Nurses Call Congressional Budget Office Report “an Important Step Forward in the Process of Achieving Medicare for All”

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“Coming off of yesterday’s historic House Rules Committee hearing on Medicare for All, and a newly announced, impending hearing in the Ways and Means Committee, nurses are excited to see Congress further taking this life-saving legislation seriously by releasing a CBO report on Medicare for All.
National Nurses United
May 1, 2019

May Day March, Rally and Action - Workers Demand University of Chicago End Unfair Labor Practices and Stop Union Busting Efforts

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Registered nurses will join with other members of the University of Chicago Labor Council, and South Side community members for a May Day march to protest the university’s unfair labor practices, and union busting efforts, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today. 
National Nurses United
Apr 29, 2019

Johns Hopkins Hospital Named to “2019 Dirty Dozen List of Employers Who Put Workers and Communities at Risk”

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he National Council for Occupational Safety and Health has named Johns Hopkins Hospital to the “2019 Dirty Dozen List of Employers Who Put Workers and Communities at Risk.” The list is published each year to mark Workers’ Memorial Week, observed around the world, honoring those who have been injured, suffered illnesses or lost their lives at work.
National Nurses United
Apr 24, 2019

Historic Nevada Workplace Violence Prevention Bill Passes Major Hurdle

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Health care workers with National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1107 are excited to announce the state’s first workplace violence prevention bill, A.B. 348, passed a major hurdle as the Nevada Assembly overwhelmingly approved the measure last night. The bill now goes to the Senate.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
Apr 24, 2019

National Medicare for All Campaign Expands Effective Grassroots Efforts

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With us for this podcast is California Nurses Association/National Nurses United community organizer Max Cotterill. Last week nurses stood with Senator Bernie Sanders as he reintroduced his updated Medicare for All bill which now includes a long-term care component. With support for Medicare for All at an all-time high--now is the time to get involved.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital ratify new three-year contract

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The California Nurses Association is pleased to announce that the tentative agreement reached between the union’s RN bargaining team and Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has been overwhelmingly approved by the registered nurses in voting ending April 19.
 
Henry Mayo RNs say the new three-year collective bargaining agreement covering 650 nurses will strengthen their ability to protect patients and improve the hospital’s recruitment and retention of experienced RNs.  
 

California Nurses Association
Apr 19, 2019