RNs Say Anti-Worker Court Ruling Will Not Silence Their Voices to Act to Protect Patients, Communities
The Supreme Court decision today to roll back decades of union and worker rights in Janus v. AFSCME poses a significant threat to patient safety as well as worker and community health and economic standards.
National Nurses United
Jun 27, 2018
On Day of Upcoming Supreme Court Ruling on Public Unions and Workers Rights, “Janus v. AFSCME,” Registered Nurses Will Hold Press Conferences at Medical Facilities Across California
On the day of the upcoming ruling by the Supreme Court affecting public sector unions and workers, in the case of Janus v. AFSCME, the CNA/NNU and public sector registered nurses will hold press conferences at medical facilities across California to discuss the impact of the decision.
California Nurses Association
May 31, 2018
On Day of Upcoming Supreme Court Ruling on Public Unions and Workers Rights, “Janus v. AFSCME” Registered Nurses Will Hold Press Conference at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital in Chicago
On the day of the upcoming ruling by the Supreme Court affecting public sector unions and workers, in the case of Janus v. AFSCME, NNU and public sector registered nurses will hold a press conference at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital in Chicago to discuss the impact of the decision.
National Nurses United
May 31, 2018
Nurses Condemn Fed Puerto Rico Response, as New Study Cites Hurricane Maria Death Toll in Thousands
NNU further condemned the U.S. government’s slow and inadequate response in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria—given the results of a new Harvard study published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine placing the death toll from the storm at 4,645.
RNRN - Registered Nurse Response Network
May 30, 2018
Nurse Talk Radio Features Senator Bernie Sander's Workplace Democracy Act
With the attacks on workers’ rights nurses applaud Senator Bernie Sander's Workplace Democracy Act. "This bill is desperately needed by all non-union workers across the country who need a union and who want a union, but who are denied their right to freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively because of employer harassment, intimidation and opposition", said RN and Co-President of National Nurses United, Jean Ross. The bill is a topic of discussion on this week’s Nurse Talk Radio program.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Nurses Condemn VA ‘Mission to Privatize’ Act, Urge Senate to Reject Endangering Healthcare for Veterans
National Nurses United today urged Senate members to reject S. 2372, the VA Mission Act which they called a major step towards the privatization of veterans health care which could endanger the health of millions of U.S. service veterans.
National Nurses United
May 22, 2018
Court Attack on Workers’ Constitutional Rights the Latest Gift to Wealthy Corporations, says NNU
National Nurses United condemned the narrow Supreme Court decision today to bar workers from acting collectively to resolve illegal workplace discrimination as a “disgraceful assault on the rights of all working people” and a “direct attack on the Constitutional rights of freedom of association.”
National Nurses United
May 21, 2018
Shasta Regional Medical Center Nurses Reach a Tentative Contract Agreement
Registered nurses at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, California have won a tentative three-year agreement, which adds new patient care protections and allows nurses more power to advocate for patient safety.
California Nurses Association
May 21, 2018
NNU Statement on Houston School Shooting ‘When Will the Excuses Stop? Time for Action’
In response to yet the latest school shooting nightmare at a high school near Houston, National Nurses United (NNU) today called for lawmakers in Congress and every state legislature to finally act to protect public safety.
National Nurses United
May 18, 2018
Nurses Fight For S.B. 562 And Remind Us Why California Needs Gavin Newsom
Gavin shares nurses' values, including the fight for a single-payer healthcare system, where all Californians are guaranteed healthcare, regardless of ability to pay.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio