NNU building nurse power, 2021-2024

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In addition to running ratios bills at the federal level and in several states, NNU has advocated for safe staffing requirements in regulation and shaped the national conversation on the nurse staffing crisis. NNU has been leading a campaign to educate Congress on the nurse staffing crisis, to fight back against harmful hospital industry narratives in Washington, D.C. about the “nursing shortage,” and to build widespread support for the federal safe staffing ratios bill.

Union nurse speaks out at U.S. Senate field hearing on the dangers of corporate greed in health care

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Hannah Drummond testifying in front of Senate hearing
At this field hearing of the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, Hannah Drummond, RN, was featured among several witnesses speaking to the ways corporate greed endangers patient care and health care workers.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Apr 3, 2024

Nurses applaud Maine Senate for passing nurse-to-patient ratios bill

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Four nurses holdiing signs "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"
Maine nurses applaud the Maine Senate for passing LD 1639, The Maine Quality Care Act, today. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Stacy Brenner (D-Scarborough), passed (22-13) on a floor vote and now moves to the Maine State House of Representatives.
Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Mar 27, 2024