Nurses Continue to Oppose Flawed Trade Deal
In the wake of the Senate move to grant President Obama fast track authority to pass, without amendment, harmful global trade pacts, nurses will continue protests against agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership that pose an imminent threat to public health and safety, National Nurses United, the largest U.S. organization of registered nurses, said today.
National Nurses United
Jun 24, 2015
Tax pushed by Sanders is a sensible idea
A pot of gold big enough to repair the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, provide middle-class tax relief or provide free tuition to public universities is waiting to be tapped. All Congress has to do is say the word. But the hoard is guarded by the people writer Tom Wolfe called the Masters of the Universe, the Wall Street traders, brokers and hedge fund managers who earn in a day what working stiffs earn in a year. People with the money to influence Congress.
Concord Monitor Editorial
Nurses: Senate Vote on Fast Track Puts Public Health at Risk
The nation’s largest organization of nurses today called the Senate vote to green light the fast track process for corporate-oriented trade pacts an abandonment of critical public health protections that will put lives and public health standards in jeopardy for millions of Americans.
National Nurses United
Jun 23, 2015
Urgent Message about Fast Track. NNU Political Director Ken Zinn
After Congress voted to pass Fast Track now it goes back to the Senate. ACT NOW to stop Fast Track from passing! Call your Senators!
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Don Nielsen - Part 4 - SB466 - CA Board Sunset
Part 4 of Legislative conversation with Don Nielsen, Director of Government Relations for CNA. Don talks about a "Sunset" provision that might do away with the California Board of Nursing. Interesting!
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
CNA's Don Nielsen - Part 3 - AB305 - Gender Bias Compensation
Part 3 of Don Nielsen, Director of Government Relations for California Nurses Association. Don explains AB305, Gender Bias Compensation bill.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Nurses to Senator Feinstein: Vote NO on Fast Track and All Trade Deals that Endanger Public Health
Nurses will hold emergency rallies Monday, along with numerous organizations, at Senator Dianne Feinstein's offices across the state, insisting that she vote “No†on Fast Track Authority and oppose all trade deals that endanger the environment and public health.
California Nurses Association
Jun 22, 2015
Hospital Sues Nonprofit Leader
Braddock is among 26 defendants in 2015 brought to small-claims court by Lower Keys Medical Center, which is listed as Key West HMA in court records. Community Health Systems absorbed HMA when it bought the Key West hospital a year ago as part of a $7 billion deal.
Gwen Filosa, KeyNews.com
What Nurses Really Want
When Nurses Week rolls around each May, our employers predictably trot out the pizza parties, free lunch totes, and all manner of cutesy promotions and prizes to show how much they “appreciate†and “value†us registered nurses.
National Nurse Magazine
RNs, Vets Rally Over Proposed Bed Closures at Brooklyn VA
Registered nurses, veterans and community members will hold an informational rally and press conference on Monday, June 22, at the Brooklyn VA hospital, to speak out against hospital management’s recent decision to close the 25-bed-capacity 12W medical surgical unit, National Nurses United announced today.
National Nurses United
Jun 19, 2015