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RNs DECLARE VICTORY IN VA SYSTEM

By an overwhelming majority, nurses at VA medical centers across the country have ratified their contract, an agreement that protects patient care standards and strengthens the voice of RNs in the care of the nation’s veterans. Tonight’s vote at Buffalo VA Medical Center was the final of 22 VA medical centers wins, where RNs are represented by National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the country, with 185,000 members.

NNU VA Press Release
October 4, 2012

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Strike for Patient Safety

Greenfield, MA – The registered nurses of Baystate Franklin Medical Center walked out of the hospital this morning at 7 a.m. to begin a 24 hour unfair labor practice strike, the first nurses’ strike in the history of the Greenfield-based hospital. The action comes at the end of a year of fruitless negotiations. The nurses were joined by community and labor supporters as well as by more than 100 nurses from hospitals across the state who share the nurses’ concerns for patients safety.

Massachusetts Nurses Association Press Release
October 4, 2012

Duggan Campaign Rewrites His Anti-Union History

Potential Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan’s campaign responded to concerns about the Detroit Medical Center CEO’s reputation as a union buster today with an astonishing string of falsehoods. In an interview on “First Shift With Tony Trupiano,” Duggan’s committee chairman Conrad Mallett Jr. made misstatements about multiple aspects of an organizing drive initiated by DMC nurses in 2007.

Michigan Nurses Association Press Release
September 27, 2012

Robin Hood Tax Pledge Sought In 18 Congressional Districts Across U.S.

On Tuesday, October 2, the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) -- under which hundreds of billions of tax dollars were handed over to financial institutions deemed “too big to fail”-- the Robin Hood Tax Campaign and its allies in labor, health, religious and consumer organizations, will visit Congressional field offices in seven states to seek pledges of support for the “Inclusive Prosperity Act,” H.R. 6411. Join us!

NNU Robin Hood Tax Press Release
September 26, 2012

Nurses Announce Tentative Pact with Sutter Mills-Peninsula

Registered nurses have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining contract with Mills-Peninsula Health Services, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced.

CNA Press Release
September 26, 2012

San Jose, Good Samaritan Hospital Nurse Picket— WEDNESDAY

SAN JOSE— Registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center in San Jose will hold a picket and rally at the facility Wednesday to call public attention to their efforts to stand up for their patients and for the future of their hospitals, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced today.

CNA Press Release
September 25, 2012

Statement from Donna Kelly-Williams, RN, President, Mass. Nurses Association on U.S. Senate Debate

Nurses and Health Care Professionals have seen firsthand how the economy has affected our patients, friends and family through the loss of jobs, their homes and their retirement savings. Tonight, we had the opportunity to see for ourselves the stark difference between the two candidates for United States Senate and who will fight for us in Washington.

Healthcare Global
September 24, 2012

Lawrence General Hospital Announces Layoffs, Service Closures and Patient Care Restructuring...

LAWRENCE, MA – The nurses of Lawrence General Hospital are outraged by a recent decision from hospital management to lay off staff, close services and restructure how nurses deliver patient care at the facility, particularly at a time when nurses have been struggling with inadequate RN staffing levels that compromise their ability to deliver the care their patients deserve.

Massachusetts Nurses Assoc. Press Release
September 24, 2012

National Nurses United Endorses President Obama

National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses, has endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term. The 185,000 member organization’s national executive council made the endorsement at a weekend meeting.

NNU Press Release
September 24, 2012

RNs and their Families Protest Sutter Black-tie Grand Opening Gala at Eden Medical Center Saturday

RNs from Sutter Health hospitals around the Bay Area will be holding a colorful event Saturday evening to protest a gala black-tie event organized by Sutter for the soon-to-be-opened new facility at the Castro Valley campus, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today. Sutter, who has made over four billion in profit since 2007, has billed its event a fundraiser for the new Eden Medical Center building.

CNA Press Release
September 20, 2012