Nurses, Robin Hood, Prepare to Converge on Chicago May 18
Will Search for AWOL World Leaders in Colorful March with Plan to Heal U.S. and Global Economies, Joined by Occupy Movement and Broad Coalition of Over 65 Environmental, Labor, Health Groups
Apr 20, 2012
Kaiser Nurses Protest Plans to Close Hayward Pediatric Unit
Nurses in Hayward are protesting plans to close a Kaiser Permanente inpatient pediatric unit. Listen to the audio clip that aired this morning:
KQED - NPR
Nurses Say Kaiser Will Make Kids Drive Too Far For Hospital Care
Protestors in Hayward say that when a pediatric hospital wing in that city is closed in 2014, a new kid's hospital unit should be opened in San Leandro.
Union City Patch
MNA Nurses help make history with passage of Vulnerable Adult legislation
ST. PAUL (April 18, 2011) – MNA nurses helped make history this week, as Minnesota became the first state to declare criminal neglect of a vulnerable adult a felony while also protecting the rights of healthcare workers.
Apr 17, 2012
Children’s March to Protest Kaiser Hayward Closure of Vital Pediatrics Unit
TUESDAY 4:00-7:00 p.m. -- Several hundred children, parents, and concerned community members along with RNs will hold a children’s march and rally to protest the closure of the inpatient pediatrics unit at Kaiser Permanente located in Hayward. Over 2,000 young children and teenagers received care in the Kaiser Hayward pediatrics unit in 2011 alone, Kaiser RNs report. Kaiser is planning to close the unit despite record profits.
Apr 16, 2012
Palomar Health Chief Exec’s Wages Land At No. 2 In State
DeAnn McEwen, co-president of the California Nurses Association, said the district has laid off workers and pushed back the opening of clinics in Ramona and Valley Center. “To support that kind of salary, I think it’s unconscionable,†McEwen said. “They are holding back on what the voters are paying for.â€
Singh Earns Endorsement from Michigan Nurses Association for 69th House District
OKEMOS– The Michigan Nurses Association has endorsed Sam Singh for Michigan’s 69th House District, noting his long record of public service in the community and his advocacy of nonprofits and charities.
Apr 9, 2012
SMC, NLRB dispute continues
Nurses and union officials claim that St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center has violated a days-old agreement to stop activities cited in a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, so the complaints have been reinstated.
The Pueblo Chieftain
Nurses, Techs and the Community Hold Rally to Encourage DECH Administration to Listen
The Nurses and Techs from Down East Community Hospital have been bargaining since last Fall to have a fair and equitable contract. Nurses, Techs, all staff have worked hard to overcome the adversity of the receivership in the past few years to provide the best possible care in the State. The staff provides the highest level of care and management is taking the wrong direction for the community of Machias.
MSNA Media Advisory
Apr 9, 2012
New York Professional Nurses Union Votes to Affiliate with Nation’s Largest Nurses’ Union
NEW YORK, NY -- Registered nurses represented by the New York Professional Nurses Union (NYPNU) cast an overwhelming vote this week to affiliate with the NorthEast Nurses Association/National Nurses United (NENA/NNU), the nation’s largest union and professional association of RNs, to provide its members with a stronger regional and national voice in this era of dramatic change in health care.
Apr 6, 2012