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Brand-New Nurses Union Aims to Ramp Up Organizing, Push for Single-Payer
Three Nurses Groups Ratify Super Union
By John ComminsHealthLeaders Media After months of negotiations, representatives from the nation’s three largest registered nurses unions voted unanimously Monday to merge and create a 150,000-member, coast-to-coast "super union" with… Read more »
New Nurses Union Vows To Fight For Progressive Health-Care Reform
By Susie MadrakCrooks and Liars
Delegates to Founding NNU Convention Adopt Constitution, Elect Union’s Officers
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 »
Nurses rally for national law mandating ratios for patient care in hospitals
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 »
New National Nurses Union Forms — But What’s It Mean to You?
By Peggy McDaniel, BSN, RNOff the Charts – AJN Blog Yesterday a new and powerful union was formed. The National Nurses United brings over 150,000 nurses together by combining the… Read more »
RNs Pledge Major Boost in Organizing, Voice in Congress
Nurses Unite.
Roll Call As the health care debate intensifies on Capitol Hill, a new union of registered nurses is launching today. The 150,000-member National Nurses United, which will affiliate with the… Read more »
U.S. nurses unions merge, back healthcare overhaul
By Tim GaynorReuters PHOENIX – Three nurses unions merged on Monday to form the largest-ever labor organization for U.S. medical professionals, which is expected to wield greater clout in collective… Read more »
New national nurses union forms
By Joe CarlsonModern Healhcare A new national union of up to 154,000 registered nurses was created in Phoenix today, replacing one of the most aggressive nurse unions in the industry… Read more »