Billionaires’ Ball Takes Place Outside of Gov. Rick Snyder’s Office
On Tuesday, September 30th, a large group of “billionaires†sporting top hats waltzed outside the Lansing office of Governor Rick Snyder as a whimsical ensemble played nearby.
Erik Shelley, Michigan People’s Campaign
Sep 30, 2014
CNA, Consumers to Unveil First ‘Yes on 45’ TV Ad to Rein In Insurance Industry Pricing Abuses
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United will join with consumers and small business owners in a press conference Wednesday to unveil the first TV ad calling for passage of California Proposition 45 to crack down on insurance industry price gouging.
California Nurses Association
Sep 30, 2014
Global Nurses Step Up Campaigns on Health Care, Climate Fight
With the multiple threats of attacks on health workers, efforts to privatize public health services, austerity budget cuts especially in health care, widening inequality, and the effects of the climate crisis including escalating epidemics, nurses around the globe are stepping up coordinated efforts to fight back.
Global Nurses United
RNs Welcome Gov. Brown's Approval of CNA-Backed Bill to Step Up Hospital Violence Prevention
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United late Monday enthusiastically praised the decision of California Governor Jerry Brown to sign a CNA-sponsored bill that will dramatically step up efforts to prevent workplace violence in California hospitals.
California Nurses Association
Sep 29, 2014
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
Nurses Pretend to Die During Ebola Protest in Las Vegas
Dressed in hazmat costumes and red shirts, roughly 1,000 nurses gathered on the Las Vegas strip to call attention to the United States' level of preparedness in fighting a potential Ebola crisis at home.
Brittany Levine, Mashable
IMAGES: Nurses stage Ebola 'die-in' on Las Vegas Strip
Nurses protest along Las Vegas Boulevard Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, in Las Vegas. Nurses in town for the California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee convention protested on the Strip because they say U.S. hospitals aren't ready for an Ebola outbreak.
John Locher, Associated Press
PHOTOS: Nurses Rally Together To Highlight Need For World Care
Registered nurses with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee marched together and rallied at Planet Hollywood casino-hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Health workers and nurses participated in the action on the Strip to highlight the need for more support to combat infectious diseases around the world such as the Ebola outbreak.
Rik Verduzco, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Barbara Lee Was Right in 2001. She’s Still Right Now.
It has been thirteen years since Congresswoman Barbara Lee cast her lonely vote against authorizing President Bush to launch what she warned could be an ill-defined and endless war. Days after she cast that vote, the California Democrat appeared before hundreds of students at Mills College in Oakland and was greeted for the first time by the chant, “Barbara Lee speaks for me.â€
John Nichols, The Nation
Global Nurses United Convenes in Las Vegas for Historic Meeting
Members of Global Nurses United – an international federation of nurses and health workers unions – gathered in Las Vegas on Friday for a historic meeting.
National Nurses United