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.
Australia
Headline: The path to stronger wages is stronger unions
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Australia
Headline: Fears of personal care workers replacing nurses rise as nursing role cuts are announced
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Australia
https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/bed-closures-imminent-as-nursing-staff-debacle-esc/3211297/
Headline: Nurses threats met with action by health district
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Australia
http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/4835105/health-district-keeps-mum/
Headline: Health District tight lipped on Compton’s departure
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Australia
Headline: ‘Keep Shellharbour Hospital public’ petition hits Parliament
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Australia
https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/elderly-lose-1540-hours-of-fortnightly-care-in-sta/3209829/
Headline: Elderly lose 1540 hours of fortnightly care in staff cuts
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Australia
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/private-hospital-nurses-worry-patients-safety-risk/3209066/
Headline: Excessive workloads put patients at risk at city hospital
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Australia
https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/cuts-leave-aged-care-staff-with-blues/3210237/
Headline: Cuts leave aged care staff with blues
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Australia
Headline: Cairns Hospital’s long delayed birth centre is finally open to expectant mums
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Canada
Headline: Health cuts may include incontinence pads, blankets, washcloths
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Canada
http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/Charlene-Jelinski-vying-for-council-seat-20170805
Headline: Charlene Jelinski vying for council seat
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Canada
Headline: Brad Wall leaves lasting legacy, but one complicated by recent struggles
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Dominican Republic
http://hoy.com.do/las-precariedades-hospital-idss/
Titular: Las precariedades hospital IDSS
Headline: The precarious IDSS hospital
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Guatemala
http://lahora.gt/salubristas-vuelven-tomar-las-calles-varias-demandas/
Titular: Salubristas vuelven a tomar las calles por varias demandas
Headline: Health workers return to take to the streets by several demands
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Guatemala
Titular: Manifestantes bloquean cinco puntos en diferentes carreteras
Headline: Protesters block five areas on different roads
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Honduras
https://hondudiario.com/2017/08/11/piden-contratacion-de-unas-seis-mil-enfermeras/
Titular: Piden contratación de unas seis mil enfermeras
Headline: Union demands 6,000 new nurses be hired
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Honduras
Titular: Exigen a la Secretaría de Salud la contratación de unas seis mil enfermeras
Headline: They demand from the Ministry of Health the hiring of about six thousand nurses
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Honduras
Titular: Más de 300 enfermeras hondureñas serán formadas en gestión del riesgo
Headline: More than 300 Honduran nurses will be trained in risk management
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Ireland
Headline: Nurses highlight ‘alarming’ numbers of patients on trolleys for first 7 months of 2017
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Ireland
http://www.newstalk.com/Irish-hospitals-continue-to-face-record-overcrowding
Headline: New figures reveal record hospital overcrowding in 2017
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Ireland
https://www.todayfm.com/News/Thousands-Of-Over-75s-Spent-More-Than-24-Hours-In-Emergency-Departments
Headline: Thousands Of Over 75s Experienced Long Waits In EDs
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Ireland
Headline: Almost 6,000 over-75s forced to wait in hospitals for 24 hours
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Ireland
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/almost-60000-people-left-hospital-10965103
Headline: Almost 60,000 people left on hospital trolleys so far this year
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Ireland
http://galwaybayfm.ie/nursing-home-beds-lie-empty-uhg-creaks-pressure/
Headline: Nursing home beds lie empty as UHG creaks under pressure
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Ireland
http://galwaybayfm.ie/almost-3700-patients-waited-trolleys-uhg-year-crisis-deepens/
Headline: Almost 3700 patients waited on trolleys at UHG this year as crisis deepens
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Kenya
Headline: Seven trade unions abandon ‘failed Jubilee’, sign deal to back Raila
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Kenya
Headline: Nurses vow to continue with strike
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Kenya
Headline: Governors’ focus on vote hunt to blame for strike, say nurses
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Kenya
Headline: We will work with whoever wins election, all we want is our cash – Nurses’ union
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New Zealand
