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Australia
- SA nurses and midwives get pay rise
- Premier must grant immunity to public servants for COVID-19 inquiry
- Next three months risky for coronavirus spread
- State government clears first hurdle in public sector wage freeze stoush
- NSW public sector wage freeze sees Wagga nurses, unions, NSWNMA rally for support
- Frontline staff cut - nurses urge Qlders to check elderly
- Nurses feeling financially-stressed and underpaid
- Queensland's deputy premier 'very concerned' by union reports of aged-care job cuts during COVID-19
Brazil
- Sindicato dos enfermeiros recorre ao TRT por salários atrasados
Nurses' union turns to TRT for overdue wages - Quase metade dos profissionais de saúde infectados com Covid-19 em BH são técnicos em enfermagem
Almost half of the health professionals infected with Covid-19 in BH are nursing technicians - Profissionais de saúde de Alagoas realizam ato simbólico neste domingo (21)
Health professionals from Alagoas perform symbolic act this Sunday (21) - Covid: ato em homenagem aos profissionais de Saúde será neste domingo
Covid: act in honor of health professionals will be this Sunday - Manifestação de profissionais da saúde em Maceió lembra mortos por Covid-19; outro grupo fez ato pró-Bolsonaro
Demonstration by health professionals in Maceió recalls those killed by Covid-19; another group did pro-Bolsonaro act - Notícia - Servidores de Diadema protestam contra assédio moral após morte de enfermeira
News - Diadema workers protest against bullying after death of nurse - Coronavírus mata enfermeira do PSF de Socorro
Coronavirus kills PSF nurse from Socorro - Enfermeira publica relato emocionante sobre rotina dos profissionais de saúde na linha de frente
Nurse publishes a gripping account of the routine of health professionals on the front lines - Enfermeiro envia mensagem de agradecimento aos amigos dias antes de morrer com Covid-19
Nurse sends message of thanks to friends days before dying with Covid-19
Canada
- Union concerns about PPE during COVID-19 pandemic, shift premiums land Headwaters hospital at Ontario Labour Board
- Nurses protest wage legislation in Port Hope
- University Hospital nurse call for equitable pay amid protest against Ontario’s Bill 124
- Nurses fight for their right to fair pay (6 photos)
- 'It's time they put their money where their mouth is,' Nurses protest for fair wages
- N.S. nurses say pandemic in care homes 'tragic reminder' of staffing shortages
- Des travailleurs de la santé dénoncent un manque de protection dans les hôpitaux
Health workers report lack of protection in hospitals - Les syndicats accueillent favorablement le remaniement ministériel à Québec
Unions welcome ministerial reshuffle in Quebec - De nombreux défis attendent les ministres après ce jeu de chaises musicales
Many challenges await ministers after this game of musical chairs - Treasury Board responds after nurses hold information pickets against Bill 124 across Ontario
- Hospital workers still waiting for pandemic pay promised in April
- Managers can deny international vacation requests due to mandatory 14-day self-isolation
- Coronavirus: Worker at long-care home where 53 people died speaks out
- JIM VIBERT: Nursing homes need more staff: NSNU
- Nurses union makes case for increasing staff in nursing homes
- Review of N.S. care facility where 53 died aims to avoid similar outbreak
France
Honduras
- Más de 400 enfermeros auxiliares se han contagiado de COVID, según ANEEAH
More than 400 auxiliary nurses have been infected with COVID, according to ANEEAH - Niegan atención médica en Tela a enfermero con COVID, denuncia ANEEAH
Denied medical care in Tela to nurse with COVID, denounces ANEEAH - El Manejo de la pandemia Covid-19 en Honduras
Managing the Covid-19 pandemic in Honduras - ¿Personal de salud se estigmatiza entre sí? Niegan atención a enfermero con Covid en Tela
Are health personnel stigmatizing each other? Denied nursing care with Covid in Tela - Más de 450 enfermeras auxiliares dan positivo por COVID-19 en la zona norte
More than 450 auxiliary nurses test positive for COVID-19 in the northern zone - Honduras: Asociación de Enfermeras pide retirar al personal con enfermedad de base ante riesgo de covid-19
Honduras: Nurses Association asks to withdraw staff with underlying disease at risk of covid-19 - A 1,221 suben los contagios en personal de salud; cifra se duplicó en dos semanas
