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Nurses condemn OSHA’s failure to adopt permanent Covid-19 and infectious disease protections for health care workers
NNU nurses will continue to fight to enforce the temporary standard in hospitals across the country.
National Nurses United
Dec 21, 2021
Nurses support Schumer call for vote on Biden’s Build Back Better bill; urge Sen. Manchin to rescind opposition and vote ‘Yes’
NNU today endorsed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s announcement that he will hold a vote early next year on President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation to help families across America.
National Nurses United
Dec 20, 2021
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety and safe staffing
Registered nurses at Alhambra Hospital Medical Center will hold a socially distanced informational picket to protest years of understaffing and ongoing patient safety concerns.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Dec 20, 2021
Workers’ Compensation for Health Care Workers
For a few select professions, some workers do not have to prove that certain diseases and injuries were a result of their employment when they first file a workers’ compensation claim: these are called workers’ compensation presumptions. But, historically, these presumptions have not extended to nurses.
Unions, public health, and occupational safety organizations call for permanent OSHA Covid-19 standards for health care and other workers
More than 40 unions and organizations representing more than 14 million people signed a petition urging immediate action.
National Nurses United
Dec 16, 2021
NNU nurses urge federal government to address unsafe hospital staffing crisis
New report on RN staffing explains decades of bad hospital practices and recommends multiple legislative and regulatory solutions.
National Nurses United
Dec 9, 2021
Protecting Our Front Line: Ending the Shortage of Good Nursing Jobs and the Industry-created Unsafe Staffing Crisis
In this report, National Nurses United describes how the hospital industry has driven registered nurses (RNs) from the bedside.
Citing new Omicron variant, nurses say permanent OSHA Covid-19 standard for health care workers badly needed
Widespread transmission will continue to result in evolution and spread of new variants of concern, such as Omicron, making a permanent standard even more important
National Nurses United
Dec 2, 2021