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
Watsonville Community Hospital nurses to hold press conference to demand hospital remain open
Nurses who work at Watsonville Community Hospital will hold a press conference on Friday, Dec. 3, to demand that the hospital remain open.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Dec 1, 2021
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
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
Scope of Solidarity: An Online Art Exhibit
The art shown here was commissioned by NNU to emphasize the critical role art plays in resistance, especially in times of crisis — and to connect our struggles for justice and protection in the workplace to broader fights for social justice.
Workplace Violence and Covid-19 in Health Care: How the Hospital Industry Created an Occupational Syndemic
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.