The number of infections in health personnel rises to 1,221; figure doubled in two weeks - El 90 % de los enfermeros se infectan por pacientes que no notifican que tienen COVID, según ANEEAH
90% of nurses are infected by patients who do not report having COVID, according to ANEEAH - Médicos y enfermeras hondureños también sucumben ante el coronavirus
Honduran doctors and nurses also succumb to coronavirus - Alertan inminente colapso de la red hospitalaria en Honduras
Alert of imminent collapse of the hospital network in Honduras - Contagios de COVID en enfermeras obliga al cierre de algunos centros de salud
COVID infections in nurses force the closure of some health centers - ANEEAH: Auxiliary nurses are resigning for fear of getting it
ANEEAH: Enfermeras auxiliares están renunciando por miedo a contagiarse - Siete enfermeras muertas y más de 500 contagiadas por COVID-19 en Honduras (Video)
Seven dead nurses and more than 500 infected by COVID-19 in Honduras (Video)
India
- Nurses approach SC seeking provision of protective kits for healthcare workers
- Delhi, 'the Covid warriors', the nurses, exhausted from service and at risk of depression
- India does not test healthcare workers regularly, risking them & patients
- Delhi: PIL Filed In HC Seeking Release Of Confiscated PPE Kits & Face Masks At IGIA
- Delhi is staring at a Covid catastrophe. What went wrong, and what’s being done to avert it?
Ireland
- Ireland 'has world's highest Covid-19 infection rate for healthcare workers'
- Nurses split from children for eight weeks, committee hears
- Fears Over Midlands Hospital Being Susceptible To Second Wave Of Covid-19
- Nurses 'feel abandoned' as they struggle to find childcare during pandemic
- Coronavirus in Ireland – New figures reveal 60% of Irish healthcare workers who tested positive for Covid-19 still sick
- Ireland’s New Government Just Puts a Green Face on the Old Order
- Mullingar nurses get CWU donation to treat skin damage from PPE use
- More patients waiting for beds at CUH ED than any other hospital
- Quinlivan calls for meeting with health minister over 'dramatic' increase in trolley figures in Limerick
- Healthcare workers make up over 50% of new COVID cases
Italy
- Vicenza. Case di riposo condannate a morte, il NurSind risponde all’allarme di Uripa
Vicenza. Nursing homes sentenced to death, the NurSind responds to Uripa's alarm - Nursind, giornata di protesta per gli infermieri
Nursind, protest day for nurses - Nursind, stato di agitazione del personale Toscana Nord Ovest
Nursind, state of agitation of the personnel of Tuscany North West - Nursind: vogliamo uno stipendio degno per gli infermieri
Nursind: we want a worthy salary for nurses - NurSind: "Ancora una volta slittano le promesse per il personale sanitario"
NurSind: "Once again the promises for health workers slip" - Infermieri Nursind in agitazione ’Gratifiche attese da quattro mesi’
Nursind nurses in turmoil 'Four month long bonuses' - Bari, flash mob degli infermieri: «Non vogliamo tornare invisibili»
Bari, flash mob of nurses: «We don't want to go back invisible» - Infermiere picchiato violentemente al volto da paziente. NurSind Piemonte: denuncia d’ufficio e via i nominativi dalle divise
Nurse beaten violently in the face by patient. NurSind Piemonte: official report and remove names from uniforms - 1 luglio: flash mob del NurSind per le professioni infermieristiche, in piazza la Cucinotta
July 1: NurSind flash mob for nursing professions, in piazza la Cucinotta - Luglio “caldo” senza infermieri. NurSind chiede 40 assunzioni subito e proroga dei contratti a tempo, altrimenti sarà sciopero
"Hot" July without nurses. NurSind asks for 40 hires immediately and extension of temporary contracts, otherwise it will strike - Busta paga di giugno, beffa per gli infermieri: il NurSind chiede conto all’Asst Monza e Vimercate
June paycheck, mockery for nurses: NurSind requests an accounting from Asst Monza and Vimercate - Gabriella, infermiera guarita dal Coronavirus: "Mi hanno anche negato il premio Covid perchè ero ricoverata"
Gabriella, nurse cured of Coronavirus: "They also denied me Covid pay because I was hospitalized"
Kenya
- Unions blame PPE shortage for Covid-19 infections among medics
- Health workers urge Uhuru not to reopen churches, schools yet
- 200 Busia health workers promoted after strike
