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RNs at Steward Health’s Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes to protest proposed shut down of emergency and in-patient services for psychiatric patients

After shutdown patients needing acute psychiatric care will be turned away.

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National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

Aug 10, 2022

Florida

National Nurses United condemns Gaza bombardment

NNU joins the international community in condemning this attack on civilians, on children, on health care infrastructure, health care workers, and public health.

National Nurses United

Aug 9, 2022

About our Gender Justice campaign

Registered nurses know that gender justice is fundamental to our ability to effectively advocate for patients, demand safe workplaces, and build healthy unions. Social well-being depends on care work that has historically been performed by women and gender-oppressed people. Yet, employers, lawmakers, and society at large systematically devalue, underpay, and under-protect the gendered labor that provides life-sustaining care to human beings and society.

Read more about About our Gender Justice campaign

Saint Joseph Hospital nurses to hold informational picket to protest unsafe staffing and missing pay

Saint Joseph nurses say Providence is violating California’s safe staffing law, which mandates safe RN-to-patient staffing ratios. Ongoing payroll errors have resulted in missing pay for hundreds of nurses.

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California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

Aug 9, 2022

California

Nurses vote overwhelmingly to approve new master contract covering 3,700 RNs at Tenet hospitals throughout California

Nurses say the new contract lays the groundwork for improving conditions through retaining and recruiting adequate nursing staff.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

Aug 9, 2022

California

Nurses call on House to join U.S. Senate in passage of reforms

NNU applauded the U.S. Senate for passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which the union called “an important first step to enact reforms to rein in pharmaceutical price gouging and act on the climate crisis,” and urged the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the bill as soon as possible.

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National Nurses United

Aug 8, 2022

Nationwide

Nurses and health care workers call on Sutter Health to correct egregious payroll errors and provide remedies to all affected workers

Since July 1, when Sutter implemented its new payroll system, Workday, numerous errors continue, including missing pay and inaccurate pay rates.

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CHEU

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union

Aug 5, 2022

California

RNs at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, part of mega chain CommonSpirit Health, alert community members to persistently unsafe conditions at facility

They are asking residents to help them win improvements in care by contacting the hospital Chief Nursing Officer.

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California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

Aug 3, 2022

California

Racial justice signs and stickers

Nurses have a strong voice of advocacy for the health and safety of our patients from all backgrounds. Download printable signs and stickers to use in the workplace and for actions.