Fiscal cliff cuts threaten austerity for 50 million Americans already in poverty
Our nurses see dire need every day in the ER, but the growing gulf of inequality in the US has made such deprivation ubiquitous. With a compromise on social security now unmasked – costing the elderly an estimated 6.2-7.7%, according to business writer Doug Henwood – America becomes more and more a place of poverty. Warnings that austerity begets poverty will go ignored, but the nation's deteriorating condition cannot so easily be overlooked.
The Guardian
St. Rose, Hayward RNs Vote by 91% to Join CNA
Registered nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward -- one of the last remaining non-union hospitals for RNs in the immediate Bay Area -- voted by 91 percent Tuesday night to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
California Nurses Association
Dec 19, 2012
Robin Hood for Treasury Secretary. The gift that keeps on giving!
Who wins: Robin Hood or the Grinch? On December 20th, help us deliver this message to the White House: Heal America. Re-Build the American Dream. Tax Wall Street! Call and share: 202-456-1414.
National Nurses United
RNs to Picket 21 Kaiser Hospitals Wednesday
Registered nurses will picket 21 Kaiser Permanente hospitals from Santa Rosa to Fresno Wednesday, Dec. 19 to protest what they say is persistently inadequate nurse staffing in emergency care and other hospital areas, as well as patients being turned away from needed care, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.
California Nurses Association
Dec 18, 2012
Time to Act Now To Restore Our Ravaged Mental Healthcare System
Registered nurses across the country mourn the loss of life marked by the shooting of innocents in Connecticut. This should be a clear wake up call for the White House, Congress, and state and local legislators to take action to address causes of the violence, including restoring the devastating cuts that have occurred to mental health services across the U.S.
By Deborah Burger, RN
America’s Largest Nurses Union Calls for Action on Nation’s Ravaged Mental Health Services
CT shooting devastating, sadly not surprising to nation’s RNs. Registered nurses across the country mourn the loss of life marked by the shooting of innocents in Connecticut and say it is time for the White House, Congress, and state and local legislators to take action to address causes of the violence, including restoring the devastating cuts that have occurred to mental health services across the United States.
Dec 17, 2012
RNs Set Next Strike Date for 9 Bay Area Hospitals
Registered nurses will hold a year-end one-day strike at nine Bay Area hospitals on Monday, Dec. 24, the latest in a series of protests emphasizing big hospital demands for major cuts in nurses’ and patient care standards. The walkout will affect close to 5,000 RNs represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United at Bay Area Sutter facilities and two San Jose hospitals.
California Nurses Association
Dec 14, 2012
NNU Celebrates Three Years
Every year, National Nurses United’s top RN leaders convene to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year as well as to strategize about how to build the national nurses movement and push back against the incessant forces of corporate healthcare in the year ahead.
NNU Blog
500 Hundred RNs, Labor Allies Picket Adelson at The Venetian in Las Vegas
‘Our Democracy is Not for Sale to the Highest Bidder’ - Nurses Also Call for Robin Hood Tax to Heal U.S., Global Economies. Leaders of the nation’s largest organization of nurses, joined by local union activists, picketed The Venetian in Las Vegas to protest billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s ongoing efforts, they say, to corrupt U.S. democracy through massive spending on elections.
Dec 11, 2012
With their mouths taped shut, RNs protest Gov. Snyder’s “Right to Work†corporate takeover
LANSING, MI--Registered nurses who are members of the Michigan Nurses Association protested Gov. Rick Snyder’s so-called “Right to Work†law on Monday with a dramatic scene: Standing silent on the steps of the Capitol with duct tape covering their mouths. It’s symbolic of how the Governor’s attack on workers will stop nurses from speaking out at work so they can keep their patients safe from corporations and CEOs that care only about profits.
Michigan Nurses Assoc. Press Release
Dec 10, 2012