- Busia hospital operations disrupted by health workers' strike
- Health services in Busia County paralyzed following strike
Mexico
- UNAM lanza campaña benéfica para apoyar a personal de enfermería
UNAM launches charity campaign to support nursing staff
Nigeria
New Zealand
Peru
- Coronavirus en Perú | MINSA | Enfermera muere a causa del COVID-19 en hospital de Lambayeque | LRND | Sociedad – Noticias Peru
Coronavirus in Peru | MINSA | Nurse dies from COVID-19 in Lambayeque hospital | LRND | Society - Peru News
Philippines
- Health workers tell Duque: Just resign, it’s been 5 months without a plan
- Duterte tagged as ‘worse than COVID-19 virus’
- Nurses' union calls for mass hiring as Cebu City grapples with COVID-19
- DOH: 23 WV HEALTH WORKERS INFECTED
- Duque should resign
- Wala pa ring plano kontra COVID-19! Health workers call for Duque’s resignation
- Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, pinagbibitiw sa pwesto ng isang samahan ng health workers
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, should resign according to health workers' union
Portugal
- Algarve abre vagas para contratação de mais de 40 enfermeiros para o Verão
Algarve opens vacancies to hire more than 40 nurses for the summer - Enfermeiros reivindicam direitos frente ao Hospital de Beja
Nurses claim rights in front of Beja Hospital - Enfermeiros insistem em reunião com Governo para discutir "mar de questões não resolvidas"
Nurses insist on meeting with Government to discuss "sea of unresolved issues" - Sindicato dos enfermeiros quer condições iguais para todos
Nurses union wants equal conditions for all - Enfermeiros querem justiça e cumprimento dos seus direitos no Hospital Santa Maria
Nurses want justice and fulfill their rights at Hospital Santa Maria - Sindicato exige contratação de mais enfermeiros para o litoral alentejano
Union demands hiring more nurses for the Alentejo coast - Enfermeiros do IPO de Lisboa exigem novos contratos de trabalho
Lisbon IPO nurses demand new employment contracts - Sindicato dos Enfermeiros alerta que contratar mais médicos de saúde pública não resolve problema
Union of Nurses warns that hiring more public health doctors does not solve the problem - Sindicato dos Enfermeiros pede audiência com o presidente do Governo dos Açores "no mais curto espaço de tempo possível"
Union of Nurses asks for audience with the President of the Government of the Azores "in the shortest possible time"
South Africa
- Nurses picket over staff shortages at False Bay Hospital
- Eastern Cape healthcare woes worsen
- These health workers are more likely to die from COVID-19. Unions say not enough is being done to stop it
- Nurses protest over PPE, staff shortages at False Bay Hospital
- More than 40 staffers at Durban medical facility test positive for Covid-19
- Healthcare workers’ – often unheard – plea for government help
- COVID-19: Healthcare worker unions explain their concerns
- PICS | Used bedpans, overflowing bins, no food for hours - claims from EC hospital isolated patients
- This Eastern Cape hospital is running out of sanitiser at its doors, say staff
- Report shines spotlight on 'extreme violations' of nurses rights
South Korea
- The 4th Round of Central Industry-level Negotiation for Year2020
- The current situation and outlook of COVID 19 of each country and Unions' future Role
Spain
- Satse lanza la campaña de recogida de firmas "Las enfermeras piden respeto"
Satse launches the campaign to collect signatures "Nurses ask for respect" - Así es la labor de las enfermeras que rastrean el Covid-19
This is the work of the nurses who track the Covid-19 - Centenares de profesionales sanitarios reclaman un aumento del presupuesto para la sanidad pública vasca
Hundreds of health professionals demand an increase in the budget for Basque public health - La mujer del primer enfermero fallecido por coronavirus: “Fue una muerte fulminante”
The wife of the first nurse killed by coronavirus: "It was a sudden death" - Empeora a calidade de vida dos e das enfermeiras logo da pandemia dado o alto número de afectados
The quality of life of nurses worsens after the pandemic given the high number of people affected - SATSE: “Las enfermeras son clave para liderar la coordinación entre las residencias y los servicios sanitarios”
SATSE: "Nurses are key to lead coordination between residences and health services" - SATSE ve necesario reforzar las plantillas de enfermeras en las residencias
