What You Should Know About The So-Called Balanced Budget Amendment
Executive Director for Social Security Works, Alex Lawson visits with Nurse Talk Radio about the so-called Balanced Budget Amendment.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Your Handy Guide to CNA Lobby Day, 2018
Sporting red scrub top? (And sometimes red sneakers, red earrings, and red fingernails.) Check.
Clutching red file folder filled with information about pending legislation that would help or harm patients in California? Check.
Representing the country’s most trusted profession, registered nursing, and their most powerful union in California? Check.
Shasta Regional Medical Center Healthcare Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Join Union
Healthcare workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, CA voted overwhelmingly to join Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union (CHEU) an affiliate of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU).
CHEU - Caregivers Healthcare Employees Union
May 2, 2018
Two California Bills Seek to Cut Costs By Diverting Uninsured, Medi-Cal Patients Away From Nurse Care. It’s Not Okay.
In 2013, Susan Miller, of Aurora, Illinois sued the city and fire department, arguing that paramedics thought she was drunk and advised her to “sleep it off.” In reality, she was experiencing a stroke.
Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director, National Nurses United
California Nurses Oppose Bills That Threaten Patient Safety & Lower Care Standards for Medi-Cal Patients
The California Nurses Association is stepping up opposition to two bills that nurses say create a two-tier system of health care and pose a significant threat to the safety of patients in need of emergency medical care.
California Nurses Association
Apr 30, 2018
Hazel Hawkins RNs Welcome Health Care District Board's Pledge To Recognize Unions Ahead Of Janus Ruling
Registered nurses with Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister hailed the adoption of a resolution by the San Benito Health Care District (SBHCD) Board of Directors reaffirming the board’s support of a unionized workplace.
California Nurses Association
Apr 30, 2018
Nurses’ Union Endorses Dennis Kucinich for Ohio Gov., Welcomes His Health Care Plan for the State
National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, today announced its endorsement of Dennis Kucinich for Governor of Ohio and his running mate Tara Samples for Lt. Governor.
National Nurses United
Apr 30, 2018
Hundreds of Nurses to Visit Legislators Tuesday, May 1
Some 400 RNs will gather in Sacramento Tuesday May 1, in advance of National Nurses Week, to urge legislators to act on critical bills affecting hospital closures and a threat to patients in need of emergency care, as well as other legislative concerns.
California Nurses Association
Apr 27, 2018
University of California RNs Plan To Strike in Sympathy with Other UC Employees May 8-9
University of California registered nurses will walk picket lines Tuesday May 8 and Wednesday May 9 in a sympathy strike with other union co-workers at the University’s five major medical centers and 10 student health centers, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.
California Nurses Association
May 7, 2018
With Workers Memorial Day On Horizon, Nurses Vow to Keep Fighting for Highest Level of Protections
NNU has fought — and continues to lead the fight — for nurses’ health and safety. As of April 1, California healthcare employers are legally required to have a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan in place, thanks to nation-leading workplace violence legislation and regulations nurses fought for and won in California.
National Nurses United