Australia
https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6324394/anmf-signs-wages-deal-conditions-yet-to-be-finalised/
Headline: ANMF signs 12-month wages deal but is yet to finalize agreement on conditions
Headline: Man allegedly attacked Port Lincoln nurse in emergency department
Headline: Sydney Northern Beaches Hospital workers unions call for NSW Government to dump Healthscope as operator
Headline: New rules on physical restraint in aged care could backfire, inquiry told
Headline: Mildura MP’s advocacy leads to bold and gutsy Mildura base hospital decision
Headline: Midwives to hold community rally for change in Campbelltown
Headline: Hundreds show their support at midwives’ community rally in Campbelltown
Headline: Mother of mentally ill man who killed son speaks out
Headline: New rules on physical restraint in aged care could backfire, inquiry told
Brazil
Manchete: CERIMÔNIA: Nazif lança Frente Parlamentar em defesa das 30h da enfermagem
Headline: CEREMONY: Nazif launches Parliamentary Front in defense of 30h nursing
Manchete: Mauro Nazif lança frente parlamentar em defesa das 30h da enfermagem no próximo dia 20
Headline: Mauro Nazif launches parliamentary front in defense of 30h for nurses in the next 20 days
Canada
Headline: Conservative propaganda machine is applying a full-court press
https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2019/08/17/info-sante-le-temps-dattente-a-double-en-quatre-ans
Titre: Info-Santé: le temps d’attente a doublé en quatre ans
Headline: Info-Santé: waiting time has doubled in four years
Guatemala
Titular: Salubristas bloquean Anillo Periférico capitalino en ambas direcciones: extensas filas de vehículos en el territorio nacional
Headline: Health workers block ring Peripheral capital in both directions: large rows of vehicles in the national territory
https://www.publinews.gt/gt/noticias/2019/08/14/bloqueos-salubristas-hoy-miercoles-14-de-agosto.html
Titular: Salubristas mantienen bloqueos a nivel nacional
Headline: Health workers maintain blockages nationwide
https://www.publinews.gt/gt/noticias/2019/08/14/ministerio-salud-dialogo-bloqueos-salubristas.html
Titular: Ministerio de Salud reitera anuencia a continuar diálogo
Headline: Ministry of Health reiterates consent to continue dialogue
Honduras
Titular: Enfermeras auxiliares suspenden asambleas tras diálogo con gobierno
Headline: Auxiliary nurses suspend assemblies after dialogue with government
https://www.oncenoticias.hn/enfermeras-auxiliares-reuniran-ministra-salud/
Titular: Enfermeras auxiliares se reunirán con Ministra de Salud en busca de acuerdo
Headline: Auxiliary nurses will meet with Minister of Health for agreement
India
Headline: Kolkata nurses protest demanding revision in pay scale
Headline: Aurangabad: Govt nursing staff press for demands
Ireland
Headline: CUH most overcrowded hospital in Ireland this morning
Headline: 40 patients waiting for beds in Sligo hospital today
https://kfmradio.com/news/16082019-1028/inmo-22-people-are-being-treated-trolleys-naas-general-today
Headline: INMO: 22 People Are Being Treated On Trolleys At Naas General Today.
Headline: Listen: 66,000 People On Waiting Lists For Ear, Nose & Throat Consultants.
