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Philadelphia Union Wins Equal Pay for Immigrant Nurses
It started when a few nurses at Temple University Hospital told stewards that they weren't being paid for their experience.
Workers Walk Out for $15 at Dozens of Quebec Nursing Homes
The 3,000 workers had three days of strikes under their belts already by June 21, when they began an open-ended period of strikes.
Nurses Say “No” to Staffing by Robot: 5,000 Strike in Minnesota
The immediate sticking point is health insurance, but this is also a showdown over nurses' power on the job.
Pennsylvania Nurses Catch Organizing Fever
Instead of hoping to find better working conditions, Philadelphia-area nurses are ready to raise standards throughout the city.
Nurses Condemn Illinois Governor’s Anti-Worker Executive Order – Warn of Major Threat to Public Safety
"Nurses will never be silent in the face of attacks on their rights to advocate for public health and safety, or their right to form unions and act collectively …
New California Ebola Mandate, Inspired by NNU’s Appeal to Governor Brown, Sets National Model for Highest Protections, Say RNs
Follows Global Day of Action with 100,000 RNs demanding highest safeguards, contrast to hospital industry's failure to act.
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California Nurses Plan Walkout Over Ebola Protections
About 18,000 California nurses will walk out of the job as a means to pressure Kaiser into providing adequate Ebola training and equipment.
Nurses Emerge as Front Line “Climate Workers”
The nature of work is changing and we're not prepared.
The New Face of Health Care: Drone Doctors?
The California Nurses Association has already raised concerns about the 'doc bots' that are showing up in some California hospitals.
Nurses Condemn Chicago Mayor Emanuel for Arrest Of Nurses, Medical Volunteers at Occupy Chicago
Registered nurses from across the U.S. today condemned Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for his decision to arrest nurse volunteers, as well as peaceful protesters, in a late night crackdown …