Doctors Medical RNs picket Oct. 5 to protest unsafe staffing
RNs demand that the medical center step up its efforts to recruit and retain registered nurses.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Oct 4, 2021
Doctors Hospital of Manteca RNs vote by 94 percent to join CNA
When the ballots were counted today, a total of 121 RNs voted to join CNA, with just 8 votes for "no union."
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Sep 30, 2021
Nurses call on FTC to investigate hospital contracts that place onerous burden on new RN graduates
NNU is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate exploitative employment contracts common in the hospital industry that impose harsh burdens on new registered nurse graduates.
National Nurses United
Oct 4, 2021
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital nurses demand safe staffing
Nurses say despite repeated appeals, the hospital is failing to provide much needed resources and staff, which jeopardizes patient care.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Oct 2, 2021
Social Justice and Equity Workshops
Schedule an NNU Social Justice Workshop today!
The Division of Social Justice and Equity offers a series of interactive, action-oriented workshops to support union nurses’ in advancing racial justice and gender justice in our workplaces and beyond. The workshops are intended to build our collective power to confront some of the most crucial social justice struggles of our time.
Los Angeles nurses to hold action for patient safety
RNs at PIH Health-Good Samaritan Hospital, in Los Angeles, Calif. will hold an action Wednesday, Sept. 29 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short staffing, lack of break relief, and the hospital’s unwillingness to address retention and recruitment problems among staff.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Sep 27, 2021
National Nurses United applauds CDC director’s approval of Covid boosters for health care workers
NNU praised CDC Director Rochelle Walensky's decision early Friday morning to overrule the CDC’s own advisors.
National Nurses United
Sep 24, 2021
Scientific data is clear that vaccines are effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death from Covid-19, including with the Delta variant, and that booster doses likely provide additional protection.
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Protection of full vaccination against hospitalization/death remains significant. Pfizer vaccine efficacy against symptomatic disease from the Delta variant (Bernal et al., NEJM, July 21, 2021):
Nurses condemn advisory committee for voting against Covid vaccine booster shots for nurses and other health care workers
NNU urges the CDC to go beyond the ACIP recommendations to include nurses and health care workers among those prioritized for boosters.
National Nurses United
Sep 23, 2021
National nurse survey reveals that health care employers need to do more to comply with OSHA emergency temporary standard
New nationwide survey of more than 5,000 registered nurses reveals that employers must implement optimal standards to protect nurses and other health care workers from Covid-19.
National Nurses United
Sep 27, 2021