U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Hosts LA Rally for Lower Drug Price Initiative, Yes on Prop 61
Wrapping up the first week of early voting, Yes on Prop 61/Californians for Lower Drug Prices announced today that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will appear in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon
Roger Salazar, Spokesperson, Yes on Prop 61
Oct 13, 2016
Letter: If drug companies don’t like 61, then you should
Proposition 61, a proposal to limit some drug prices in California to the price paid by the Veterans Administration, shapes up to be the most expensive initiative fight in California history due to the money the drug industry is spending against it.
Oroville Mercury-Register
Proposition 61 Will Help Reduce Outrageous Prescription Drug Prices
As public outrage has erupted over a 500 percent price increase for life-saving EpiPens and a $1,000-per-pill cost for the most effective hepatitis C treatment, the pharmaceutical industry appears to be beyond shame.
Kathy Dennis writing in the Sacramento Bee
New RN Report: Pharma CEOs Reaped $2.8 Billion Last Year While Implementing Massive Price Hikes
Top pharmaceutical executives are making billions of dollars in compensation while implementing skyrocketing price increases for essential medications, according a new research report released today by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
California Nurses Association
Oct 10, 2016
National Nurses United Supports Colorado Single Payer Amendment
Nurses and over 200 other organizations are supporting Colorado Amendment 69, single payer healthcare for all Coloradans.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Yes on Prop. 61: Veterans, Nurses and Elected Officials to Hold Press Conference in San Francisco
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos and San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim will join Veterans; Co-President of the California Nurses Association Deborah Burger, and others at a press conference where they will rally supporters to stand up against the pharmaceutical giants.
California Nurses Association
Oct 10, 2016
Registered Nurse Response Network Sends Nurse Volunteers to Assist With First Aid at Standing Rock
National Nurses United (NNU)’s Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a national network of volunteer direct-care RNs, will deploy nurse volunteers to help existing medical volunteers at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation meet first aid needs for thousands of land and water protectors as winter approaches, NNU announced today.
National Nurses United
Oct 10, 2016
Nurses at Alameda Hospital Vote Unanimously to Approve New Contract
Registered nurses at Alameda Hospital in Alameda, Calif. voted unanimously to ratify a new contract, the California Nurses Association announced today.
California Nurses Association
Oct 7, 2016
Global Nurses United of Nurse, Healthcare Worker Unions, Born
Leaders of the premiere nurses and health care workers unions in 14 nations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe have announced plans to form a new international organization to step up the fight against the harmful effects of austerity measures, privatization, and cuts in health care services that they say are putting people and communities at risk across the planet.
Global Nurses United
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United