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: State invests $8.1 million to recruit a further 80 nursing, midwifery and support positions according to HNEH
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Australia
Headline: Unions ramp up industrial action at Launceston General Hospital
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Australia
Headline: Nurses united in fight for better working conditions
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Australia
https://www.lakesmail.com.au/story/5569704/labor-pledges-to-add-more-nurses-to-wyong-hospital/
Headline: Labor pledges to boost nurse-to-patient ratios at Wyong Hospital
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Australia
Headline: Treasurer meets with unions over wage negotiations for nurses and midwives
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Australia
Headline: Union concerns over LGH pressures acknowledged by Health Minister
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Australia
Headline: Industrial action will continue at Launceston General Hospital, says union
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Australia
Headline: Unions urge members to opt out of MyHealth Record
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Australia
Headline: Donato calls for one nurse for every four patients as a minimum in NSW
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Australia
Headline: Labor commitment to nurse staffing a move in right direction – Alldrick
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Australia
Headline: Unions file High Court challenge to NSW electoral funding laws
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Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/wettlaufer-inquiry-care-home-inspectors-1.4777296
Headline: Staffing issues at long-term care homes known to province for years, Wettlaufer inquiry hears
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Canada
https://www.drydennow.com/local/new-deal-for-ontario-nurses
Headline: New deal for Ontario nurses
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Canada
Headline: Premier says health-care agreement respects government’s ability to pay
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Canada
Headline: Mediator’s report settles simmering dispute between N.S. Health Authority, unions
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Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1116510/outaouais-cisss-infirmiere-condition-travail-petition
Titre: Des infirmières de l’Hôpital de Gatineau se disent « prises en otage »
Headline: Nurses at the Gatineau Hospital say they are being held hostage
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Canada
Titre: Le financement de la santé et de l’éducation tire de l’arrière en Outaouais, selon une étude
Headline: Funding for health and education lags behind in Outaouais, study finds
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Canada
http://www.leveil.com/actualites/le-cisss-des-laurentides-sentend-avec-la-fiq-2
Titre: Le CISSS des Laurentides s’entend avec la FIQ
Headline: The Laurentides CISSS gets along with FIQ
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Canada
http://www.lelezard.com/communique-17796972.html
Titre: Les professionnelles en soins de santé de l’Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal parviennent à une entente
Headline: Health care professionals from West Island of Montreal reach an agreement
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Honduras
Titular: Empleados se toman el Hospital del Tórax de Tegucigalpa
Headline: Employees occupy Thorax Hospital in Tegucigalpa
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Honduras
Titular: Centros hospitalarios de la zona Atlántica cuenta con nuevo personal de enfermería
Headline: Hospital centers in the Atlantic area have new staff nurses
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Honduras
http://www.latribuna.hn/2018/08/07/salud-busca-depurar-deducciones-en-planillas/
Titular: Salud busca “depurar” deducciones en planillas
Headline: Health ministry seeks to “debug” payroll deductions
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Honduras
Titular: Salud suspende deducciones por planilla de cuotas sindicales y gremiales
Headline: Health Ministry suspends payroll deductions for union dues
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Ireland
Headline: ‘Startling’ number of patients waiting for hospital beds in August
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Ireland
Headline: Sláintecare: Doctors warn of capacity issues and urge resources now
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Ireland
http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=26291
Headline: 2,600+ fewer nurses now than in 2007
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Ireland
https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/news/328268/overcrowding-crisis-at-naas-hospital.html
Headline: Overcrowding crisis at Naas Hospital
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Ireland
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/more-500-patients-hospital-trolleys-13051678
Headline: More than 500 patients on hospital trolleys – a rise of 80% in a month
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Ireland
https://www.clare.fm/news/inmo-concerned-slaintecare-will-fail-without-addressing-staff-crisis/
Headline: INMO Concerned Sláintecare Will Fail Without Addressing Staff Crisis
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Israel
Headline: Nurses strike in response to violence towards healthcare workers
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Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-go-on-strike-over-violence-against-medical-staff/
Headline: Nurses go on strike over violence against medical staff
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Israel
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/250143
Headline: Nurses to go on strike beginning Tuesday morning
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Israel
Headline: Nurses Across Israel to Strike in Protest of Violence Against Hospital, Medical Workers
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Israel
Headline: Israeli Nurses to Strike, Protesting Violence Against Medical Personnel
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Israel
Headline: Marathon Talks Underway to End Israel-wide Nurses Strike Over Workplace Violence
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Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/health-ministry-nurses-union-reach-deal-to-end-strike/
Headline: Health Ministry, nurses union reach deal to end strike
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Israel
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Strike-ends-as-nurses-reach-agreement-with-government-564345
