Below is a collection of links to news stories, provided by Global Nurses United, about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Argentina
Titular: Protesta de enfermeros en Casa de Gobierno
Headline: Nurses’ protest outside governor’s mansion
Australia
Headline: Nearly three in four nurses has been attacked at work in the last year
Australia
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/victorian-unionists-get-organised-support-refugees
Headline: Victorian unionists get organised to support refugees
Australia
https://ajp.com.au/features/a-bitter-penalty/
Headline: A Bitter Penalty
Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-07/nursing-home-robot-trial-wollongong/8426442
Headline: Aged care provider trials use of robot for heavy lifting, giving staff more time with residents
Brazil
http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/brasil/2017-04-08/barueri-demissao.html
Manchete: “Está todo mundo em pânico”, diz servidora após demissões em hospital de Barueri
Headline: “Everyone is in a panic”, says worker after layoffs in Barueri hospital
Brazil
Manchete: Enfermagem ganha na Justiça carga horária de 30 horas semanais em São Luís
Headline: Nursing wins the hourly workload of 30 hours a week in São Luís
Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wrha-hospitals-savings-nurses-1.4068552
Headline: Savings breakdown for WRHA revealed, staffing efficiencies and hospital overhaul to save over $55M
Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mgeu-nurses-union-ers-urgent-care-1.4061857
Headline: Nurses’ union calls Winnipeg hospital shakeup a ‘front-line service cut’
Canada
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2017/04/07/emergency-rooms-consolidated-in-winnipeg
Headline: Emergency rooms consolidated in Winnipeg
Canada
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/hundreds-protest-er-closure-at-concordia-419173964.html
Headline: Hundreds protest ER closure at Concordia
Canada
Headline: Critics call modest increase in health-care spending a bitter pill to swallow
Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/carolyn-strom-appeal-grandfather-facebook-comments-1.4064502
Headline: Sask. nurse to fight $26K fine for Facebook comments about grandfather’s care
Canada
Titre: Trois centrales pour représenter le personnel du CIUSSS
Headline: Three unions to represent CIUSSS staff
Canada
http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/496011/sante-les-jeunes-syndicats-menent-le-bal
Titre: Chaude lutte syndicale en santé
Headline: Hot battle between health unions
Canada
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/04/10/le-personnel-infirmier-de-lhopital-de-chicoutimi-deborde
Titre: Le personnel infirmier de l’hôpital de Chicoutimi débordé
Headline: Nursing staff at Chicoutimi Hospital overwhelmed
Dominican Republic
http://eldia.com.do/denuncian-hospital-de-puerto-plata-carece-de-medicamentos-y-equipos/
Titular: Denuncian hospital de Puerto Plata carece de medicamentos y equipos
Headline: Criticism over Puerto Plata hospital’s lack of drugs and equipment
Dominican Republic
http://www.barrigaverde.net/?q=node/54408
Titular: Enfermeras en huelga por deplorables condiciones hospitla de PP
Headline: Nurses on strike over deplorable PP hospital conditions
France
Titre: À Mayotte, les infirmiers signalent des violences et un accès aux soins compliqué
Headline: In Mayotte, nurses report violence and inadequate access to care
France
Titre: Les infirmières du bloc opératoire de l’hôpital en grève
Headline: Nurses from hospital operating rooms on strike
France
Titre: Grève au bloc opératoire : vives tensions entre direction et syndicat
Headline: Strike in the operating room: severe tensions between management and union
Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2017/0407/866156-nurses/
Headline: INMO members accept proposals on staffing crisis
Ireland
http://www.newstalk.com/reader/47.301/96673/0/
Headline: INMO vote in favour of proposals to address staffing crisis
Ireland
Headline: Union vote paves way for new drive to hire nurses
Ireland
Headline: Nurses vote to accept Workplace Relations Commission proposals
Ireland
Headline: Nurses vote to accept proposals to address staffing crisis
Ireland
http://www.thejournal.ie/nurses-increase-3330247-Apr2017/
Headline: Crisis averted? 1,200 nurses and midwives to be hired by end of year
Ireland
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/nurses-vote-for-industrial-peace-for-now-35604050.html
Headline: Nurses vote for industrial peace – for now
Ireland
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/inmo-accepts-recruitment-plans-447312.html
Headline: INMO accepts recruitment plans
Ireland
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/record-9500-patients-on-trolleys-last-month-447682.html
Headline: Record 9,500 patients on trolleys last month
Ireland
Headline: Cork takes ‘trolley capital’ title as overcrowding crisis worsens
Israel
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.782240
Headline: Exasperating Israel’s patients: A health system that has lost its way
Kenya
Headline: Crisis at Nyeri hospital as theatre is shut due to shortage of nurses
Kenya
