NNU commended the U.S. senators who sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary Walsh urging the administration to quickly issue a final permanent Covid-19 OSHA standard for health care workers.
CNA today congratulated the Assembly Health Committee chair and committee members for approving the single-payer Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare), AB 1400 Tuesday night.
The push comes at a critical moment, following OSHA's announcement that it will be rescinding the emergency temporary standard that has been in effect since June 2021.
NNU nurses will hold actions across the country on Thur., Jan. 13 to demand the hospital industry invest in safe staffing, and to demand that President Biden follow through on his campaign promise to protect nurses and prioritize public health.
Eliminating the isolation time and sending asymptomatic or exposed health care workers to work will guarantee more preventable transmission, infections, hospitalizations, and death.
NNU joins with many across the country in warning that the threats posed by the attempted coup last year remain a clear and present threat to our democratic system of government.
National leading labor organizations and unions petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals to order the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a permanent standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19.
