministry of Health: Aneeah
India
- United Nurses Association seeks free tests, transport and 6-hour shifts, asks Kejriwal to intervene
- ‘Worse Than a War Zone’: Covid-19 Batters India’s Mumbai City
Ireland
- INMO calls for Covid-19 to be classifed as a ‘work’ injury
- Most health workers with COVID got it in work
- Coronavirus in Ireland – Healthcare workers make up one third of Covid-19 cases as 88 per cent contract virus at work
- INMO welcomes support for Cavan midwife unit
- Coronavirus: 3 More People Have Died Of Covid-19 In Ireland
- Seven healthcare workers have died from Covid-19
Italy
- Infermieri in piazza a Palermo ricordano le vittime del Covid e chiedono tutele
Nurses in the square in Palermo remember the victims of Covid and ask for protection - Milano, gli infermieri anti Covid in protesta: "Il modello lombardo buttato nel water"
Milan, nurses’ anti-Covid protest: "The Lombardy model thrown into the toilet" - Coronavirus. La protesta del Nursind: dieci camion in marcia per le strade di Torino
Coronavirus. The Nursind protest: ten trucks driving on the streets of Turin - Infermieri in piazza con Nursind: "Non vogliamo ritornare nel dimenticatoio"
Nurses in the square with Nursind: "We don't want to go back into oblivion" - TORINO – Nursind: un “treno” di camion lungo 100 metri per ricordare le promesse fatte agli infermieri
TURIN - Nursind: a "train" of trucks 100 meters long to remember the promises made to the nurses - Sanità, Nursind: infermieri lombardi in piazza
Healthcare, Nursind: Lombardy nurses in the square
Kenya
- Kisumu’s Public Hospitals Deserted As Doctors Join Striking Nurses, Clinicians
- Kisumu health workers to strike on Tuesday
Mexico
- Enfermeras con hijos con discapacidad se amparan para no trabajar durante pandemia
Nurses with children with disabilities take precautions not to work during pandemic
New Zealand
- Primary health care nurses see red over pay parity
- Aged care clusters introduced by staff or visitors - review
- Nurses Union wants safety assurances after concerns about millions of masks
- Primary health care nurses failed by funding lack - NZNO
Panama
- Enfermeras piden a autoridades revelar cuántas homólogas hay afectadas con COVID-19
Nurses ask authorities to reveal how many colleagues are infected with COVID-19
Paraguay
- Exigen que pago de gratificación llegue a todos los enfermeros
Require bonus payment to reach all nurses - Personal de la salud que salga de vacaciones no cobrará gratificación especial
Health personnel who leave on vacation will not receive special bonus - A 3 meses del primer caso, fallidos procesos empañan combate al virus
3 months after the first case, failed processes cloud the virus - Las heroínas de blanco que salvan en silencio
The heroines in white who save in silence
Peru
- Perú se acerca a los 200.000 casos de Covid-19 y el sistema sanitario colapsa
Peru approaches 200,000 cases of Covid-19 and the health system collapses - Hospital Militar: enfermeras denuncian compra de mascarillas para carpintería como equipo de protección
Military Hospital: nurses denounce the purchase of carpentry masks as protective equipment
Philippines
- Hazard pay for gov’t workers ‘deceptive,’ ‘divisive’ — health workers’ group
- Pinoy nurses group says health workers who contract COVID should get compensation from govt
- De Lima seeks Senate probe into rising number of healthcare workers getting COVID-19
- Health widens testing targets
Portugal
- Sindicato da Enfermagem junta-se a movimento em defesa do Hospital dos Covões
Nursing Union joins movement in defense of Hospital dos Covões - Enfermeiros infetados sem direito a subsídios
Infected nurses without entitlement to subsidies - SEP quer situação do Conselho de Administração da ULSCB resolvida
SEP wants situation of the ULSCB Board of Directors resolved
South Africa
- Eastern Cape premier visits East London private hospitals following nurses' Covid-19 complaints
- Banning of Covid-19 memorial services for Tygerberg hospital nurses slated
- Private sector 'not doing well' at coping with COVID-19: Denosa
Spain
- SATSE denuncia que ya no hay disponibles enfermeras y matronas en las bolsas de empleo de Sacyl
SATSE decries that nurses and midwife positions are no longer available in Sacyl job boards - Satse advierte que no hay ni enfermeras ni matronas en bolsas empleo de CyL
Satse warns that there are no nurses or midwives in CyL job boards - Satse acusa a la gerencia del HUCA de denegar las vacaciones a las enfermeras
Satse accuses HUCA management of denying nurses vacations - SATSE reclama servicios de enfermería en el aeropuerto de Corvera para prevenir contagios
SATSE demands nursing services at Corvera airport to prevent infections - Covid-19: Satse denuncia que 36 provincias no tienen camas UCI suficientes
Covid-19: Satse denounces that 36 provinces do not have enough ICU bed
United Kingdom
- Prof Donna Kinnair on racism in the NHS: 'In every community, BAME patients suffer the most'
- RCN governance review calls for ‘change in culture’ at nursing union
- RCN keeps pressure on PM over pledge to scrap immigration surcharge
- Coronavirus Scotland: New figures suggest Scottish Government didn’t order enough PPE before peak of Covid-19 crisis
- Call for ‘full’ nurse involvement in Northern Ireland’s post-Covid plans
- Government ignored warning to stockpile PPE as Covid-19 spread
United States
- This Nurse is Leading the Fight for Safer Hospitals
- Why Mission nurses will vote to form a union | OPINION
- Hospitals Got Bailouts and Furloughed Thousands While Paying C.E.O.s Millions
- Nurses lobby for better conditions after U.S. coronavirus havoc
- HCA nurses say they face layoffs if they don’t give up negotiated pay increases
- ‘I have never felt so helpless’: Front-line workers confront loss
- Exhausted health care workers join Floyd rallies to protest disparities
- 14 states and Puerto Rico hit highest seven-day average of new coronavirus infections
- Senate considers wildlife bill, NDAA gets markup, and police overhaul unveiled: Road ahead
- USA. "To end the power of the police, we need to mobilize the power of the workers"
- HCA seeks nurse backup ahead of potential strike
- Internal document reveals federal plan to ask nurses to reuse masks
- Oak Hill nurses protest pay cuts, possible layoffs
- Months Into The Pandemic, Nurses Are Still Demanding Congress Address Lack Of PPE
- Napa's Queen of the Valley and its RNs agree on new contract
- Pennsylvania mandates more COVID-19 protections for hospital workers
- The Unmasking of America: How the Trump Administration’s Negligence Deprived Healthcare Workers of N95 Masks in a Pandemic
- How front line feds could get a legislative boost
- Lawmakers Debate New Safeguards, Benefits for Essential Workers
- Nurses Have a History of Activism in the U.S., Championing Suffrage and Universal Health Care
- Nursing Homes Run Short Of COVID-19 Protective Gear As Federal Response Falters
- Watchdog warns cash-strapped Calais hospital to avoid cuts that would hurt patients’ care
- 37 workers at Hayward hospital test positive for coronavirus
- Few N95 masks, reused gowns: Dire PPE shortages reveal COVID-19's racial divide