http://allafrica.com/stories/201704130091.html
Headline: Kenya: Crisis At Nyeri Hospital As Theatre Is Shut Due to Shortage of Nurses
Mexico
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2017/04/12/suman-9-enfermeras-en-huelga-de-hambre
Titular: Suman 9 enfermeras en huelga de hambre
Headline: 9 nurses join the hunger strike
Mexico
Titular: Chiapas: activistas recolectan firmas para apoyar a enfermeras en huelga de hambre
Headline: Chiapas: activists collect signatures to support nurses on hunger strike
Mexico
Titular: Enfermeras terminan huelga de hambre en Chiapas
Headline: Nurses in Chiapas end hunger strike
Mexico
Titular: ANEM Tehuacán apoya a las enfermeras en huelga de Chiapas
Headline: ANEM Tehuacán supports the striking nurses of Chiapas
Mexico
Titular: Trabajadores y enfermeras del IMSS protestan frente a la Ssa
Headline: IMSS workers and nurses protest against SSA
Morocco
http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/04/13/greve-infirmiers-sante_n_15985940.html
Titre: Une grève nationale des infirmiers le 19 avril
Headline: A national strike of nurses on April 19
Morocco
http://fr.le360.ma/societe/sante-greve-nationale-dans-les-hopitaux-publics-115167
Titre: Santé: grève nationale dans les hôpitaux publics
Headline: Health: national strike in the public hospitals
South Korea
http://bogun.nodong.org/xe/index.php?document_srl=422783&mid=KHMU_Info
Headline: KHMU Calls for Truth about Medical Gate and Healthcare Sector Privatization
Spain
http://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/comunidad/2017/04/07/satse-presenta-800-firmas-baremo/820051.html
Titular: Satse presenta más de 800 firmas contra el baremo de la OPE
Headline: Satse collects more than 800 signatures against the OPE scale
Spain
http://www.eldiadecordoba.es/cordoba/Satse-saturacion-Reanimacion-Reina-Sofia_0_1124588071.html
Titular: Satse denuncia “saturación” en Reanimación del Reina Sofía
Headline: Satse denounces “saturation” in Reanimación del Reina Sofía
Spain
Titular: El personal sanitario pide soluciones ante la falta y la fuga de profesionales
Headline: Health workers ask for solutions to the lack and flight of professionals
Spain
http://www.ferrol360.es/satse-denuncia-la-eliminacion-de-tres-plazas-de-enfermeria-en-radiologia/
Titular: SATSE denuncia la eliminación de tres plazas de enfermería en radiología
Headline: SATSE denounces the elimination of three nursing posts in radiology
Spain
http://cadenaser.com/emisora/2017/04/10/ser_malaga/1491829017_955189.html
Titular: SATSE denuncia que la Junta cierra los quirófanos a pesar de las listas de espera
Headline: SATSE denounces that the Board closes operating wards despite waiting lists
Spain
Titular: Satse pide a Sanidad que las enfermeras embarazadas no pierdan poder adquisitivo con la adaptación de puesto
Headline: Satse calls on Health to stop pregnant nurses from losing income while adapting to the job
Spain
Titular: Satse reclama mas enfermeras en salud mental para los servicios de salud
Headline: Satse demands more mental health nurses
United Kingdom
Headline: Nurses vote on strike action after NHS pay cuts leave staff ‘struggling to make ends meet’
United Kingdom
Headline: Nurses begin ballot on industrial action in pay row
United Kingdom
Headline: RCN urges members to take part in consultation on possible strike vote over pay
United Kingdom
https://nursingnotes.co.uk/rcn-opens-poll-potential-industrial-action/
Headline: RCN opens consultation on potential industrial action
United Kingdom
Headline: Scotland launches consultation on nurse staffing laws
United Kingdom
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nhs-nurses-vote-strike-action-10216502?service=responsive
Headline: NHS nurses to vote on strike action over cap on wages
United Kingdom
Headline: U.K. Nurses Mull Strike Citing Seven Years’ Real-Terms Pay Cuts
United States
Headline: While Washington Fiddles, California Leaders Forge Ideas for Universal Health Care
United States
http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/newsletters/capitol-alert-newsletter/article143463329.html
Headline: California Nurses Association: ‘We have to push our governor’ on single-payer health care
United States
Headline: National Day of Action for universal health care to take place April 8
United States
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/medicare-for-all-plans-might-become-focus-of-healthcare-debate/
Headline: “Medicare for All” plans might become focus of healthcare debate
United States
Headline: ‘Going on Offense,’ Advocates Demand Single-Payer Health Program
United States
http://myvalleynews.com/health/repeal-replace-fails-now-obamacare-needs-fixing/
Headline: ‘Repeal and Replace’ fails; now ‘Obamacare’ needs fixing
United States
http://news.wabe.org/post/why-so-many-nurses-get-hurt-job-including-georgia
Headline: Why So Many Nurses Get Hurt On The Job, Including In Georgia
United States
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-doesnt-the-us-have-universal-healthcare#1
Headline: Why Doesn’t the United States Have Universal Healthcare?
United States
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article144534394.html
Headline: Can California’s ‘right to try’ law help save terminal patients?