National Nurses United to Host Strategy Call on Medicare for All, Need for Systemic Reform

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Nurse holding sign "We need Medicare for All"
Before summer’s end, an estimated 27 million people will lose their health insurance due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the 29 million who were uninsured before this pandemic even began. In response to the dire need for systemic reform, National Nurses United will be hosting a Summer Strategy Call for thousands of activists across the country.
National Nurses United
Jul 13, 2020

National Nurses United Endorses Biden

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Joe Biden with text "Vote Nurses Values"
In a vote by its national Executive Council, National Nurses United (NNU) has endorsed Vice President Joe Biden for President.
National Nurses United
Jul 13, 2020

Global Nurses United Press Clips

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See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United

Good Samaritan, San Jose RNs: Short Staffing, COVID-19 Surge Putting Patients at Risk

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Registered nurses at HCA’s Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose protesting unsafe staffing
Registered nurses at HCA’s Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose will hold a social distancing action Monday to alert the public to what they say is an alarming trend of unsafe staffing throughout the hospital that, coupled with the ongoing pandemic surge, is putting patients at risk.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jul 10, 2020

Mission HCA RNs Protest Unsafe Staffing as COVID-19 Cases Surge

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Registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC
Registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC are marching on the hospital’s chief executive this morning to protest what they see as an alarming rise in unsafe staffing at the very moment the hospital is swamped with COVID-19 patients.
National Nurses United
Jul 10, 2020

Thank You

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Las Palmas, El Paso RNs To Protest Manager’s Racist Behavior

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Nurses hold signs "Racism is a Public Health Crisis"
Registered nurses at HCA’s Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, RNs will hold a press conference Wednesday to protest a manager’s racist diatribe directed at two Latina RNs and demand the hospital administration adhere to and enforce a zero tolerance for racism policy.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Jul 7, 2020