National RN survey highlights continued hospital failures to prioritize nurse and patient safety during pandemic

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National Nurses United’s (NNU) new nationwide survey of more than 9,200 registered nurses reveals that a year into the pandemic, registered nurses are still being placed in harm's way. RNs face continued issues ranging from unsafe staffing levels to hospital administrators failing to observe basic infection control and prevention measures.
National Nurses United
Mar 10, 2021

Global Nurses United leaders urge World Trade Organization to support waiver to provide equitable and speedy vaccine access

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Leaders of an international federation of nurse and health care worker unions from 27 countries, Global Nurses United (GNU), sent a letter today to the World Trade Organization (WTO), urging that it take immediate action “to dramatically mitigate and eventually end the catastrophic death and suffering caused by the Covid-19 pandemic” and “to ensure equitable and speedy vaccine production and distribution.”
Global Nurses United
Mar 9, 2021

John Muir Behavioral Health Center RNs Vote to Join CNA

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Registered nurses at John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif., have voted by 62 percent to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, choosing to affiliate with the state’s largest RN labor union.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Feb 25, 2021

Antelope Valley nurses to speak out at board of directors meeting and deliver petition of ‘no confidence’ in hospital CEO Edward Mirzabegian

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Antelope Valley Hospital registered nurses will speak out at tomorrow’s Antelope Valley Healthcare District Board of Directors’ meeting and deliver a petition of “no confidence” in AVH CEO Edward Mirzabegian. Nurses are calling on the board of directors to hold the hospital administration accountable for staffing and safe patient care amid ongoing contract negotiations.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Feb 23, 2021