Nurses Charge University of Chicago Medical Center is Jeopardizing Patient Safety
Registered nurses are filing complaints with the Illinois Department of Public Health and OSHAagainst the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) charging the hospital is failing to complywith federal and state laws and thereby jeopardizing patient safety, announced National Nurses United Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU).
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Jun 10, 2019
Bill to Protect Health Care, Social Service Workers from Epidemic of Workplace Violence Poised For Historic House Committee Vote
Washington, D.C.—On Tuesday, June 11, the House Committee on Education and Labor will be marking up and voting on HR 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, by Rep. Joe Courtney—a historic first for this legislation.
National Nurses United
Jun 7, 2019
Johns Hopkins Reaches Settlement with Registered Nurses Affirming Nurses’ Guaranteed Right to Unionize
Nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore are hailing as a critical victory a settlement reached with the hospital which reaffirms the nurses’ guaranteed legal right to unionize, said the National Nurses Organizing Committee.
National Nurses United / NNOC
Jun 5, 2019
Nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles Reach Tentative Agreement on Three-Year Contract
Registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining contract with the hospital, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) today.
National Nurses United
Jun 3, 2019
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
RNs to Provide Medical Care to Asylum Seekers As Feds Reveal More Child Deaths in U.S. Custody
Registered nurses with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) will return to Tucson, Ariz. this weekend to provide critical medical aid to asylum seekers. RNRN, a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United.
RN Response Network
May 31, 2019
Is Medicare for All ‘disruptive’? Not more than medical bankruptcy or death
David Wichmann, CEO of the corporate giant UnitedHealth Group, recently cautioned against the “wholesale disruption” of American health care, should Medicare for All be enacted. There’s something surreal about a man who earned $18.1 million in 2018 warning that changing the deadly, unfixable health care system that made him rich—would be too jarring.
Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United
RNs to Provide Medical Care to Asylum Seekers As Feds Reveal More Child Deaths in U.S. Custody
Registered nurses with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) will return to Tucson, Ariz. this weekend to provide critical medical aid to asylum seekers.
National Nurses United / RNRN
May 24, 2019
Nurses at Tenet-Affiliated, St. Joseph’s and St. Mary’s Hospitals in Tucson, Intend to Hold Pickets May 28
Registered nurses at Tenet-affiliated, St. Joseph’s, and St. Mary’s Hospitals in Tucson, intend to hold informational pickets May 28 urging management to invest in nursing staff.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 28, 2019