Little Company RNs to Hold Informational Picket Tues. June 9
In response to myriad issues impacting patient safety, registered nurses at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro will stand with the community at an informational picket and rally on Tuesday, June 9, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.
California Nurses Association
Jun 8, 2015
Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses To Hold a Vote to Authorize a One-Day Strike on Wednesday, June 1
Wellesley, MA -- The registered nurses of Newton Wellesley Hospital, who are negotiating a new contract with Partners HealthCare, have scheduled a vote by the membership on Wednesday, June 10 to authorize a one-day strike to protest efforts by Partners to boost its multi-million dollar profits margin by cutting patients’ access to appropriate nursing care.
National Nurses United
Jun 8, 2015
Registered Nurses Step Up Campaign to Stop Fast Track With New Radio Ads
The registered nurses of National Nurses United (NNU) are stepping up pressure on several members of Congress, urging them to vote “No†when the US House of Representatives considers Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
National Nurses United
Jun 5, 2015
Securing Retirement Security
The Multiemployer Pension Reform Act is just the latest window into an insidious broader agenda: the assault on all retirement programs, from Social Security to employer-sponsored pension plans, that threaten to mire millions of people in poverty in their post-work years.
RoseAnn DeMoro
Unionized Nurses at EMMC Vote to Authorize Strike
Unionized nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center voted Thursday to authorize a strike if the hospital fails to better address their patient safety concerns, including “unsafe staffing.â€
Jackie Farwell, Bangor Daily News
Eastern Maine Medical Center RNs Overwhelmingly Vote to Authorize Strike
On Thursday, June 4, registered nurses at EMMC voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, if no progress is made in addressing the many patient safety concerns throughout the medical center, including unsafe staffing.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - MSNA
Jun 5, 2015
Nurses Call on Rep. Susan Davis to Vote No on Fast Track Legislation
Registered nurse members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) will gather in San Diego on Friday at Congress member Susan Davis to say no to Fast Track legislation—which will soon come up for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
California Nurses Association
Jun 4, 2015
Lawsuit Alleges Improper Hospital Billing Practices
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Washington County Circuit Court contends the company that owns Northwest Medical Center and operates nine other hospitals in Arkansas has been skipping insurance carriers and going after payment directly from patients or other sources that pay more.
Ron Wood, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Cook County RNs to Picket Stroger Hospital Friday Over Short Staffing and Wage Theft
Cook County Health and Hospital System (CCHHS), registered nurses, joined by community supporters, will picket John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Friday, June 5, to protest growing problems with safe staffing and "wage theft," the denial of earned pay by hospital officials.The RNs, who are represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an affiliate of National Nurses United, voted in late April to authorize their nurse negotiating team to call a strike, if necessary, over inadequate staffing and other pressing issues.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Jun 4, 2015
RNs to Picket St. Joseph’s Medical Center Friday Voice Concern Over Safe Staffing Issues
Citing concern over safe staffing issues, St. Joseph’s Medical Center (SJMC), registered nurses will hold an informational picket on Friday, June 5, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today. According to SJMC nurses, the Emergency Department and other hospital units are experiencing systemic levels of unsafe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, an issue that nurses, backed by countless studies, say puts patients’ lives at risk.
California Nurses Association
Jun 4, 2015