Nurses Welcome Movement on Federal Workplace Safety Standard, Urge Quick Approval as Pandemic Surges
National Nurses United today welcomed the Biden Administration’s decision to take an important step toward issuing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to ensure safe workplaces for nurses, and other health care and essential workers.
National Nurses United
Apr 26, 2021
UCLA Santa Monica nurses to hold protest for patient safety
Registered nurses at the University of California Los Angeles, Santa Monica campus, will hold a socially distant protest on Monday, Apr. 26 to call on management to immediately address the unsafe environment and working conditions that put patient safety at risk.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 23, 2021
RNs at Community First alert public to patient safety concerns during Covid-19 pandemic
Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago will hold a virtual press conference and an in-person picket on Friday, April 23 to alert the public to a variety of alarming state and federal violations that nurses say jeopardize patient safety.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Apr 22, 2021
California nurses say that delaying action on establishing guaranteed health care for the state is a mistake, Californians cannot wait
Lawmakers today are choosing to delay for another year action on AB 1400, the bill known as CalCare that would establish a guaranteed, single-payer health system for all California residents, using the excuse that they need to hash out more details and decide how to finance it.
California Nurses Association
Apr 21, 2021
National Nurses United statement on Chauvin Trial
National Nurses United today welcomed the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the brutal murder of George Floyd last May, adding that more work is needed on racial justice, including in policing practices.
National Nurses United
Apr 20, 2021
Eastern Maine Medical Center nurses approve historic contract extension
Nurses at Maine’s largest unionized hospital have voted resoundingly to extend their current labor agreement for another two years, in exchange for major concessions from Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center.
Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Apr 20, 2021
National legislation press releases
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Nurses Applaud U.S. House of Representatives Passage of Legislation Protecting Health Care, Social Service Workers from Workplace Violence
National Nurses United applauds the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of important federal legislation aimed at protecting health care and social services workers in places such as hospitals and clinics.
National Nurses United
Apr 16, 2021
Nurses Urge U.S. House of Representatives to Pass Bill Aimed at Protecting Health Care, Social Service Workers from Epidemic of Workplace Violence
National Nurses United today is urging that members of Congress vote in favor of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, an important bipartisan bill that would help remedy an epidemic of threats and assaults facing frontline health workers.
National Nurses United
Apr 15, 2021
National Nurses United statement on racial justice
National Nurses United (NNU) stands with the family of George Floyd and the millions of people who took to the streets last summer demanding true justice and social change. NNU calls for a public commitment to solutions to end structural racism and promote social equity and healing.
National Nurses United
Apr 13, 2021