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National & Statewide News

Historic Agreement for Nurses in Nation's Biggest For Profit Hospital System
NNOC-FL, Miami Herald, May 7, 2012


Patient Collections Gone Bad at Minnesota Hospital System
Evan J. Albright, insideARM.com, April 25, 2012


The Politics of Staffing: Two federal bills would hold hospitals accountable for safe staffing levels for nurses.
Pam Chwedyk, Advance for Nurses, March 14, 2012


A Dose Of Socialism Could Save Our States - State Sponsored, Single Payer Healthcare Would Bring In Business & Jobs
Rick Ungar, Forbes, April 6, 2012


Health Care Crisis Will Continue No Matter How Court Rules
NNU Release, February 26, 2012


Satisfied patients not always healthiest, UC Davis study shows
Jennifer Garza, The Sacramento Bee, February 15, 2012


Hospital Executive Reveals Big Secret:
Why Do Nurses Join Unions? Because They Can

John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, January 3, 2012


Nurses Top Gallup Poll on Honesty, Ethics – Again
NNU Release, December 12, 2011


6,000 California RNs Set One-Day Strike December 22
NNU Release, December 12, 2011


Join Nurses Protesting Cerberus/Steward Health Care - Dec. 20 in New York
NNU Release, December 12, 2011


10 Fun Facts About the Top 1 Percent
Joshua Holland, AlterNet, December 7, 2011


Medicare for all is the only solution
Ed Grystar, Chuck Pennacchio and Tony Buba; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 29, 2011


Workplace Violence Prevention Bill Introduced in the Pennsylvania House
Health Canal, November 16, 2011


Often at Center of Mayhem, Emergency Rooms Tend to Be Gunfire-Free Zones
Al Baker, New York Times, November 11, 2011


Study: Nurse safety, patient safety linked
United Press International, November 8, 2011


Union Pressure, OWS Protests Tear Down a Barrier to Taxing Speculators
John Nichols, The Nation, November 3, 2011


New law aims to reduce back injuries among nurses; Hospitals use lift devices to move patients safely
Jondi Gumz, Santa Cruz Sentinel, October 18, 2011


Labor Rights, Under Republican Attack
Mark Barenberg et al., New York Times, October 13, 2011


The 99 Percent Rise Up
John Nichols, The Nation, October 12, 2011


Nurses Join Occupy Wall Street Actions Today in Boston, New York, Other Cities, Support Protest Movement
NNU Release, Boston Business Journal, October 5, 2011


Is Big Pharma Cooking Current Drug Shortages?
Ron Shinkman, Fierce Healthcare, October 4, 2011


Pa. nurses seek state regulation of staffing levels
Carolyn Beeler, WHYY, September 27, 2011


Patient Tragically Dies During Punitive Lockout of Nurses by Most Profitable Health System in California
Phillip Matier & Andrew Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, September 27, 2011


Medicare Is More Efficient Than Private Insurance Diane Archer, Health Affairs Blog, September 20, 2011


Temporary health workers double risk of harmful drug mix-ups Kevin B. O'Reilly, American Medical News, September 12, 2011


State weighs 4-year degree mandate for nurses
Jon Baker, Times Reporter (ohio), September 6, 2011


A Must Read! Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
Warren E. Buffet, The New York Times, August 4, 2011


Nurse shortages result in patient deaths, strikes
Karen M. Cheung, Fierce Healthcare, August 9, 2011


Surveys find widespread violence against nurses and other hospital caregivers Jessica Garrison & Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2011


Study: Hospitals add higher skilled nurses in response to mandate Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, July 18, 2011


Cut Medicare? No Way! Make It 'Medicare for All'!
John Nichols, The Nation, May 10, 2011


Protection sought for health care workers
Alex Rose, Delaware County Daily Times, March 2, 2011

 

What's Happening?


How Did Mitt Romney Get So Obscenely Rich? Robert Reich Explains.




Two PASNAP members were selected to participate in this National AFL-CIO video, which is currently showing in Austin and Pittsburgh.





The Truth about the Economy

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said he could explain the problems with the economy in less than 2 minutes, 15 seconds— and he did it. Watch!

  Updates      
 

Mandatory Overtime Ban Became Law in July 2009 in Pennsylvania.

It took years of PASNAP-led rallies, letters to newspaper editors, petitions, visits and phone calls to government officials, and trips to Harrisburg to win this ban on mandatory overtime. For more information about this important protection for patients and caregivers, click here.