SATSE sees the need to reinforce the nursing staff in the residences - Satse afirma que ha empeorado la calidad de vida de las enfermeras por las condiciones sufridas en la crisis
Satse affirms that the quality of life of nurses has worsened due to the conditions suffered in the crisis - SATSE: "Empeora la calidad de vida de las enfermeras por las condiciones sufridas en la crisis"
SATSE: "Nurses' quality of life worsens due to the conditions suffered in the crisis" - Satse denuncia escasez de enfermeras para el refuerzo contra el Covid-19
Satse denounces shortage of nurses for the reinforcement against Covid-19 - SATSE pide defender la sanidad pública con testimonios de enfermeras
SATSE asks to defend public health with testimonies from nurses - Satse denuncia que todos los centros de salud de la provincia de Córdoba cerrarán por las tardes en verano
Satse decries that all health centers in the province of Córdoba will close during afternoons in summer
United Kingdom
- Nurses protest in support of Black Lives Matter
- Coronavirus: Cumbria health trust inquiry into mask fittings
- Coronavirus: 'Serious incident review' into improper mask tests
- Windrush Day: Nurses demand action on racism and inequality
- Student nurses say they have been 'sold down the river' after stepping up to aid coronavirus fight
- Yvonne Coghill: ‘Racial inequality cannot be denied any more’
- Continued use of faulty and out of date PPE ‘a national scandal’, says BMA
- News round-up: Catch-up on June’s major coronavirus stories
- NHS trust probe into masks failings at north Cumbrian hospitals
United States
- HCA nurses issue 10-day strike notice at California hospital
- First, They Saved Lives. Now, Nurses Want To Save America
- 'I Feel So Overwhelmed': COVID-19 and Police Violence Takes a Toll on Black Health Care Workers
- Henry Mayo nurses hold rally in opposition to staff layoffs, having to reuse PPE
- June 20: Henry Mayo Nurses to Rally for Patient Safety, PPE, Rehiring Nurses, Staff
- Crowds take to Bay Area streets to celebrate Juneteenth, protest racism and police brutality
- Health experts blast Trump order to cut down coronavirus testing
- Henry Mayo nurses protest over layoffs, PPE
- Governors Must Protect the Health Workers Who Protect Us
- Nursing home doctors, nurses say they still lack PPEs
- Health experts blast Trump order to cut down coronavirus testing
- Free therapy available to COVID-19 pandemic front-line workers
- CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association to picket June 25
- CHI nurses call for recruiting, respecting, and retaining staff
- Bismarck Health Care Workers To Picket On Thursday
- Nurses to picket CHI St. Alexius hospital on Thursday
- Essentia, Moose Lake’s Mercy Hospital finalize partnership
- DC nurses demand hazard pay during pandemic
- Still in short supply in Minnesota, N95 masks used over and over
- How California went from success story to virus hot spot
- Governors face competing voices as reported virus cases rise
- Newsom Steps Up Urgency of Virus Messaging
- Khanna, Lee and Solis get CA Dems nod to lead convention
- Gavin Newsom left out as California Democrats pick convention delegation leaders
- Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear. Some Still Died.
- Johns Hopkins protestors demand end to plan for private police force
- Commentary: Governors must protect the health workers who protect us
- Nursing organizations step up to address racism and its consequences
- Protesters call for end to private police force
- Healthcare sector added 358K jobs, hospitals had first gains in 2 months
- Protesters march across Johns Hopkins University campus, demanding end to stalled plan for private police force
- Nurse Union Leader on COVID-19: 'We're Being Treated Like We Don't Matter'
- US nurses at for-profit hospital chain to strike over cuts and PPE shortages
- Oakland hospital says nurse 'no longer works there' after anti-BLM posts called racist
- Despite FDA approval, Massachusetts nurses say N95 decontamination process is unproven
- Coronavirus Cases Surge As Nurses Demand States Close Until They Can Reopen Safely
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital Nurses Accuse Hospital Of Putting Them At Risk For COVID-19
- Sutter health care worker out of job after racist social media post