Redwood Memorial nurses vote to join California Nurses Association
Registered nurses at the Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna voted Monday to join the California Nurses Association. According to a California Nurses Association press release, the union is part of the nation’s largest organization of registered nurses, National Nurses United.
The Times-Standard
Bernie Sanders picks up first major labor endorsement
Bernie Sanders picked up his first major labor endorsement from the nation's largest organization of nurses, reflecting the Vermont senator's appeal among unions in his challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Associated Press, via Chicago Tribune
NLRB Issues Complaint Against Southcoast/Tobey Hospital for Bad-Faith Bargaining with RNs
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Southcoast Hospitals Group, owner of Tobey Hospital in Wareham, for bargaining in bad faith with the registered nurses at Tobey Hospital.
David Schildmeier, Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Aug 11, 2015
Bernie Sanders gets endorsement of big nurses union
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday became more than an afterthought to front-runner rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as the 185,000-member National Nurses United, the nation’s largest female-dominated labor union, announced its endorsement.
Carla Marinucci, The San Francisco Chronicle
A champion of nurses, patients and the people: NNU Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
The 200-plus nurse members had gathered in NNU’s Oakland, Calif. office for a national conversation with Sanders—also broadcast live to thousands of additional RNs in cities from Des Moines and Chicago, to Kansas City and Orlando. Citing Sanders’ track record on supporting Medicare for all, fighting income inequality, working to end systemic racism, and “the same issues that animate nursesâ€
National Nurses United
Remarks by Bernie Sanders at National Nurses United's Endorsement
Let me begin by thanking RoseAnn DeMoro, and the 185,000 members of National Nurses United, for providing high quality healthcare to the American people. I am honored to have the support of the largest nurse’s union in this country!
berniesanders.com
Nurses at Redwood Memorial Hospital Vote to Affiliate with the California Nurses Association
Registered nurses at Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, Ca. voted yesterday to join the California Nurses Association, part of National Nurses United, the nation's largest organization of registered nurses.
California Nurses Association
Aug 10, 2015
Nurses Endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for President
Noting his issues “align with nurses from top to bottom,†National Nurses United, the nation’s largest organization of nurses, today endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President.
National Nurses United
Aug 10, 2015
National Nurses’ Conversation with Senator Bernie Sanders
Senator Bernie Sanders—a champion of Medicare for all, national nurse-to-patient ratios, collective bargaining rights for RNs, Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street, and more—is inviting nurses to take part in a live, nationally broadcast conversation, held at the National Nurses United office in Oakland, CA.
National Nurses United
It’s Official–Federal Labor Board Certifies California Nurses Assn. at Kaiser’s Flagship LAMC
The National Labor Relations Board today officially certified the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United as the union representative for 1,200 registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente’s flagship Southern California hospital, the Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC).
California Nurses Association
Aug 3, 2015