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Thousands of people attended #MedicareForAll barnstorm events across the country!

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Medicare For All

Nurses across the country are off to a great start with a grassroots movement to demand Medicare for All. Thousands of people interested in supporting the movement attended over 150 barnstorms from Maine to California where they shared their healthcare stories and learned about the new Medicare for All Act that will be introduced in Congress by Representative Pramila Jayapal. RN and California Nurses Association board member Sandy Redding talks about all ...on this podcast.

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

AFL-CIO Calls on Maryland to Deny Johns Hopkins Bayview Expansion Project in Scorching Letter

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Rendering of Johns Hopkins' proposed Bayview Expansion Project
Citing failure to meet charity care obligations for the health needs of low-income area residents that includes suing thousands of low- income patients for medical bills, serious patient care “deficiencies,” and an “unwarranted” major rate hike, the AFL-CIO is calling on Maryland officials to reject the application of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC) for a major redevelopment project.
National Nurses United and AFL-CIO
Feb 19, 2019
Maryland

The people will win Medicare for All. Thousands united this week to prove it.

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Nurses and allies at barnstorm

They showed up because our broken health care system killed their brothers. They came out because their life choices are paralyzed by the need to pay for insulin. Across the United States this past week, thousands of everyday people convened — through Minnesota snow, through New York City sleet — to take an unprecedented step toward real health care reform.

Welcome to the people’s movement to win Medicare for All.

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Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United
Nationwide

RNs applaud the reintroduction of VA Employee Fairness Act

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3 nurses hold signs "Support Workers who Support Vets"
National Nurses United applauds Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) on the reintroduction of federal legislation that restores full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other clinicians at the Veterans Administration medical facilities, which they say is essential to assuring high-quality care for our nation’s veterans.
Veterans Affairs
National Nurses United
Feb 13, 2019
Nationwide

Johns Hopkins Nurses File New Unfair Labor Practice Charge Citing Retaliation

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Patients Special Interest
National Nurses United/National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNU/NNOC) has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), alleging Johns Hopkins Hospital violated federal law when it retaliated against registered nurses engaged in protected activities.
National Nurses United
Feb 12, 2019
Maryland

Nurses launch Medicare for All ‘barnstorm’ actions in 150 U.S. locations Feb. 9-13

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Barnstorm Map
The grassroots Medicare for All movement will ramp up like never before Feb. 9-13, during the Medicare for All Week of Action, as volunteers across the U.S. host 150 Medicare for All “barnstorm” mass organizing meetings to kickstart canvassing and grassroots lobbying in local communities throughout the country.
California Nurses Association
Feb 11, 2019
International
California

O’Connor, St. Louise RNs Approve Strike Over Unresolved Patient Care Issues in Planned Sale to County

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Nurses Striking
In weekend voting, registered nurses from O’Connor Hospital in San Jose and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy approved a strike—if necessary—over unresolved patient care issues and unfair labor practices involving the planned sale of the two facilities to Santa Clara County, the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today.
California Nurses Association
Feb 11, 2019
California
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