RNs Fight to Protect Florida’s Drinking Water
National Nurses United RNs are fighting to protect Florida’s drinking water with a ban on all forms of fracking for oil or natural gas in the state. The nurses joined other environmental activists on February 2 in Bradenton, Fla. for a rally to urging state Senate President Bill Galvano to vote in favor of a ban.
Ginnelle Stewart, an ICU registered nurse and NNU member, spoke at the rally about the public health hazards and the high human costs associated with fracking.
Nurses union readies push for Medicare for All bill
House Democratic leaders' efforts to avoid a messy fight over Medicare for All may be put to the test by a 150,000-member national nurses union that's mounting a campaign to force the issue to the top of lawmakers' to-do list.
RNs to Deploy to El Paso, Texas to Provide Care to Migrants and Asylum Seekers
The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, is sending a team of volunteer nurses to El Paso, Texas to assist in providing basic medical support to migrants and asylum seekers. National Nurses United (NNU) is concerned that many of these migrants, including families and unaccompanied children, need medical care after their long and arduous journey and detention in federal facilities that have come under intense scrutiny following the deaths of two children.
RNs Criticize Proposed New VA Rules Charging they Pave the Way to Eroding Care for Veterans
GNU urges the immediate dropping of all charges against Luis Antulio Alpirez Guzmán and Dora Regina Ruano Saldaña
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Giant steps – the next stage in the fight for Medicare for All
The long journey toward transforming our health care system to ensure that all our nation’s people get the care they need is entering its next major phase.
In the coming days, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, with dozens of House co-sponsors, is expected to introduce an updated version of a House Medicare for All bill, a significant step toward a real reform that is now favored by up to 70 percent of Americans.
For the first time, following the House turnover in November, the prospects for real action in the House on Medicare for All look promising.
