National Day of Action - July 21st, 2021
Registered nurses across the country will hold actions Wednesday, July 21 to demand employers address problems highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic and prioritize patient safety and workplace protections.
Chinese Hospital Nurses Strike for Their Community, Their Patients
Registered nurses at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco held a one-day strike Tuesday, May 25 to protest substandard workplace and economic conditions that nurses say has driven experienced nurses away and undermines the hospital's ability to recruit new RNs.
Deadly Shame: Animated Shorts
National Nurses United’s Deadly Shame white paper explores nurses' experiences on the front lines of Covid-19 — and how we can build power. Developed in collaboration with award-winning artist Molly Crabapple and Sharp As Knives, NNU presents a series of three animated shorts: Care Penalty, Moral Distress, and Nurse Power.
Care Penalty
Employers, lawmakers, and society at large have systematically devalued “care work,” labor that provides life-sustaining care to human beings and society.
Moral Distress
Nurses experience moral distress when we know the right thing to do, but institutional failure makes it impossible for us to do it.
Nurse Power
When we speak out and stand together as a union, using our collective strength, we prevail. This is the story of how our unity is our power.
Covid-19, Nurses Respond
National Nurses United RNs are speaking out because they are dedicated to protecting the health and safety of their patients, health care workers, and the public.
Nurses Publish Scientific Brief Against New CDC Guidance
In a new scientific brief, NNU analyzes how all the most recent, respected research on Covid-19 supports a robust public health program that uses multiple measures of infection control.
May 19, 2021 - NNU Press Conference on Recently Updated CDC Guidelines
NNU is calling on the CDC to revise this guidance and to adhere to science and the precautionary principle in its recommendations.
Organizing
National Nurses United is the largest union of RNs in the U.S., winning strong contracts, and proudly protecting the profession and our patients.
We Can Organize and Win — Anywhere
Hear from nurses in Maine, North Carolina, and North Dakota on how and why they organized their hospitals.
Our Legacy: Building Union Power at UChicago Medicine Ingalls
Learn how nurses in Harvey, Illinois successfully organized their facility and won their first union contract!
Did You Know?
A series of short videos about the roots of union nursing: care, advocacy and organizing. These are stories of workers standing up for their rights, of nurses standing up for patients, of people fighting for a healthier world in the interest of humanity and a higher calling.
A Young Future Health Care Worker Helped End Segregation
Nurse Salaria Kea fought fascism overseas
Nurses Care & Fight for Asylum Seekers
Campaigns
Safe Staffing Ratios
RNs nationwide are actively working with NNU to win their own mandated direct-care RN-to-patient staffing ratios. Studies show that staffing ratios save lives, yet understaffing is a major issue RNs struggle with every day.
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Medicare for All
National Nurses United has been fighting for Medicare for All for decades and is now leading a massive grassroots mobilization campaign to ensure that elected leaders support this legislation.
About National Nurses United
National Nurses United, with more than 170,000 members nationwide, is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in U.S. history.
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