Johns Hopkins Hospital Named to “2019 Dirty Dozen List of Employers Who Put Workers and Communities at Risk”
Historic Nevada Workplace Violence Prevention Bill Passes Major Hurdle
Health care workers with National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1107 are excited to announce the state’s first workplace violence prevention bill, A.B. 348, passed a major hurdle as the Nevada Assembly overwhelmingly approved the measure last night. The bill now goes to the Senate.
National Medicare for All Campaign Expands Effective Grassroots Efforts
Call for Artists - "Recognition" A visual arts exhibition hosted by National Nurses United
Who We Are
National Nurses United (NNU), the largest U.S. union and professional association of registered nurses, is hosting an event this Sept. 12 - 15 in San Francisco. The Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly will involve nearly 2,000 people, predominantly RNs and women from throughout the country as well as from more than two dozen international RN and health care worker unions.
Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital ratify new three-year contract
The California Nurses Association is pleased to announce that the tentative agreement reached between the union’s RN bargaining team and Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has been overwhelmingly approved by the registered nurses in voting ending April 19.
Henry Mayo RNs say the new three-year collective bargaining agreement covering 650 nurses will strengthen their ability to protect patients and improve the hospital’s recruitment and retention of experienced RNs.
Nurses volunteering medical services Easter weekend to migrants recently released from federal detention
Bonnie Castillo, RN
Executive Director
National Nurses United
California Nurses Association
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Fox Never Expected This—The Medicare for All Moment
It was an unexpected teaching moment for Fox News -- a lesson that all the fear mongering in your playbook doesn’t carry quite so far when you confront a mass movement for transformative change that will dramatically improve people’s lives.
In a town hall April 15 with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Fox host Bret Baier threw out an anticipated gotcha question for the audience Fox likely presumed were Fox viewers.
Here's Script for Your Call
Hello ____, my name is ____ and I live in _______, which you represent. I’m calling to urge you to support H.R. 1309, The Federal Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act. Healthcare workers too frequently experience dangerous workplace violence incidents and this bill will help to change that and make health care facilities safer for everyone, including nurses, patients and family members.
Take Action to End Workplace Violence
Health care workers face high rates of workplace violence, a critical issue reaching epidemic proportions. The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1309) aims to hold health care and social service employers accountable for developing and implementing a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan.