Thousands of nurses storm 60 Congressional offices
In a week that recorded no new jobs being created in the U.S. for the entire month of August, and many people struggling with what to do about it, nurses around the U.S. sent an entirely different message -- get out in the streets and demand change. On Thursday, thousands of nurses, joined by other labor and community supporters, went to the doorsteps of 60 members of Congress in 21 states across the U.S.
National Nurses Movement Blog
Let's call it Un-Labor Day
In honor of the latest dreary news that exactly zero net jobs were created in August, the corporate CEOs who ship our jobs overseas, and the budget cutters in Washington whose priorities lie elsewhere, let’s just rechristen the September holiday “Un-Labor†Day.
National Nurses Movement
National Nurses Make History - Sept 1, 2011
RNs sponsor soup kitchens, food pantries, speak outs on the need for jobs, healthcare, education, housing – and outline the RN plan on how to pay for it.
Press Release
Sep 2, 2011
How Will We Pay for Obama's New Jobs Push? Answer: Tax Wall Street
President Obama is right: the United States needs a jobs program that spends federal tax dollars to retain jobs, to create jobs and to put tens of millions of Americans back to work.
The Nation
Elizabeth Warren's More Than Just a Senate Campaign
Elizabeth Warren's all-but-announced candidacy for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat once held by Edward Kennedy is a state-based campaign. But it has national implications.
The Nation
National Nurses United Endorses Consumer Advocate Elizabeth Warren for US Senate Race
Heralding the candidacy of “Main Street Hero†Elizabeth Warren, the 170,000 member National Nurses United today announced it has endorsed Warren’s exploratory candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, and urged her to officially enter the race.
Press Release
Aug 23, 2011
Nurses Protest What They Say Are Unsafe Staffing Levels
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- At least 200 registered nurses held a protest Tuesday morning to show their opposition to what they say are chronic unsafe nurse-to-patient staffing levels at Kaiser Permanente's Walnut Creek hospital, according to California Nurses Association spokeswoman Debra Grabelle.
KTVU.com
Mid-Michigan District Health Department nurses ratify four-year contract
Okemos - The registered nurses at Mid Michigan District Health Department ratified a new four year collective bargaining agreement last week, a few days before the Board of Commissioners also ratified the agreement.
Press Release
Aug 23, 2011
National Nurses Director RoseAnn DeMoro, Makes Most Influential Healthcare List 10 Straight Years
For the tenth straight year, National Nurses United Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro has won national recognition from a major healthcare industry publication as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare†which was announced today.
NNU Press Release
Aug 22, 2011
Kaiser Walnut Creek RNs picket for safe patient care, Tuesday
Registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek are holding an informational picket Tuesday, August 23, to protest chronic unsafe nurse-to-patient staffing levels, that they say are jeopardizing patient safety at the facility, the California Nurses Association announced today.
Press Release
Aug 22, 2011