Charlie Norwood VA Augusta nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with a lunch time act ion calling for optimal COVID-19 protections. This local action is part of nurse actions taking place at 139 hospitals, in 13 states, representing more than 95,540 nurses, according to National Nurses United (NNU).

Nurses say their demand for optimal personal protective equipment (PPE) is underscored by the fact that more than 60 nurses across the country have died of COVID-19; although, due to lack of testing, the number is surely higher.

Bronx VA Medical Center nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with a shift change action.

Orlando area nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with shift change actions calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, applauds Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on the announcement of the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act.

Registered nurses will hold a memorial Wednesday night in memory of Karla Dominguez, a pediatric intensive care nurse at Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus in El Paso who died of COVID-19.

National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, strongly cautions that calls to “reopen the country” are premature when the threat of the virus causing COVID-19 is not yet behind us.

Stanford ValleyCare registered nurses recently voted by an overwhelming majority to ratify their first contract with the California Nurses Association (CNA), the union announced today.

Nurses say the contract brings ValleyCare RNs up to par with surrounding Bay Area hospitals on working conditions, and codifies important staffing and patient care guidelines.

To demand the highest level of personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses, including N95 masks, head to toe protection, safe placement for COVID-19 patients, safe staffing levels, and the end of disciplining frontline nurses caring for COVID-19 patients, registered nurses at San Leandro Hospital are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 4:00 p.m., April 29...

To speak out about dangerous patient care conditions, which include inadequate provisions of personal protective equipment (PPE), partially due to a locked and inaccessible stockroom, and dangerously low staffing, registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at 7:45 p.m., April 28, announced National Organizing Committee/National Nurses United...