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Child doing schoolwork at home

With Covid infection numbers exploding and pediatric hospitalizations at all-time highs, National Nurses United RNs call for schools to offer remote learning to protect nation’s children

NNU is urging all school districts to offer remote learning as an option for families who don’t want their children to return to in-person learning.

National Nurses United
January 3, 2022

• NNU

Nurses outside The White House holding signs calling for nurse, patient, and public safety

Nurses condemn Biden administration for ripping away protections from health care workers, patients

NNU today condemned the Biden administration's latest moves to rip away protections from health care workers and the public

National Nurses United
December 28, 2021

• NNU

Masked nurse outside holds signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

Nurses condemn CDC’s dangerous decision to weaken isolation guidance for employers

National Nurses United demands that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain its existing guidance on ten-day isolation for health care workers who have tested positive for Covid-19.

National Nurses United
December 23, 2021

• NNU

Nurses outside The White House holding signs calling for nurse, patient, and public safety

Nurses condemn OSHA’s failure to adopt permanent Covid-19 and infectious disease protections for health care workers

NNU nurses will continue to fight to enforce the temporary standard in hospitals across the country.

National Nurses United
December 21, 2021

• NNU

Senator Joe Machin

Nurses support Schumer call for vote on Biden’s Build Back Better bill; urge Sen. Manchin to rescind opposition and vote ‘Yes’

NNU today endorsed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s announcement that he will hold a vote early next year on President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation to help families across America.

National Nurses United
December 20, 2021

• NNU

Nurses in front of Alhambra Hospital Medical Center sign hold signs calling for safe staffing and patient safety

Alhambra Hospital Medical Center nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety and safe staffing

Registered nurses at Alhambra Hospital Medical Center will hold a socially distanced informational picket to protest years of understaffing and ongoing patient safety concerns.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 20, 2021

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses outside The White House holding signs calling for nurse, patient, and public safety

Unions, public health, and occupational safety organizations call for permanent OSHA Covid-19 standards for health care and other workers

More than 40 unions and organizations representing more than 14 million people signed a petition urging immediate action.

National Nurses United
December 16, 2021

• NNU

Nurses stand and speak in front of news crew

National Labor Relations Board rules to open final six ballots in Longmont nurse union election

Regional Office 27 (Denver) of the NLRB rejected Longmont United Hospital’s appeal to challenge the validity of a union election ballot.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 10, 2021

• NNU, • NNOC

National Nurses United

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
December 9, 2021

Nurses outside The White House hold signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

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
December 2, 2021

• NNU