Nurses Celebrate Success of "Reclaim Chicago" Candidates in Chicago Primary
Registered nurses joined with their partners in Reclaim Chicago, a new grassroots political organization with a long-term plan to build a progressive majority in city council, to declare Tuesday's primary election a success.
National Nurses United
Feb 25, 2015
Huntington Nurses File for a Historic Union Election
Nurses at Huntington Memorial Hospital have filed for a union election for the first time in the hospital’s 123-year history. The election date will be determined within the next few weeks. In 2014, nurses reached out to the California Nurses Association (CNA) and started organizing to gain a stronger voice for patient care and working conditions.
California Nurses Association
Feb 25, 2015
Nurses Welcome Veto of Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
National Nurses United today welcomed President Obama’s veto of the Congressional legislative efforts to force the construction of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline from the forests of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico.
National Nurses United
Feb 24, 2015
Nurses Join Rep. DeLauro to Oppose Fast-Track Authority
Dozens of registered nurses from around the U.S. will join Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), for a news conference Thursday, Feb 26 at noon, to oppose “fast track†authority for the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations that nurses say pose a significant threat to public health and democracy.
National Nurses United
Feb 24, 2015
RNs: Time to Set Accountability Standards on Charity Care, New Bill Introduced
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United is again joining with State Senator Bob Wieckowski of Fremont in an effort to require California non-profit hospitals to meet public accountability standards on how much charity care and community benefit services they provide, in exchange for the generous tax benefits they receive in return.
California Nurses Association
Feb 24, 2015
San Mateo County Nurses Contract Improves Patient Care and Strengthens the County Health System
Registered nurses have reached a tentative contract agreement with San Mateo County that they say will lead to improved patient care and strengthen the County health system. Nurses secured wage improvements that will help retain experienced nurses, added workplace violence protections, and expanded a committee of RNs tasked with addressing patient care concerns, among other gains.
California Nurses Association
Feb 23, 2015
CNA Statement on Sale of Daughters of Charity Hospitals -- All Hospitals Should Meet Same Criteria
California’s largest nurses organization, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today issued the following statement on the conditional approval of the sale of six Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) hospitals in the Bay Area and Los Angeles that were “on life support,†facing imminent bankruptcy, huge reductions in patient services, and closure.
National Nurses United
Feb 20, 2015
The True Price of Gas in Torrance
"A plume of smoke blanketed the city of Torrance Wednesday, Feb. 18 after the ExxonMobil refinery explosion jolted local residents. It shook homes and schools, ripped through the city like an earthquake, injured workers, and rained ash that covered sidewalks with black soot. When nurses arrived to see the damage, the toxic air caused them nausea and choking that persisted through the day.
Kate Usher, National Nurses United
Hospital To Nurses: Your Injuries Are Not Our Problem
The case of Terry Cawthorn and Mission Hospital, in Asheville, N.C., gives a glimpse of how some hospital officials around the country have shrugged off an epidemic.
Cawthorn was a nurse at Mission for more than 20 years. Her supervisor testified under oath that she was "one of my most reliable employees."
Then, as with other nurses described this month in the NPR investigative series Injured Nurses, a back injury derailed Cawthorn's career. Nursing employees suffer more debilitating back and other body injuries than almost any other occupation, and most of those injuries are caused by lifting and moving patients.
Daniel Zwerdling, NPR
Trade Deals Should Come With Their Own Warnings for Public Health
The problem with so many of the international trade deals signed at the behest of transnational corporations the past three decades. National sovereignty is overridden by the inexorable push for higher corporate profits, with public health frequently a first target.
Chuck Idelson