Hearings begin: BRMC, nurses at odds over unionizing
PRINCETON - A hearing on a federal court order requiring Bluefield Regional Medical Center (BRMC) to stop blocking a democratic vote by nurses, recognize the nurses' right to join a union and bargain with them for a first collective bargaining agreement began In Princeton Monday morning.
By Charlie Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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
SCHCC Nurses Achieve Tentative Agreement: Will Improve Patient Care, RN Safety, Nurse Retention
Registered nurses at Southern California Hospital at Culver City (SCHCC) will begin voting Sunday on a tentative contract agreement that they say will lead to improved patient care and strengthen working conditions in the hospital.
California Nurses Association
Aug 5, 2016
West Virginia Phase of NLRB Trial Against CHS and Affiliates Begins August 8th
The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled a public hearing on labor violations at Bluefield Regional Medical Center (BRMC) to begin August 8 in Princeton, W.Va.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Aug 5, 2016
CA Bill to Set Safety Protections For Patients in Hospital ‘Observation’ Heads to Floor Vote
Important legislation to enact new protections for hospital patients warehoused in “observation status†with fewer protections accorded other patients, has taken another major step forward.
California Nurses Association
Aug 3, 2016
Union Calls on Allina Nurses to Back Open-Ended Strike
The Minnesota Nurses Association on Tuesday called for nearly 5,000 Allina Health nurses to authorize an indefinite strike against five Allina hospitals. A vote is set for Aug. 18.
Mark Zdechlik, MPR News
Negotiations End as Allina Health Widens the Gap in Talks with Nurses
(St. Paul) – August 1, 2016 – Contract negotiations ended today when nurses received another offer from Allina Health that eliminates all four of their contract health insurance plans.
Minnesota Nurses Association
Aug 3, 2016
Pramila Jayapal Just Scored One of the Biggest Progressive Victories of 2016
If there is to be a political revolution sufficient to begin to usher in a new era of meaningful reform and people-powered democracy, Congress must change. A lot.
 John Nichols, The Nation
Zika Cases in Puerto Rico Are Skyrocketing
The Zika epidemic that has spread from Brazil to the rest of Latin America is now raging in Puerto Rico — and the island’s response is in chaos.
Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times
Top 10 Reasons To Continue Donations To Bernie Sanders
Try as they might, Wall Street, K Street, the corporate CEOs, and all their servants in Washington, state capitols, and the rest of the political establishment, cannot put this political revolution back in the bottle.
RoseAnn DeMoro writing for The Huffington Post