Registered Nurses at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte to Hold Informational Picket May 18
Registered nurses at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center (GVMC) in Ronceverte plan to hold an informational picket Saturday, May 18 to speak out about the eroding conditions at the hospital, including chronic short staffing, inadequate supplies and maintenance problems that undermine hygiene.
National Nurses United
May 16, 2019
Barton Memorial Hospital Nurses Set One-Day Strike for May 24
Registered nurses at Barton Memorial Hospital say with the hospital failing to negotiate in good faith, they have no choice but to set a one-day strike for May 24, announced California Nurses Association today.
California Nurses Association
May 14, 2019
New Report – Johns Hopkins hounding thousands of patients with medical debt lawsuits, seizing wages
Despite its reputation as one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the U.S. Johns Hopkins Hospital has a shocking record of hounding low income patients for medical debt – filing thousands of lawsuits, garnishing wages and seizing bank accounts.
National Nurses United / AFL-CIO
May 14, 2019
Nation’s Largest Nurse's Union Calls for Ouster of Wayne T. Smith, CEO of Community Health Systems Hospital Chain
New report tracks CHS’ pattern of eroding patient care conditions, price gouging, and corporate mismanagement.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 13, 2019
The health care corporate execs can’t hold back this tide for Medicare for All
If you still wonder about the growing popularity of the movement for Medicare for All, consider this simple question @AllOnMedicare, one of the more active social media advocates of Medicare for All, posed on Twitter May 2 — “When did you become radicalized by the U.S. health care non-system?”
When did you become radicalized by the U.S. health care non-system?
Jean Ross, RN
RNs Applaud Reintroduction of Federal Safe Staffing Bills Mandating Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
National Nurses United applauds the reintroduction of the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act sponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown in the Senate and Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the House. This important legislation addresses an epidemic of deliberate understaffing in our nation’s hospitals that puts patients and the public at risk, said National Nurses United.
National Nurses United
May 8, 2019
El Paso Nurses To Hold Medicare for All Rally at Offices of Rep. Will Hurd (TX-23)
El Paso-area registered nurses will rally Wednesday afternoon to demand Texas Rep. Will Hurd support HR 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019, National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) announced today.
National Nurses United
May 7, 2019
National Nurses: Federal "Conscience Rule" Poses Significant Threat to Patient Safety, Choice
National Nurses United today condemned the Trump administration’s proposed final “conscience rule” in health care delivery that it said will pose a significant threat to women’s health and the fundamental principle of patient choice.
National Nurses United
May 6, 2019