March on Mayor to Demand Action to Keep Providence Hospital Open
Registered nurses, and caregivers will join with faith and community leaders to deliver thousands of petitions to Mayor Muriel Bowser demanding she do all in her power to keep Providence Hospital open as a fully functioning hospital with acute-care services.
National Nurses United
Nov 1, 2018
Contra Costa County Nurses Ratify New Three-Year Contract
Contra Costa County registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and public health nurses (PHNs) voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract that supports patient safety, safe staffing, and overall better working conditions at Contra Costa County, the California Nurses Association announced today.
California Nurses Association
Oct 31, 2018
Nurses Overwhelmingly Vote to Ratify Contracts Covering 7,000 RNs at 17 HCA-Affiliated Hospitals in 5 States
Registered nurses at HCA-affiliated hospitals in Florida, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Nevada have voted overwhelmingly to ratify contracts featuring a number of innovations that will benefit both patients and nurses, the National Nurses Organizing Committee announced today.
National Nurses United
Oct 30, 2018
Labor Board Finds Merit to Charges Johns Hopkins Violated Federal Law in Restricting Rights of RNs
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has determined there is merit to charges that Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is violating federal labor law in restricting the rights of its registered nurses who are seeking union representation.
National Nurses United
Oct 30, 2018
Registered Nurses Call On VA Secretary To Sign Contract
National Nurses United (NNU) today sharply criticized Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie’s refusal to sign the contract VA government negotiators reached with National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC)/NNU VA registered nurses in July following two years of protracted negotiations.
National Nurses United
Oct 30, 2018
How to Fully Protect People with Pre-Existing Conditions — Medicare for All
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the top dog, or pig in this case, Napoleon can’t get the land to produce food, so he makes it up. For example, Napoleon orders nearly barren storage bins be loaded up almost to the brim with sand, deceiving a human onlooker to report there was no food shortage on the farm. After he finally leaves the White House, Trump could play Napoleon in a remake of Animal Farm.
National Nurses United
NNU Statement on Synagogue Shooting: 'End Hate Speech in Wave of Racist/Anti-Semitic Attacks'
In the wake of the heinous assault on a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday, and other attacks of the past week, National Nurses United (NNU) today joined with Americans across the country in calling for an end to hate speech and other rhetoric that enables and emboldens racist and anti-Semitic violence and threats.
National Nurses United
Oct 29, 2018
Nurses Say Yes on I-1631, Building a Cleaner Future for Washington State
Registered nurses are very familiar with the negative health impacts of carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning. After all, the illnesses we treat at the bedside—including increases in asthma, bronchitis, and heart and lung disease—often begin in our patients’ communities, as a result of the polluted air they breathe, the tainted water they drink.
National Nurses United
Nurses at Alhambra Hospital Ratify Their First Union Contract
Registered nurses at Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (AHMC) in Alhambra, Ca. are celebrating the ratification of their first collective bargaining agreement which was overwhelmingly approved this week.
California Nurses Association
Oct 24, 2018