National Nurses United

Tell Us Where It Hurts: Anna Deavere Smith's One-Woman Show

Kevin O'Donnell | Posted 05.22.2012

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Kevin O'Donnell

Every nurse I talked to earlier in the day at a rally in downtown Chicago and before the show had a similar personal story to add to the Smith's Tell Us Where It Hurts show. Not one nurse thought either the U.S. health care system or the U.S. economy was working.

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PHOTOS: Nurses Union's Pre-NATO Rally Gets Big Turnout

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY and NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 05.19.2012

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CHICAGO — Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting police and shouting a...

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City Pulls Nurses Union's Anti-NATO Protest Permit

Posted 05.09.2012

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The nation's largest nurses union is considering taking legal action after the city of Chicago revoked its previously approved permit to rally downtow...

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Occupy Chicago Takes the Spring

Mark Cassello | Posted 04.11.2012

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Mark Cassello

Saturday, April 7, 2012 marked Occupy Chicago's official reemergence after a milder than expected winter with a citywide day of action, known as "Take the Spring."

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Occupy Chicago Ready for a Spring of Discontent

Mark Cassello | Posted 05.16.2012

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Mark Cassello

A confluence of events will make Chicago the national and perhaps worldwide hub of the Occupy Movement through the spring. Welcome to the Chicago Spring.

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Tyler Kingkade

Protesters With Golden Bull Pray For Higher Taxes

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A handful of protesters marched to Capitol Hill on Thursday carrying a large golden bull with them before praying outside the office of ...

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Keep Nataline's Spirit of Christmas Alive

Wendell Potter | Posted 02.14.2012

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Wendell Potter

Anyone who believes that American doctors call the shots when it comes to providing medical care for their insured patients is sadly mistaken. Insurance companies essentially have the power to make what amount to life and death decisions.

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Mrs. Moss Goes to Washington

Daniel Marans | Posted 01.11.2012

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Daniel Marans

Tonya had flown into DC earlier that day from her hometown of Bemidji, Minnesota. Bemidji is 1,318 miles from Washington, D.C. When I asked if Tonya had come with a group of nurses, she just smiled and shook her head. "As far as I know I am the only one from Bemidji."

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FTT: RX for a Sick Economy

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 01.10.2012

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Rose Ann DeMoro

Nurses from four continents gathered at the G-20 Summit last week to tell world leaders that time is running out: revenue is needed now and the starting point is a global finance tax.

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Gates Backs the Wall Street Tax at the G20 Summit

Sarah Anderson | Posted 01.03.2012

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Sarah Anderson

The world's second-richest man and a group of American nurses on the frontlines of the Occupy Wall Street protests came to the G20 summit in Cannes, France this week to advocate for the same thing.

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WATCH: Nurses Protest City Hall, Emanuel Stands His Ground

Posted 12.24.2011

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As promised, a group of nurses joined Occupy Chicago protesters outside of City Hall Monday to speak out against Saturday night's arrests in Grant Par...

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Matt Sledge

Occupy Wall Street: From March To Melee

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.06.2011

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Wednesday's anti-Wall Street protest was not one march but two. The first was an orderly, permitted procession on Broadway led by leading local labor ...

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Nurses' Main Street Campaign to Rebuild America

Deborah Burger | Posted 08.10.2011

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Deborah Burger

Our message, which parallels the voices ringing out this year in the streets of Madison, Lansing, Columbus, and other embattled cities, is America's workers built this country, and we're going to take it back.

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Bargaining for the USA: Time for a Main Street Contract for the American People

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

Our challenge as a nation is to transform the storyline of who is to blame for this crisis, and how to solve it. The American people, not Wall Street, deserve their own economic renewal package.

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The War on Women's Health

Deborah Burger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Burger

Unwanted pregnancies, whether they lead to abortion or children with health needs, have huge economic consequences. The purpose of such initiatives are social and ideological, not budgetary.

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Nurses Offer to Buy President's Shoes to March With Workers

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

Recall the pledge made by candidate Obama in 2007: "If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House ... I'll walk on that picket line with you."

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Just Say No -- No More Cuts for Workers

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

Working people did not create the recession or the budgetary crisis facing federal, state and local governments. And there can be no more concessions, period.

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An Alternative Vision for the President's Budget

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

Another day, another concession to Wall Street, its trade lobby the Chamber of Commerce, and the rejectionists in Congress. The result: an extension of tax cuts for the rich and gutting of the estate tax.

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Nurse Protest Prompts Blue Shield to Delay Rate Hike

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

People power works, and not just in Egypt. Blue Shield of California today announced a 60-day reprieve for the unconscionable rate hike of up to 59 p...

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Top 10 Reasons Why the Health Repeal Vote Is Inane

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

Nearly as many people (20%) favor expanding the law as favor repealing it entirely (26%). And, perhaps, most significantly, 43% of the public said they were still "confused" about the law.

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Tax Cut Deal -- The Latest Threat to Our Children

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

In the aftermath of a tax deal that will accelerate the shift of wealth to the richest Americans, it's worth calling attention to a new report about how far the U.S. is sinking below other major nations in how we take care of our children.

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California's Nurses and Women Take on Billionaire CEO Meg Whitman

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

For some who take our most basic rights for granted, it may be hard to imagine that for nearly 150 years in our republic, American women were denied ...

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Nurses Make a House Call

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Dreier

Meg Whitman has made attacks on unions, and particularly the California Nurses Association, a centerpiece of her campaign against Jerry Brown. But now California nurses are taking a stand -- on her doorstep.

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Jovani's Tale: Nurses and Patients in Haiti

Deborah Burger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Burger

When the terrible earthquake struck Haiti, followed by a flood of media attention and global concern, RNs in America knew one thing: nurses would be in Haiti long after the TV cameras left.

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Diary of a Wimpy Health Care Bill

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

The legislation fails to deliver on the promise of a single standard of excellence in care for all and instead makes piecemeal adjustments to the current privatized, for-profit health care behemoth.

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