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National Nurses United endorses Kamala Harris for president

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 08:54
NNU’s Executive Council, elected by national nurse membership, voted to endorse Harris on the heels of President Biden’s announcement that he would no longer be seeking reelection.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

National Nurses United statement on President Biden’s announcement

Sun, 07/21/2024 - 14:00

Over the past four years, and throughout his career, President Joe Biden has worked to improve the lives of working people across this country. Under his leadership, his administration has embraced nurses’ values of caring, compassion, and community. National Nurses United is deeply grateful for his service and dedication to our nation.

Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Registered nurses applaud San Benito Board of Supervisors for their efforts to keep Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital a public institution

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 16:00
Registered nurses from Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, Calif., will attend the Tuesday, July 23 San Benito County Board of Supervisors special meeting to discuss their ongoing concerns about patient safety and the future of the public hospital.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

University Medical Center nurses hold informational picket to demand urgent workplace violence prevention

Mon, 07/15/2024 - 13:13
Registered nurses at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, Louisiana. will hold an information picket on Wednesday, July 17 to highlight their frustrations over hospital management’s inaction against dangerous conditions for nurses and patients.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

National Nurses United Statement re: Trump Rally Shooting

Sat, 07/13/2024 - 18:17
As registered nurses who fight every shift to keep patients safe, we condemn the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally today. Nurses know that violence is never the solution to our country’s problems and polarized political climate. We wish everyone injured a full and complete recovery.
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Kansas City nurses to hold informational pickets at two local HCA hospitals

Fri, 07/12/2024 - 07:00
Nurses at HCA hospitals in the Kansas City area will hold two informational pickets on July 16 and July 17 to protest management’s refusal to address RNs’ concerns about patient care and safe staffing in on-going contract negotiations.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Union nurses endorse Congresswoman Cori Bush for re-election

Fri, 07/12/2024 - 06:01
National Nurses United today announced they have endorsed Congresswoman Cori Bush for re-election in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, where she has fought to protect nurses and patients with real solutions that comprehensively address the nurse staffing crisis, strengthen unions, protect working families, and guarantee health care for all.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Fawcett Hospital nurses protest HCA contract proposals that endanger patient care

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 11:30
Nurses at Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla., will hold a rally on Monday, July 8, to protest HCA’s failure to address nurses’ grave concerns over chronic short staffing and patient safety during the current contract negotiations.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

NNU condemns Supreme Court’s decision eviscerating role of regulatory agencies

Fri, 06/28/2024 - 15:27
National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses’ union and professional association today condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision eviscerating the role of regulatory agencies. The 6-3 decision, effectively overturned a 1984 legal precedent known as “Chevron deference,” which allows experts in regulatory agencies to define implementation of laws passed by Congress.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Tucson nurses rally for safe patient care at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital, protest staffing crisis

Fri, 06/28/2024 - 08:02
Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., will hold a rally on Monday, July 1, to highlight troubling patient safety concerns and chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient care.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Nurses will rally in Largo to protest HCA contract proposals that endanger patient care

Fri, 06/28/2024 - 04:30
Nurses from three HCA Florida hospitals will rally at HCA Florida Largo Hospital in Largo, Fla., on Tuesday, July 2, to protest HCA’s failure to seriously address nurses’ concerns in contract negotiations, especially around safe staffing and patient care.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

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