RNs United for the Protection of Healthcare
On July 2, nurses across America created a Human Chain against the Chained CPI and demanded that there be cuts to Social Security or Medicaid. Medicare should be improved and expanded to all! Nurses gathered to celebrate the independence these programs bring to millions of Americans.
National Nurses United
Huge Federal Sanction for Affinity (Oh) Medical Center
A federal Administrative Law Judge has issued a scathing ruling against Affinity Medical Center of Massillon, Oh. finding the hospital guilty of multiple violations of federal labor law in refusing to recognize and bargain with its registered nurses, terminating a long term Affinity RN for union activity, and illegally threatening other RNs for advocating for patient safety.
National Nurses Organizing Committee-Ohio/NNU
Jul 2, 2013
Kempsey nurses see red over patient ratios
Staff at Kempsey District Hospital marked the start of the new financial year yesterday by wearing red. They joined colleagues from the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNWA) in the statewide campaign for fixed nurse-to-patient ratios in rural public hospitals.
The Macleay Argus
NURSE TALK RADIO: The Flu Shot Debate with NNU Co-President, Karen Higgins
Flu shot controversy rages on. What do you think? Nurse Talk took a Facebook poll this week and we got some very passionate answers. We will share this with you in the show. Very interesting—and no less interesting was a mainstream media newscast we’ll share. Fired for not getting a flu shot? One hundred and fifty at TriHealth, Cincinnati’s largest employer live to tell.
Nurse Talk Radio
NURSE TALK RADIO: Michael Lighty on the Keystone XL Pipeline and Actions By Nurses
Director of Public Policy for California Nurses Association Michael Lighty talks with Casey and Shayne about the health and environmental concerns related to the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Nurse Talk Radio
Children's Hospital RNs, Caregivers Join Together to Protest Drastic Cuts in Healthcare Tuesday
OAKLAND- Children's Hospital and Research Center registered nurses and caregivers will support their coworkers, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), in an informational picket Tuesday.
Jul 1, 2013
Children’s Hospital RNs, Caregivers Join Together to Protest Drastic Cuts in Healthcare Tuesday
OAKLAND- Children's Hospital and Research Center registered nurses and caregivers will support their coworkers, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), in an informational picket Tuesday. Key issues prompting the protest include severe cuts in healthcare for workers and their families, maintaining the rights of all unions to support one another in contract negotiations, and opposition to a "management’s rights†clause which will significantly decrease workers' collective rights and voice in advocating for safe patient care.
Jul 1, 2013
Nace el Enfermeras Globales Unidas a partir de sindicatos de enfermeras/trabajadores de la salud
SAN FRANCISCO – LÃderes de las principales uniones de enfermerÃa y trabajadores de la salud de 13 naciones de las Américas, Africa, Asia y Europa anunciaron planes para formar un nuevo organismo internacional para escalar sus esfuerzos contra los nocivos efectos de las medidas de austeridad, la privatización y los recortes en los servicios de atención a la salud que, afirman, ponen en riesgo a las personas y a las comunidades alrededor del planeta.
Jul 1, 2013
UMass Medical Center University Campus Nurses Ratify New Contract
WORCESTER, MA — The registered nurses of UMass Memorial Medical Center University campus voted Friday to ratify a new three-year contract with UMMMC management that provides the significant staffing improvements nurses sought to ensure their patients receive quality care at this level-one trauma center.
Massachusetts Nurses Association
Jul 1, 2013
Labor relations board to hear retaliation complaints against Sutter Solano
The National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing Sept. 9 on complaints that Sutter Solano Medical Center violated federal law when it imposed higher health care costs on registered nurses and disciplined them in retaliation for their participation in a strike last year. Joseph Frankl, the San Francisco-based regional director of the NLRB, consolidated a series of complaints Wednesday and set the hearing date.
Sacramento Business Journal