Headline: Protest march against proposed West Coast hospital to go ahead
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New Zealand
Headline: ‘Hands off our DHB’ protest calls for better health funding in Canterbury
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New Zealand
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11898329
Headline: Leaked emails: Safety fears revealed at Tauranga mental health unit
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Paraguay
Titular: Enfermeros debatirán proceso de formación de nuevos profesionales
Headline: Nurses to discuss training process for new professionals
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Peru
Titular: Enfermeras de Minsa protestan en el frontis del hospital Dos de Mayo
Headline: Minsa nurses protest at the front of Dos de Mayo hospital
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Peru
Titular: La Federación de Enfermeras del Minsa acata huelga indefinida
Headline: The Federation of Nurses of the Minsa begins indefinite strike
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Peru
https://panamericana.pe/nacionales/231049-federacion-enfermeras-minsa-suma-huelga-indefinida
Titular: Federación de Enfermeras del Minsa se suma a huelga indefinida
Headline: Federation of Nurses of the Minsa joins indefinite strike
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Peru
http://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1070900-minsa-enfermeras-acatan-huelga-indefinida-este-lunes
Titular: Minsa: enfermeras acatan huelga indefinida desde este lunes
Headline: Minsa: nurses abide by indefinite strike since Monday
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Peru
http://canaln.pe/actualidad/gremio-enfermeras-minsa-inicio-huelga-indefinida-n287012
Titular: Gremio de enfermeras del Minsa inició huelga indefinida
Headline: Minsa nurses’ union initiated indefinite strike
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Peru
Titular: Enfermeras se suman a la huelga indefinida de los médicos
Headline: Nurses join the doctors’ indefinite strike
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Peru
Titular: Enfermeros del Minsa divididos: un sector no acatará huelga de este lunes
Headline: Minsa nurses divided: one sector will not take strike this Monday
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Peru
http://peru21.pe/actualidad/sindicato-enfermeros-minsa-no-atacara-huelga-este-lunes-2292422
Titular: Enfermeros del Ministerio de Salud no acatarán huelga este lunes
Headline: Nurses from the Ministry of Health will not strike Monday
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Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros da Madeira pondera greve
Headline: Union of Nurses of Madeira weighs strike
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Portugal
Manchete: Reunião entre Sindicato dos Enfermeiros da Madeira e SESARAM deixa tudo no mesmo sítio
Headline: Meeting between the Union of Nurses of Madeira and SESARAM puts everything on the table
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Portugal
http://radiocomercial.iol.pt/noticias/71197/governo-e-enfermeiros-discutem-carreira
Manchete: Governo e enfermeiros discutem carreira
Headline: Government and nurses discuss career
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Portugal
http://www.vozdaplanicie.pt/index.php?go=noticias&id=12968
Manchete: SEP promove Plenário em Beja
Headline: SEP hosts Plenary in Beja
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South Korea
http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1029
Headline: Struggling healthcare workers join labor unions in droves
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South Korea
http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1052
Headline: Medical community slams Moon’s healthcare policy
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Spain
Titular: Nuevo “caos” en Urgencias con 24 personas esperando para ser ingresadas
Headline: New “chaos” in ER with 24 people waiting to be admitted
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Spain
http://agencias.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=2572368
Titular: SATSE denuncia el “caos” en urgencias por “masificación y falta de personal”
Headline: SATSE denounces the “chaos” in emergencies for “overcrowding and lack of staff”
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Spain
Titular: Satse reclama para los hospitales de la provincia 30 matronas y 32 fisioterapeutas
Headline: Satse demands province hospitals hire 30 midwives and 32 physiotherapists
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Spain
Titular: Satse pide más infraestructuras sanitarias para Córdoba
Headline: Satse calls for more sanitary infrastructures for Córdoba
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Spain
Titular: Satse considera “insuficientes” las 151 plazas de formación de enfermeros especialistas ofertadas en Andalucía
Headline: Satse considers the 151 training places of specialist nurses offered in Andalusia “insufficient”
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Spain
Titular: SATSE denuncia las “dificultades” a las que se enfrenta el personal del servicio de hospitalización a domicilio en Navarra
Headline: SATSE denounces the “difficulties” faced by the staff of the home care service in Navarra
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Spain
Titular: Satse exige que se refuerce el equipo de urgencias de Villacarrillo
Headline: Satse demands reinforcement of the emergency team of Villacarrillo
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Spain