https://www.thesun.ie/news/4468481/nurse-midwife-graduates-hse-job-offers/
Headline: JOB CONCERNS Over 80 nurse and midwife graduates yet to receive HSE job offers despite 100 vacancies in Limerick hospitals
https://connachttribune.ie/nurses-union-warns-overcrowding-crisis-worsening-at-uhg/
Headline: Nurses union warns overcrowding crisis worsening at UHG
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0821/1070042-hospital-trolley-figures/
Headline: INMO says 515 patients waiting for hospital beds
Headline: ELDERLY MAN LEFT WAITING TWO HOURS FOR AMBULANCE IN NURSING HOME JUST FIVE MINUTES FROM HOSPITAL
Headline: Number of patients on trolleys at Kilkenny hospital remains high
https://galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/uhg-third-most-overcrowded-hospital-today-2/
Headline: UHG third most overcrowded hospital today
Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-to-go-on-strike-to-protest-working-conditions-heavy-caseloads/
Headline: Nurses go on strike to protest working conditions, heavy caseloads
Kenya
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/article/2001338083/union-to-fight-for-demoted-knh-workers
Headline: Nurses’ union to fight for demoted KNH workers
Headline: Strike looms in 24 counties over unpaid July salaries as revenue standoff persists
Headline: Services paralysed as Homa Bay county workers strike over pay
https://www.kbc.co.ke/kisumu-kitui-health-workers-boycott-work-over-delayed-salaries/
Headline: Kisumu, Kitui health workers boycott work over delayed salaries
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001338316/medics-end-strike-after-deal
Headline: Services resume in public hospitals after counties promise to pay July salaries
https://www.kbc.co.ke/kericho-county-employees-threaten-to-down-tools-sunday/
Headline: Kericho County employees threaten to down tools Sunday
http://www.kenyanews.go.ke/nurses-now-want-health-services-reverted-to-back-to-national-government/
Headline: Nurses Now Want Health Services Reverted To Back To National Government
Headline: Health workers shun Kisumu County hospitals as July pay stalemate persists
http://www.kenyanews.go.ke/kitui-nurses-join-striking-county-workers-over-unpaid-july-salaries/
Headline: Kitui Nurses Join Striking County Workers Over Unpaid July Salaries
New Zealand
http://healthcentral.nz/tauira-essential-to-raising-army-of-maori-nurses/
Headline: Tauira essential to raising army of Māori nurses
Headline: Army of Māori nurses needed to fight disparities in the health system
https://teaomaori.news/army-maori-nurses-needed-fix-inequalities-health-system
Headline: “Army of Māori nurses” needed to fix inequalities in health system
Headline: Allied Health and nursing staff in rural Southland seeking pay equity
https://tehiku.nz/te-hiku-radio/taumatahanga/10677/indigenous-nurses-aotearoa-conference-2019
Headline: Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference 2019 (in English, with Māori introduction)
Headline: Felicity Goodyear-Smith: ‘Complex, fragmented’ health system is fuelling inequities
http://healthcentral.nz/mind-the-gap-why-aged-care-nurses-are-leaving-for-dhb-jobs/
Headline: Mind the gap: why aged care nurses are leaving for DHB jobs
Headline: ‘A woman’s choice’: abortion reform plans welcomed by providers, advocates
Headline: Protesting outside clinics could be banned under new abortion reforms
Headline: Franklin Memorial Hospital not accepting new patients, union told it will close
Headline: Patients give up waiting at Palmerston North Hospital’s emergency department
Paraguay
https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/iniciaran-desprecarizacion-laboral-para-500-enfermeros
Titular: Iniciarán desprecarización laboral para 500 enfermeros
Headline: Job creation for 500 nurses to begin
Portugal
https://www.sulinformacao.pt/2019/08/enfermeiros-dos-centros-de-saude-em-greve-a-22-e-23-de-agosto/
Manchete: Enfermeiros dos Centros de Saúde em greve a 22 e 23 de Agosto
Headline: Health Center nurses on strike on 22 and 23 August
https://www.sulinformacao.pt/2019/08/enfermeiros-dos-centros-de-saude-em-greve-a-22-e-23-de-agosto/
Manchete: Enfermeiros do Algarve acusam ARS de querer impor 40 horas de trabalho
Headline: Algarve nurses accuse ARS of wanting to impose 40 hours of work
Manchete: Greve dos enfermeiros tem adesão de 100% em alguns centros de saúde
Headline: Nurses’ strike has 100% adherence in some health centers
Manchete: Sindicato acusa Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central de “intimidar mães enfermeiras”
Headline: Union accuses Lisbon Central Hospital Center of “bullying nurse mothers”
Manchete: Enfermeiros, guardas prisionais ou motoristas — todas as greves até às eleições
Headline: Nurses, prison guards or drivers – all strike until the elections
South Africa
https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/pilot-nhi-projects-a-failure-says-denosa-30729232
Headline: Pilot NHI projects a failure, says Denosa
Headline: Crime and medicine: How our hospitals became hotspots for criminals and what to do about it
Spain
