California Nurses Association (CNA) and East Bay Community Hold “Lightning” Rally in Solidarity to Demand Safer Working Conditions and for Alameda County Board of Supervisors to Takeover Alameda Health System

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Alameda, CA – Alameda Health System (AHS) CNA nurses along with Bay Area human rights activists, teachers, students, and families will mobilize to uplift health care workers’ calls against inadequate preparedness and personal protective equipment (PPE) and weakened patient care standards during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

California Nurses Association
Apr 7, 2020

U.S. Nurses Unions: 'Our Members Are Dying. We Demand Protections Now!'

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As COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket in the United States, unions representing 230,000 nurses across the country have joined forces to demand hospitals and the government act now to give nurses optimal personal protective equipment (PPE)—including N95 respirators or higher—a demand made more dire due to the fact that nurses are beginning to die of COVID-19.

National Nurses United
Apr 6, 2020

UCSD Jacobs Medical Center Nurses in La Jolla to Hold Action at Noon to Demand Protections when Treating Patients with COVID-19

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SAN DIEGO, CA – To honor healthcare workers and patients who have succumbed to COVID-19, and to call on UCSD to provide adequate protection for healthcare workers during the pandemic to stem further losses, registered nurses at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs Medical Center (La Jolla) are holding a candlelight vigil at 7:30 pm at shift change with speakers and a moment of silence for those who have passed, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing 

California Nurses Association
Apr 5, 2020

Brooklyn VA Medical Center RNs to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Critical PPE and Appropriate Staffing to Care for Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers and the dangerously inadequate staffing levels at VA hospitals during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at the Brooklyn VA are holding an action during their evening shift change this Monday, April 6, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
Apr 6, 2020

Seton Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action To Demand Protections when Treating Patients with COVID-19

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Daly City, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Seton Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at noon on April 2nd 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-growing nurses&

California Nurses Association
Apr 2, 2020

University of California, Irvine Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Protections when Treating Patients with COVID-19

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Orange, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at UCI Medical Center are holding an action and media availability 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-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the coun

California Nurses Association
Apr 2, 2020

Nurses to President Trump: Get Us Protective Equipment Now

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National Nurses United sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump today to demand that he immediately and fully invoke the presidential authorities granted in the Defense Production Act to increase the supply of necessary personal protective equipment.
National Nurses United
Apr 2, 2020

French Hospital Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shift Change 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, Dignity Health-French Hospital registered nurses are holding a candlelight vigil and media availability at 8pm at the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

California Nurses Association
Apr 2, 2020

Thank you, nurses!

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Nurses are on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, showing up to work, treating patients, and putting their lives on the line to care for all of us. Read some of the messages pouring in from grateful supporters around the country below, then send your own thank you message to nurses.