Nurses seek OSHA sanctions on HCA
National Nurses United (NNU) today called on the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to inspect all HCA-owned-and-operated hospitals and issue citations against the hospital giant for “willful violation” of workplace safety hazards, which NNU warns “could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm.”
National Nurses United
Aug 24, 2020
RN Response Network July 2020 update
RNRN is monitoring the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which is setting records with Hurricane Isaias being the earliest “I” named hurricane in history. In California, there have already been over 4500 fires, more than twice the average normally recorded at this point in the season.
RN Response Network
Nurses: Trump Attack on Mail Vote an Assault on Public Health, Workers, Veterans, Democracy
National Nurses United (NNU) today condemned President Trump’s campaign to subvert the November election with its attacks on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) as “an assault on public health and postal workers, with a disproportionate racist impact on Black workers and on veterans – as well as a direct threat to democracy.”
National Nurses United
Aug 14, 2020
California Nurses Association Endorses Prop. 15
The California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today it is endorsing Proposition 15, a much-needed state initiative designed to close longstanding corporate property tax loopholes and generate nearly $12 billion for schools and local government.
California Nurses Association
Aug 14, 2020
Nurses to Santa Clara Supervisors: Conditions at HCA Regional Putting Moms, Babies at Risk
In a letter to Santa Clara County Supervisors today, the California Nurses Association warns that multiple reports of serious incidents following the closure of maternal child services at HCA’s Regional Medical Center of San Jose in May is putting the safety of patients at risk.
California Nurses Association
Aug 11, 2020
NNU National Day of Action August 5 Recap
As firsthand witnesses and actual victims during this COVID-19 crisis of a health care and economic system that prioritizes money over people, registered nurse members of National Nurses United (NNU) held on Aug. 5 more than 200 actions inside and outside hospital facilities in at least 16 states and the District of Columbia to demand that our elected leaders, government, and hospital employers take immediate action to save lives.
HCA Mission, NC RNs To Vote on Forming Union
Registered Nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC will vote, starting on August 18, to determine if they want to form a union with National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina.
Nurses Deliver Half A Million Signatures to Congress, Calling on Congress to Protect Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic
Registered nurses today delivered a petition to Congress signed by more than half a million people demanding Congress pass legislation that would protect nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Nurses United
Aug 7, 2020
The HEALS Act Puts Lives at Risk
The benefits keeping people and families in America afloat expired Friday. If Senate Republicans have their way, what comes next would involve these millions of benefit recipients making choices no one wants to make.
Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of National Nurses United
Union Election Set for Mission, NC RNs
The date has been set. Mail ballots will be sent to registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC on August 18 to determine if they want to form a union.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Aug 4, 2020