Nurses Send Petition to Congress Demanding Immediate Protections During COVID-19 Outbreak
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses, sent a petition to the US Congress today with a quarter of a million signatures demanding that Congress ensure that nurses and health care workers are immediately given the protections they need to avoid exposure to COVID-19.
National Nurses United
Mar 23, 2020
NABTU Mask Donations
Protect Nurses: Building Solidarity For All Our Health
Nurses: California Needs to Do More on Protective Gear
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials to sharply escalate steps to get immediately personal protective equipment to nurses and other health care workers.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Mar 21, 2020
Updated COVID-19 survey of registered nurses shows little improvement and worsening availability of personal protective equipment
A nationwide survey National Nurses United (NNU) has been conducting of registered nurses, the country’s frontline health care staff, continues to show that the vast majority of United States hospitals and health care facilities are still unprepared to handle and contain cases of COVID-19.
National Nurses United / California Nurses Association / NNOC
Mar 20, 2020
Nurses: Time to sharply ramp up health care capacity for COVID-19
National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today called on an embattled nation to dramatically ramp up health care capacity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Nurses United
Mar 16, 2020
Global Nurses United Press Clips
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Nurses Say Eastern Maine Medical Center Has Addressed Many of Their Concerns Over COVID-19 Safety Preparations
Earlier today registered nurses at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) highlighted progress that has been made through talks with the medical center concerning its preparedness for COVID-19, announced Maine State Nurses Association (MSNA).
Maine State Nurses Association / NNOC
Mar 14, 2020
Veterans Health Administration unions decry management’s failure to involve them in COVID-19 preparations, call to work together
We health care workers in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system, deeply dismayed by the lack of preparations, planning, and communications so far in response to COVID-19, are calling on VHA management to work with us to ensure the nation’s VA health facilities can safely handle COVID-19. Together, our unions represent nearly 350,000 employees working within the VHA system.
NNU, AFGE, NAGE, NFFE, SEIU 200 United
Mar 14, 2020
National Nurses United statement on today’s Trump administration press conference
The following statement by National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN and Presidents Jean Ross, RN, Zenei Cortez, RN and Deborah Burger, RN is in response to the Trump administration’s COVID-19 press conference this afternoon:
National Nurses United
Mar 13, 2020
Recording of National Nurses United COVID-19 Update Call Available on Website
Thousands of nurses joined the COVID-19 update call earlier today. Due to the overwhelming response, it crashed the system. A recording of the National Nurses United (NNU) COVID-19 update call is now available on the union’s Media Resources section.
Mar 12, 2020