https://www.eldiario.es/murcia/salud/enfermeria-SATSE-Direccion-General-Cuidados_0_930207086.html
Titular: El sindicato de enfermería SATSE pide la creación de una Dirección General de Cuidados
Headline: SATSE nursing union calls for the creation of a General Care Directorate
Titular: Tribunales.- La Fiscalía archiva una denuncia de Satse contra el Hospital Regional por aplicar la técnica ECMO
Headline: Courts – Prosecutor’s Office files Satse complaint against the Regional Hospital for applying the ECMO technique
Titular: Apoyo internacional a la ley que fija un máximo de pacientes por enfermera
Headline: International support for a law that sets a maximum number of patients per nurse
https://www.eldiario.es/clm/SATSE-denuncia-agresion-enfermera-cuchillo_0_934056793.html
Titular: SATSE denuncia la agresión a un enfermera que fue amenazada cuchillo en mano
Headline: SATSE denounces assault on a nurse who was threatened with a knife
https://www.leonoticias.com/leon/sacyl-decide-limitar-20190820172518-nt.html
Titular: Satse denuncia que el Sacyl limita las opciones de casi 1.000 enfermeros funcionarios para optar a una nueva plaza por concurso de traslados
Headline: Satse denounces that Sacyl limits the options for almost 1,000 civil servants to apply for a new position during a transfer period
Titular: SATSE pide al consejero de Presidencia modificar el convenio de personal
Headline: SATSE asks Presidential advisor to modify personnel agreement
Titular: Continúa la ronda de contactos con sindicatos de Fernández Muñiz
Headline: Contract negotiations with unions of Fernández Muñiz continues
Titular: SATSE Salamanca denuncia la difusión de datos personales de enfermeras a través de grupos de WhatsApp
Headline: SATSE Salamanca denuncia la difusión de datos personales de enfermeras a través de grupos de WhatsApp
United Kingdom
Headline: Strengthening the voice of nursing in policy-making
Headline: ‘Nurses sick of being exploited and are taking a stand… anyone who thinks there’s not a crisis in the health service is fooling themselves’
Headline: ‘Nursing is a fantastic career for anyone to follow’ despite challenges
Headline: Brexit: Health leaders warn PM about medicine shortages and flu
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-49418681
Headline: Home-visit nurses stressed and overworked, report finds
Headline: Nurses in Wales leaving job due to stress, report says
Headline: Increasingly under attack, health care workers could wait decades for protections
https://www.thenation.com/article/health-care-medicare-nurses/
Headline: There Is No ‘Nursing Shortage.’ There’s Just a Good Nursing Job Shortage.
United States
https://www.apnews.com/ee92215e72c04b41947d2be418a5c944
Headline: California hospitals question 2030 earthquake standards
Headline: Letter: An open letter to Barton Board of Directors Chairman Kirk Ledbetter (opinion)
Headline: Essentia and St. Luke’s nurses plan informational pickets around hospitals
Headline: ‘Just False’: Sanders Campaign Hits Back After WaPo Describes Pro-Labor Proposal as Change to Medicare for All Plan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/22/us-nurses-fight-to-unionize
Headline: High turnover, understaffing, low pay: US nurses fight to unionize
https://www.wwlp.com/news/health/public-can-learn-about-medicare-for-all-in-holyoke-today/
Headline: Community event discusses importance of healthcare
https://www.workers.org/2019/08/21/labor-responds-to-miss-raid-of-migrant-workers-mass-shootings/
Headline: Labor responds to Miss. raid of migrant workers, mass shootings
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/labors-problem-overcoming-mitch-mcconnells-blockade/
Headline: Labor’s problem: Overcoming Mitch McConnell’s blockade
Headline: Bayfront Hospital layoffs: Fact vs. fiction
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-plan-split-migrant-kids-from-parents-with-no-time-limit/
Headline: Trump plan: Split migrant kids from parents, with no time limit
Headline: Medicare for All proponent Ady Barkan urges supporters to demand Dems have ‘real healthcare debate’
Headline: ADY BARKAN IS URGING THE SUPPORTERS FOR DEMANDING THE DEMS TO HAVE AN ‘ACTUAL HEALTHCARE DEBATE’
https://www.times-standard.com/2019/08/22/st-joseph-workers-picket-as-contract-negotiations-proceed/
Headline: St. Joseph workers picket as contract negotiations proceed
Headline: Essentia, nurse’s union reach tentative contract agreement
Headline: With signs and fervor, Duluth nurses picket Essentia, St. Luke’s
https://www.wdio.com/Health/essentia-nurses-association-contract-agreement-/5465773/
Headline: Essentia and Nurses Union Reach Tentative Agreement
Headline: Hundreds of Essentia Health, St. Luke’s nurses picket in Minnesota
Headline: Nurses to hold informational picket Tuesday at Carris Health – Redwood hospital
https://kdal610.com/news/articles/2019/aug/20/nurses-to-hold-informational-pickets/929032/
Headline: Nurses To Hold Informational Pickets
Headline: Essentia Health, nurses agree on 3-year deal
Headline: Nurses Association reaches tentative contract agreement with Essentia