Registered Nurses Honor National Nurses Week with Lobby Days For Federal Legislation to Protect Patients and Nurses
Hundreds of registered nurses from across the country will meet virtually with federal lawmakers on May 4-10 to urge them to step up measures to improve protections for hospital patients and nurses and other health care workers across the country.
National Nurses United
May 3, 2021
By Huge 57% Margin, RNs at Maine’s Largest Hospital Vote to Form First Ever Union with Maine State Nurses Association/NNU
By a huge 57 percent margin, registered nurses at Maine’s largest hospital, Maine Medical Center (MMC) are joining the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 29, 2021
USC Keck and Norris Cancer Center nurses to hold car caravan for patient safety and safe staffing
USC registered nurses at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will hold a car caravan on Saturday, May 1 to protest years of understaffing and the lack of an adequate staffing plan by administration.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 28, 2021
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
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