Nurses Answer the Call: RNRN/NNU Sends More Volunteers to Care for Migrants and Asylum Seekers at the Border

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The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, will send a new team of volunteer nurses to Tucson, Ariz., March 1 through March 4 to assist in providing basic medical support to migrants and asylum seekers. National Nurses United (NNU) is concerned that migrant families, including their young children, are in need of medical care after their long and arduous journey and detention in federal facilities.

RN Response Network
Mar 1, 2019

National Nurses United Hosts Press Conference Call to Unveil Campaign In Support of Rep. Jayapal’s New Medicare for All Bill

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Campaign In Support of  Rep. Jayapal’s New Medicare for All Bill
The call will feature Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of National Nurses United, Holly Miller, National Director of Community and Public Advocacy, National Nurses United, along with Diane Archer, Founder and President of JustCare USA and former President of the Medicare Rights Center. The call will unveil the advocacy campaign being waged to support Medicare for All legislation and the coordinated effort to ensure that Medicare for All becomes law.
National Nurses United
Feb 27, 2019

Jayapal, Dingell And Co-Sponsors To Introduce Medicare For All Act of 2019

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RNs organizing unprecedented, grassroots movement to back the bill

Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Debbie Dingell, other members of Congress, and advocates including National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, will introduce the Medicare For All Act of 2019 on Wednesday, February 27 at 11:15 a.m. EST.
 

National Nurses United
Feb 26, 2019

RNs and Veterans Rally to Protect Veterans’ Health Care at the VA

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RNs and Veterans Rally to Protect Veterans’ Health Care
RNs with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) and veterans with San Diego Veterans for Peace are calling on the VA Secretary, Robert Wilkie, to fully fund and staff the VA, and reject the implementation of proposed rules that will divert billions of taxpayer dollars designated for the VA and veterans’ health care into the private sector.
National Nurses United
Feb 25, 2019

RNs at MedStar Washington Hospital Center Overwhelmingly Approve Contract with Improved Patient Safety Protections

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Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United at MedStar Washington Hospital Center voted overwhelmingly this past weekend to ratify a new five-year contract. The contract, covering 1,900 registered nurses at the hospital, features a host of improvements and protections for both nurses and patients.
 

National Nurses Organizing Committee
Feb 25, 2019