Registered nurses, doctors, and health care workers are convening a town hall meeting on Friday, June 21 to alert the public to growing maternal and infant public health concerns if Jackson Park Hospital closes its OB-GYN services in August as scheduled, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today.

Nurses and Medical Laboratory Scientists (MLSs) held an informational picket this morning at Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) in Calais, Maine. They were joined by members of the CRH technical unit (who just voted to join Maine State Nurses Association (MSNA)/National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) this past Friday) and also members of the United Steelworkers Union, Firemen and Oilers, and the Maine State Educational Association, announced MSNA.
 

Two dozen members of the Coalition for a Humane Hopkins marched on the office of Redonda Miller, the president of Johns Hopkins Hospital, this morning to deliver a demand letter and petitions. The letter and petitions, signed by more than 1,000 people, demand that the nonprofit medical institution immediately suspend the filing of new medical debt lawsuits and drop current lawsuits against Johns Hopkins Hospital patients.
 

Following today’s hearing on the Medicare for All Act of 2019 in the Ways and Means Committee, Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United (NNU) has issued the below statement:
 

Registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) today.
 
“I am so proud of the nurses who stood strong and were able to reach a contract that held the line against management’s proposed takeaways,” said Sandra Rodriguez, RN, and member of the union’s negotiating team. “This contract respects and maintains RNs professional and economic standards and strengthens our ability to effectively advocate for our patients.”