Titular: Satse cuantifica en 1.500 el número de enfermeros que hacen falta en Balears
Headline: Satse counts a lack of 1,500 nurses in Balears
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Spain
http://www.eldiadecordoba.es/cordoba/Satse-Junta-problemas-afectan-Sanidad_0_1161484093.html
Titular: Satse exige a la Junta que actúe para paliar los problemas que afectan a la Sanidad
Headline: Satse demands that the Board act to alleviate the problems that affect health
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Spain
Titular: Satse denuncia una deuda con la Seguridad Social del SAS
Headline: Satse denounces debt with SAS Social Security
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Spain
Titular: SATSE: las sustituciones de enfermeros, «insuficiente»
Headline: SATSE: nursing substitutes, ‘insufficient’
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United Kingdom
http://fermanaghherald.com/2017/08/swah-nurses-step-pay-campaign/
Headline: SWAH nurses step up pay campaign
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United Kingdom
Headline: NHS ‘could go under’ if EU staff are not assured job security post-Brexit
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United Kingdom
Headline: Brexit staff exodus ‘could plunge the NHS into crisis’
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United Kingdom
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15459899.Nurses_urge_public_support_for_pay_cap_campaign/
Headline: Nurses urge public support for pay cap campaign
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United Kingdom
Headline: Nurses throughout South West continue Summer of Protest against NHS pay cap as those in profession say they “are working themselves into the ground”
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United States
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/08/10/we-still-have-lot-work-do-healthcare
Headline: We Still Have A Lot of Work To Do On Healthcare
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United States
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/08/08/liberals-strike-back-against-single-payer
Headline: Liberals Strike Back… Against Single Payer
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United States
Headline: 100+ protest outside Mayo corporate headquarters over Albert Lea Hospital consolidation
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United States
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article165105902.html
Headline: The barrier to single-payer isn’t cost, it’s politics
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United States
http://www.times-standard.com/opinion/20170808/health-care-access-is-a-right
Headline: Health care ‘access’ is a right
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United States
Headline: Affinity nurses treated after exposure to unknown substance
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United States
Headline: Millinocket Regional Hospital nurses vote to authorize one-day strike
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United States
http://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Millinocket-Nurses-Vote-To-Strike–439485333.html
Headline: Millinocket Nurses Vote To Strike
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United States
Headline: Millinocket hospital nurses threaten 1-day strike
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United States
Headline: Millinocket nursing shortfall could result in one-day strike
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United States
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/afl-cio-backs-medicare-all
Headline: AFL-CIO backs Medicare for All
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United States
http://www.weny.com/story/36095059/why-the-left-is-betting-on-single-payer-as-their-litmus-test
Headline: Why the left is betting on single-payer as their litmus test
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United States
Headline: Nurses: Paul Krugman Offers ‘Shallow Political Advice’ When It Comes to Health Care
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United States
Headline: ‘Make Your Stand’: Medicare for All Supporters Ready to Hold Dems to Account
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United States
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/07/bernie-sanders-democrats-medicare-primaries-241388
Headline: Sanders ‘litmus test’ alarms Democrats
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United States
Headline: About 150 march in Rochester as Albert Lea hospital transition unfolds
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United States
Headline: ‘We’re going to fight for it’
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United States
Headline:California speaker recall effort reflects Democratic tension
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United States
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/aug/10/californias-ambitious-single-payer-plan-isnt-dead-/
Headline: California’s Ambitious Single-Payer Plan Isn’t Dead — Yet
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United States
Headline: Disgruntled Union Nurses at Palomar Medical Centers Say ‘Safe Patient Care’ Compromised
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United States
Headline: Your Opinion: Single-payer health care the way to go
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United States
Headline: California Assembly Speaker Faces Recall After Sidelining Single-Payer Bill