The loss of Roe v. Wade's legal underpinnings, stemming from SCOTUS's Dobbs decision, assaults a woman’s right to choose, and threatens other basic rights

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On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Case No. 19-1392, overturning decades of precedent holding that the United States Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy. That precedent came from the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which held that the right to choose was part of the broad constitutional right to privacy. The right to privacy has long been understood to be intertwined with the very concept of personal liberty, which is a core stated purpose of the constitution.
National Nurses United

CHEU Quarterly Roundup: Summer 2022

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Palomar Health

Union Shop Stewards and rank and file members at Palomar Health are celebrating the CHEU Bargaining team’s overwhelming ratification of a new 3-year contract with the district. This was a 14 month-long vicious anti-union campaign to beat back takeaways and improve terms and conditions of employment.

Voice and respect

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NNU representation provides RNs with the tools to have a real voice in patient care decisions, which we use to create safer health care facilities to protect our patients, our licenses, and ourselves.

Seton nurses strike!

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Registered nurses at AHMC Seton Medical Center held a two-day strike on Wednesday, June 22, and Thursday, June 23, in response to the AHMC’s failure to address critical and persistent patient care issues, chronic supply problems, the shuttering of vital services, and the failure of management to consistently attend scheduled bargaining sessions.