Nurses to Set Up First Aid Station for Occupy Wall Street
New York – The nation’s largest organization of nurses today announced it will set up a first aid station Friday to provide basic medical assistance to participants in the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, an effort that will be expanded to other cities where protests continue.
Press Release
Oct 13, 2011
U.S. Nurses to Join RNs From Across Globe at G-20 Summit to Press for Financial Transaction Tax
When world leaders gather for the G20 summit in France early next month to discuss the worsening global economic crisis, they will get some extra advice from nurses around the world, thanks to an international effort initiated by National Nurses United (NNU) and the global union federation Public Services International (PSI).
Press Release
Oct 13, 2011
Nurses march through Ann Arbor demanding contract
Crowds of shouting people decked in red marched through Ann Arbor streets yesterday, as University of Michigan Health System nurses and their supporters rallied for a finalized contract.
Michigan Daily
U-M RNs rally, march and picket for contracts
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Over 1,200 University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) registered nurses rallied at Liberty Park, marched from downtown Ann Arbor to Medical Center Drive, and picketed for two contracts outside the hospital: the Main Street Contract and a fair contract from UMHS management for 4,000 RNs. The combined event was held on Wednesday, October 12 beginning at 4:30 pm.
Press Release
Oct 13, 2011
PSI nurses to deliver message to G20 leaders in Cannes
World leaders who gather for the G20 economic discussions in Cannes, France in early November will get fiscal advice from an unexpected group – nurses, who will prescribe the immediate application of a financial transaction tax for the economic health of communities everywhere.
Press Release
The barricades are beginning to quiver
Inside the barricading bubbles surrounding the Wall Street plutocrats and the Washington oligarchs who service them, there must be worry. After three years of disclosed “lying, cheating and stealing†as one prosecutor put it, with nary a visible stir from the masses, suddenly the barricades are beginning to quiver.
In The Public Interest
Massachusetts Nurses Demand Super Committee Support Jobs, Not Cuts
Resolution #1 "In Support of Protests Demanding the Super Committee Support Jobs Not Cuts", of the Massachusetts Nurses Association annual business meeting, October 6, 2011, passed overwhelmingly.
Massachusetts Nurses Association BLOG
Minnesota Nurses Association Statement of Support for OccupyMN Movement
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (October 7, 2011) – The Minnesota Nurses Association stands in support of, and in solidarity with, the OccupyWallStreet.org street protests and rallies happening across the country – including today’s “OccupyMN†event near the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis.
 

Press Release
Oct 10, 2011
Healthy California Campaign Steps Up Call for Single-Payer Reform
Inspired by moves toward guaranteed healthcare for all in Vermont and Montana, advocates of Medicare-for-all, single-payer-style reform in California have formed a new coalition, the Campaign for a Healthy California (CHC), and are stepping up activity this coming week by hosting a California tour with a Vermont healthcare activist.
Press Release
Oct 10, 2011
Public Health RNs to Picket Supervisors Over Drastic Health Cuts
Fresno County public health nurses will picket outside a meeting of the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, to protest drastic cuts in public-health nursing that they say represent a disgraceful abandonment of the most vulnerable and at-risk patients in the county.
Press Release
Oct 10, 2011