Year: 2009

By Imani RandolphABC (Channel 15) PHOENIX–About 200 RNs representing every state in the union are marching on the Offices of the Arizona Hospital Association, fresh from the founding convention of… Read more »

From Nursing Spectrum/Nurse Week

By Liz ShawFlint Journal OKEMOS, Michigan—A press release this morning from the Michigan Nurses Association has announced the founding of the National Nurses United (NNU), a new national nursing union… Read more »

Phoenix – Monday morning’s business meeting was chaired by UAN executive director Walt Frederickson. AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka had been scheduled to chair this historic session, but family illness prevented… Read more »

By Michelle AmberBureau of National Affairs PHOENIX—The first national union of direct care registered nurses became a reality Dec. 7 as delegates to the founding convention of National Nurses United… Read more »

By Susie MadrakCrooks and Liars

Hospitals Gain Bigger Foe in Nurses UnionBy Brett ChasePortfolio Hospitals across the country have a new, more formidable opponent after the merging of three unions to form National Nurses United…. Read more »

By Angela GonzalesPhoenix Business Journal

By Stephanie Smith, CNN Medical Producer December 8, 2009 4:18 p.m. EST Damaged lung tissue is seen as light gray and healthy lung tissue is seen as dark gray in… Read more »

By Iain WoessnerArizona Capital Times PHOENIX – Hospital care suffers because overworked nurses are assigned too many patients and are unable to voice their concerns out of fear of reprisals… Read more »