Nurses from 28 countries file UN complaint alleging human rights violations by EU and four countries for ‘the loss of countless lives’ in the pandemic

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A coalition of nurses unions representing over 2.5 million health care workers from 28 countries around the world have filed a complaint with the United Nations alleging human rights violations by the European Union, the United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, and Singapore during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Global Nurses United
Nov 29, 2021

Workplace Violence and Covid-19 in Health Care: How the Hospital Industry Created an Occupational Syndemic

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This report details stark evidence gathered by National Nurses United (NNU), the largest labor union and professional association for registered nurses in the United States, of how the dual failures of health care employers to protect nurses and patients from Covid-19 and workplace violence synergistically interact to amplify the harms caused by each individually.