Caravan and Speak out Tuesday calls for official end to Johns Hopkins’ practice of suing patients over medical debt

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Rally at Johns Hopkins Hospital against medical debt - July 20, 2019
Coalition for a Humane Hopkins, in addition to Johns Hopkins University students and Baltimore community advocates, on Tuesday, Sept. 15 will hold a caravan and speak out to urge Johns Hopkins Hospital to formally commit to ending its controversial practice of suing patients over medical debt.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Sep 14, 2020

Nurses and caregivers speak up for patient care and strongly oppose excessive CEO pay

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CNA Nurses and CHEU members protest layoffs and CEO pay
Nurses and caregivers strongly oppose the recent vote by the majority of the Palomar Health Board of Directors to approve CEO Diane Hansen's new contract, which grants about a 20 percent salary increase to her along with two bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for over two years.
California Nurses Association/Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union
Sep 14, 2020

Nurses Call for Transformative Changes for Racial, Gender, Workers’, and Health Care Justice at National Convention

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Graphic - CNA/NNOC “The Year of the Nurse” convention
On the final day of their first ever virtual national convention, the more than 500 delegates to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee Saturday issued a resounding call for transformative changes for racial, gender, workers’ and health care justice.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Sep 14, 2020

National Nurses United join Dr. Jill Biden for a roundtable on the COVID-19 pandemic and the government response

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Graphic "National Nurses United endoreses Joe Biden"
On Monday, Sep. 14, members of National Nurses United from Arizona and Nevada will join Dr. Jill Biden and NNU President Deborah Burger, RN for a roundtable discussion on COVID-19’s impact on safe working conditions and patient safety, Vice President Joe Biden's pandemic response plan, and President Donald Trump’s failure to keep the country safe.
National Nurses United
Sep 12, 2020

Nurses Raise Caution Flag on COVID-19 Vaccine Push

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Nurse holds sign "Science matters"
National Nurses United today raised a caution flag on the Trump administration’s rush to promote a COVID-19 vaccine by late October or early November without assurances that the vaccine will meet the highest test of public safety as its top priority, not political considerations.
National Nurses United
Sep 3, 2020

San Joaquin nurses to convene virtual townhall discussion on community health in face of COVID-19

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San Joaquin County nurses
San Joaquin County nurses will convene a townhall discussion on Wednesday, September 2 with healthcare workers, community allies, and local elected leaders to call for the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors to make the County’s public hospital a top priority, to advance community health and to treat healthcare workers with the respect they deserve.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Sep 1, 2020

President Preckwinkle’s Budget Proposal Closes Southside Clinics and Hospitals

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Nurse holds sign "Racial Justice Now"
With the recently announced closure of Mercy Hospital, cuts to services at Holy Cross and Jackson Park hospitals, and new threats to discontinue emergency services at Provident Hospital, labor and community organizations will hold a protest Friday Aug. 28 to decry Cook County’s austerity proposals as an affront to Black communities.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Aug 27, 2020