Headline: Strike ends as nurses reach agreement with government
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Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-call-strike-over-violence-against-medical-staff/
Headline: Nurses call strike over violence against medical staff
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Kenya
Headline: Bomet nurses storm Laboso’s office over delayed salaries
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Kenya
Headline: Health workers to down tools over withdrawal of allowance
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Kenya
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001290824/laboso-assures-workers-over-pay-delay
Headline: Laboso assures workers over pay delay
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Kenya
Headline: Congestion at Kisii hospital as medics’ strike in Nyamira enters third month
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Mexico
http://www.zocalo.com.mx/reforma/detail/marchan-trabajadores-de-salud-en-puebla
Titular: Marchan trabajadores de salud en Puebla
Headline: Health workers march in Puebla
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Mexico
Titular: En un 30-40% el déficit de médicos y enfermeros en BC
Headline: A 30-40% shortage of doctors and nurses in BC
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New Zealand
Headline: Nurses agree to DHB pay offer, putting an end to strike action threat
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New Zealand
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12102488
Headline: Nurses accept fifth pay offer, ending a year of negotiations
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Portugal
Manchete: Sindicatos dos enfermeiros unidos nas “formas de luta” a partir de Setembro
Headline: Nurses’ union united in “forms of struggle” beginning in September
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Portugal
https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/greve-de-enfermeiros-com-adesao-de-81-no-s-jose
Manchete: Greve de enfermeiros com adesão de 81% no S. José
Headline: Nurse strike with 81% adherence in S. José
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Portugal
Manchete: Bloco operatório do IPO de Coimbra parado devido a greve dos enfermeiros
Headline: Operations at Coimbra IPO stopped due to nurses’ strike
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South Africa
https://allafrica.com/stories/201808100281.html
Headline: South Africa: Clinics Close and Medicine Runs Out in the North West As State Owes Millions
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South Africa
Headline: Nurses threaten to swap uniforms for pyjamas if allowances not paid
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Spain
Titular: Satse reclama que se identifiquen los medicamentos peligrosos
Headline: Satse demands that dangerous drugs be identified
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Spain
https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/comunidad/2018/08/05/satse-pide-acabar-copago-possent/944018.html
Titular: SATSE pide acabar con el copago
Headline: SATSE demands an end to co-payments
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Spain
Titular: Satse denuncia ante la Inspección de Trabajo al Clínico
Headline: Satse complaint before the Clinic’s Labor Inspector
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Spain
Titular: Sindicato enfermería denuncian falta de fisioterapeutas en la sanidad pública
Headline: Nursing Union denounce lack of physiotherapists in public health
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Spain
Titular: Tampoco hay trabajadores de enfermería para cubrir bajas y vacaciones
Headline: There is not enough nursing staff to cover leave and vacations
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Uganda
Headline: Doctor accused of assaulting pregnant midwife on duty
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United Kingdom
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/04/nursing-shortfall-apprenticeships-brexit-nhs-eu
Headline: Fears for NHS as apprenticeships fail to plug gaps left by Brexit brain drain
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United Kingdom
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/autistic-patient-punched-staff-nurse-1865703
Headline: Autistic patient punched staff nurse in ‘understaffed’ ward in Cedar House in Canterbury
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United Kingdom
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-45117083
Headline: Amin Abdullah: Nurse who set himself on fire ‘unfairly dismissed’
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United Kingdom
https://www.scotsman.com/news/male-nurses-spearhead-recruitment-drive-in-scottish-schools-1-4779197
Headline: Male nurses spearhead recruitment drive in Scottish schools
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United Kingdom
Headline: London nurse who killed himself after being sacked was ‘treated unfairly’, finds review
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United Kingdom
Headline: ‘Proper breaks and access to drinking water is the law’
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United States
https://medium.com/@NNUBonnie/union-power-is-on-the-rise-from-missouri-to-west-virginia-c6b2b937e15a
Headline: Union Power is On the Rise, From Missouri to West Virginia
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United States
Headline: New Scorecard Shows Only 12 House Democrats Have Fully Embraced Game-Changing Progressive Agenda
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United States
https://diario.mx/El_Paso/2018-08-04_a61a6569/protestan-enfermeras-en-exterior-de-hospital-/
Titular: Protestan enfermeras en exterior de hospital
Headline: Nurses protest outside hospital
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United States
https://www.pe.com/2018/08/08/west-anaheim-hospital-staff-call-one-day-strike-thursday-over-wages/
Headline: West Anaheim hospital staff call one-day strike Thursday over wages
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United States
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8612091-181/santa-rosa-passes-spending-plan
Headline: Santa Rosa passes spending plan for housing bond
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United States
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/influencers/article
215862615.html
Headline: Pay teachers more. Get rid of the duds. How to cultivate top-notch educators in California?
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United States
Headline: Nurse staffing levels impact quality of care, study finds
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Venezuela
Titular: VIDEO | Gremios ingresaron al Ministerio de Salud para denunciar crisis del sector
Headline: VIDEO | Unions enter the Ministry of Health to denounce sector crisis
