Nurses to Join Protest Monday Outside the Supreme Court
Nurses from Washington to California will gather on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court Monday morning to warn that a controversial case targeting worker and union rights poses a significant threat to public health, safety and quality of life, warned National Nurses United, the largest U.S. organization of nurses.
National Nurses United
Jan 8, 2016
University of Chicago Nurses Narrowly Avert Strike, Claim Victory Against Hospital
Early Tuesday, National Nurses United (NNU) announced that its 1,500 members at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) would not go on strike as planned. The union called for a one-day strike set for April 30, following nearly eight months of negotiations and a strike authorization vote on January 29, when 95% of membership voted in favor of authorizing a strike; now, the union is claiming victory in its negotiations with the medical center.
MIRIAM SHESTACK / IN THESE TIMES
Stroger Hospital slammed for plan to merge pediatric, adult emergency rooms
At Cook County board meeting this month, Dr. Tatyana Kagan stood to address the commissioners. It was the first time she had attended a meeting.
Kagan works in the pediatric emergency room at Stroger Hospital and came to object to the hospital's plan to consolidate the pediatric ER with the main ER.
Ameet Sachdev / Chicago Tribune
In about-face, U. of C. Medicine to build adult trauma center on Hyde Park campus
University of Chicago Medicine's announcement Thursday that it would add Level 1 adult trauma care to its Hyde Park campus culminated a decadeslong battle with South Side residents who insisted that the university had a civic duty to provide services in an area that suffers disproportionately from gun violence.
Dahleen Glanton and Lolly Bowean / Chicago Tribune
Sutter Santa Rosa, Lakeside RNs Approve New Pacts
Sutter Santa Rosa and Sutter Lakeside registered nurses have voted to approve new collective bargaining contracts joining their Sutter colleagues in Auburn, Roseville, and Tracy in new union contracts that will provide significant economic gains and protect nurses and patient standards.
California Nurses Association
Jan 6, 2016
Nurses Launch National #BernieBus Tour in Nevada
‘The Most Trusted Profession Trusts Bernie’. If voters in the early primary states have not yet seen that message now posted on select billboards in states like Nevada and Iowa, they’ll soon be able to see it rolling by on wheels.
National Nurses United
Jan 6, 2016
The Trouble with For-Profit Healthcare: Even the Insured Face Mountains of Debt
New data outlines 'wide range of consequences and sacrifices' made by insured Americans who face burdensome medical bills.
Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams
Nurses to Send Off the #BernieBus from Los Angeles
‘The Most Trusted Profession Trusts Bernie’. If voters in the early primary states have not yet seen that message now posted on select billboards in states like Nevada and Iowa, they’ll soon be able to see it rolling by on wheels. The bus will bring nurses to meet with community groups, students, and other supporters and voters.
National Nurses United
Jan 4, 2016
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
Sutter Roseville, Tracy RNs Approve New Pacts
Registered nurses at two more Sutter hospitals, Sutter Roseville Medical Center and Sutter Tracy Tuesday voted to approve new collective bargaining agreements with the big Northern California hospital chain that provide for economic gains, and for Tracy RNs, their first ever union contract.
California Nurses Association
Dec 23, 2015