Global Nurses United Press Clips
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Nurses Volunteer to Provide Urgently Needed Medical Care to Migrants Released from ICE Detention
The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, is sending its sixth team of volunteer nurses to Tucson, Ariz., March 15 through March 17 to provide basic medical support to migrants and asylum seekers recently released from federal detention.
National Nurses United
Mar 15, 2019
Global Nurses Statement on New Zealand Massacre, ‘World’s Nations Must Unite Against Xenophobia’
Nurse leaders around the world joined together in expressing shock and horror at the deadly slaughter in Christchurch, New Zealand and said it is a reminder of the deadly consequences of hate speech, Islamophobia and anti-immigrant policies that must be confronted and challenged by all.
Global Nurses United
Mar 15, 2019
Florida Nurses Fight to Ban Fracking, Protect the Planet
Several National Nurses Organizing Committee RNs representing Florida's Gulf Coast traveled to the state capital in Tallahassee March 13 to call on their lawmakers to ban fracking. There are currently five bills in Florida’s House and Senate that call for a ban on fracking, but several of the bills have loopholes that will allow big oil to start fracking in the Sunshine State.
National Nurses United
Benefit Concert of Funk, Folk, Jazz and Spirituals for Nurse Unjustly Fired from Johns Hopkins Hospital
A benefit concert featuring an eclectic mix of music by Baltimore musicians will be held at Union Baptist Church on March 25, 2019 at 7 p.m. to support nurses’ organizing efforts for better patient care at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
National Nurses United
Mar 14, 2019
Nurses and Veterans to Rally in Washington, D.C. to Protect Veterans’ Health Care at the VA
RNs and veterans with Vietnam Veterans of America are holding a rally to demand that Congress and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie work expediently to provide the VA the funding and staff necessary to ensure the highest quality of care for our nation’s veterans and to restore full labor protections to nurses, said National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU).
National Nurses United
Mar 13, 2019
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Outraged by Illegal Threats, O’Connor and St. Louise Nurses Charge County for further Violations of Rights
California Nurses Association (CNA) filed new charges with the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) on March 8, alleging Santa Clara County violated state law when it threatened to retaliate against registered nurses at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy for exercising their fundamental labor rights.
California Nurses Association
Mar 10, 2019
North Dakota nurses’ vote is victory for unions everywhere
(Bismarck, ND) – March 8, 2019 - Nurses at CHI St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND, sent a clear message with their overwhelming vote to affiliate with the Minnesota Nurses Association: Working families want to belong to unions.
National Nurses United/MNA
Mar 8, 2019
On International Women’s Day, Let’s Honor the ‘Caring Professions’ for What They Are: Warriors
When the deadliest wildfire in California history wiped an entire city off the map last November, volunteer registered nurses cancelled their Thanksgiving plans, strapped on respirators, and headed straight into the heart of disaster.
This is what it looks like to care.
National Nurses United