Nurses to Protest at White House to Demand OSHA Standard and Mass Production of Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers

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Registered Nurses will be holding a protest in front of the White House on Tuesday, April 21 to call attention to the tens of thousands of health care workers nationwide who have become infected with COVID-19 due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). The nurses, members of National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of RNs in the country, will be practicing social distancing and will read aloud the names U.S. nurses who are known to have died of COVID-19.

National Nurses United
Apr 20, 2020

Nurses Applaud Introduction of Emergency COVID-19 Bill to Protect RNs, First Responders, and Health Care Workers

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In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, California Nurses Association (CNA) is pleased to cosponsor Assembly Bill 664 (Cooper) to protect California’s nurses, firefighters, police officers, and health care workers by providing presumptive eligibility for workers’ compensation during a state of emergency.
California Nurses Association
Apr 17, 2020

John Muir Health, Concord Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

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Concord, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at John Muir Health, Concord Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at 6:30 p.m., April 17th during their shift change to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-gro

California Nurses Association
Apr 16, 2020

Atlanta VA Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action to Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

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To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Atlanta VA Medical Center are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at noon, April 17 to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
Apr 16, 2020

Provident Hospital of Cook County Nurses to Hold Action to Protest the Closure of Provident Hospital’s Emergency Room

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To protest the abrupt and dangerous closure of South Side’s Provident Hospital of Cook County’s Emergency Room, registered nurses at Provident Hospital and their supporters are holding a socially distance action and media availability at 3:00 p.m., April 17 to describe the danger this closure poses to the health and safety of the patient community that Provident Hospital serves, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
Apr 16, 2020

Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19 and Honor Infected Health Care Workers and Those Who Have Died From COVID-19

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Arroyo Grande, CA – To honor health care workers who have been infected with and those who have died from COVID-19 and to protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, Dignity Health-Arroyo Grande Community Hospital registered nurses are holding a candlelight vigil and media availability at 7:30 p.m., April 16th announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s lar

California Nurses Association
Apr 15, 2020

Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center Nurses to Hold a Drive-a-Thon at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

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Nurses protest lack of PPE

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), the decontamination of N-95 respirators with ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, and to demand safe staffing and full employment for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center are holding a drive-a-thon and media availability during their shift change at 7:00 pm, April 16.

California Nurses Association
Apr 15, 2020

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Nurses and University of California Unions to Hold a Press Conference to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

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San Francisco, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and demand safe staffing for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Nurses, represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, along with fellow University of California, San Francisco union members are holding an action and media availability during their break at noon, April 17th to describe current conditions and th

California Nurses Association
Apr 15, 2020