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Newly organized nurses in Texas and Kansas strike for a first contract

Originally published: Labor Notes on July 11, 2023 by Seth Uzman (more by Labor Notes) | (Posted Jul 22, 2023)

Through wet weather in Wichita, Kansas, and scorching heat in Austin, Texas, hundreds of nurses walked picket lines June 27 in a one-day strike for safe staffing and patient safety. Nearly 2,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United (NNU) walked out.
Nation’s largest union of nurses condemns Supreme Court overturn of constitutional right to abortion

Originally published: National Nurses United on June 24, 2022 by National Nurses United (more by National Nurses United) | (Posted Jun 27, 2022)

Registered nurses understand that abortion is a basic health care service, and as a union of health care providers dedicated to advocating for the best interests of our patients, National Nurses United opposes any efforts to restrict our patients’ control and choices over their own health care and their own bodies.