Australia
https://www.9news.com.au/2019/02/09/18/13/health-news-nurses-assaults-report-nsw-hospitals-security
Headline: ‘Kicked, punched, covered in bodily fluids’: Damning NSW nursing report reveals workplace abuse cases
Headline: Aged care royal commission hears evidence of man’s shocking injuries from a catheter
Headline: Annie Butler re-elected Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation – Australia’s largest union
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-11/spotlight-on-royal-adelaide-hospital-staff/10770866
Headline: Unions claim staff are leaving the Royal Adelaide Hospital because of bullying and fatigue
https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5890863/new-gunnedah-hospital-backed-by-all-election-candidates/
Headline: A new Gunnedah hospital is supported by all election candidates
Headline: Rally for ratios as NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association step up staffing action
Headline: Berejiklian announces ‘unprecedented’ boost to health workforce
https://www.portnews.com.au/story/5909296/nurses-and-midwives-take-action-over-flawed-system/
Headline: Port Macquarie Base Hospital nurses and midwives hold action in support of ratio system
Headline: Armidale Nurse – patient ratio issue needs to be seriously addressed
https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/5910374/more-nurses-for-katoomba/
Headline: More nurses for Katoomba
Headline: Illawarra hospitals will share in the NSW Government’s workforce boost
Canada
Titre: Une nouvelle convention collective pour des professionnelles du CISSS-CA
Headline: New collective agreement for CISSS-CA professionals
Headline: ‘I was an impaired nurse’: Three nurses who battled addiction welcome dramatic shift in approach to discipline and treatment
https://windsorite.ca/2019/02/health-unit-nurses-could-strike-if-conciliation-fails/
Headline: Health Unit Nurses Could Strike If Conciliation Fails
Headline: Violence leads to Ministry of Labour investigations at Barrie’s RVH
Headline: Seven Oaks Hospital’s emergency room nurses concerned about staffing shortage
Headline: Nurses at Seven Oaks bemoan staffing shortages, fear patient risk
Headline: Tentative deal reached for VON nurses in Nova Scotia
Headline: St. Anthony hospital staff were told of bed changes, says nurse’s union president
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nursing-crisis-labrador-health-centre-1.5008185
Headline: Senior nurse at Labrador Health Centre calls it quits, citing ‘constant state of turmoil’
Honduras
https://radiohrn.hn/2019/02/11/a-la-carga-la-aneeah-con-nueva-exigencia-de-ascender-a-tecnicos/
Titular: A la carga la Aneeah, con nueva exigencia de ascender a técnicos
Headline: The burden of Aneeah, the new demand to promote technicians
India
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/protesting-nurses-give-ultimatum-to-govt/728585.html
Headline: Protesting nurses give ultimatum to gov’t
Headline: Cops convince nurses to end hunger strike
Headline: Hundreds stranded as nurses block Patiala-Bathinda Road
Ireland
Headline: Tens of thousands rally in support of nurses in Dublin
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2019/0211/1028768-nurses-strikes-labour-court-talks/
Headline: Nursing unions suspend industrial action
Headline: INMO recommends members accept Labour Court deal
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/nurses-strike-ireland-called-off-13986860
Headline: Irish nurses in line for pay rise of up to €2,439 a year as INMO call off three-day strike
Headline: Tens of thousands march through Dublin in support of striking Irish nurses and midwives
https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0209/1028557-nurses-talks/
Headline: Rally in support of nurses’ pay dispute as talks take place
Headline: Just under 600 people on hospital trolleys, according to INMO
https://www.thejournal.ie/nurses-fury-varadkar-4484559-Feb2019/
Headline: ‘Think of us as you tuck into your turkey’: Letters reveal nurses’ fury at Varadkar over annual leave comments
Kenya
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Nurses-remain-defiant-/1056-4980638-bhuft1z/index.html
Headline: Nurses remain defiant despite Uhuru’s order
https://citizentv.co.ke/news/nurses-vow-to-defy-uhuru-return-to-work-order-231310/
Headline: Nurses vow to defy Uhuru return-to-work order
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Nurses-stay-the-course/1056-4982542-wgrea0z/index.html
Headline: Nurses stay the course as State files contempt case
Headline: Nurses shrug off Uhuru directive as strike bites across counties
https://allafrica.com/stories/201902150047.html
Headline: Kenya: Boinnet Warns Striking Nurses Who Frustrate Return-to-Work Order
Headline: 4 Union officials summoned to court for contempt over nurses strike
Headline: City nurses threaten strike after assault at Mama Lucy
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/-No-retreat–no-surrender—nurses-vow/1056-4975072-ujds4d/index.html
Headline: ‘No retreat, no surrender’, striking nurses vow
Headline: Resume work or face contempt charges, CS Kariuki tells nurses
Headline: Return to work or be sacked, Kahiga tells striking nurses
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019/02/12/dont-threaten-nurses-say-mps_c1892816
Headline: Don’t threaten nurses, say MPs
https://allafrica.com/stories/201902180099.html
Headline: Kenya: Council Orders Governors Not to Deduct Nurses Union Dues
Headline: Nurse laments working for government, narrates how she goes extra mile for more income
https://www.tuko.co.ke/298429-a-day-life-a-kenyan-nurse.html#298429
Headline: A day in the life of a Kenyan nurse
Portugal
Manchete: Trabalhadores de sindicato dirigido por deputado PS querem mediação de Costa
Headline: Union workers headed by deputy PS want Costa mediation
https://ionline.sapo.pt/646555
Manchete: Greve da função pública complica situação nos hospitais
Headline: Public service strike complicates situation in hospitals
South Africa
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/south-african-unions-on-national-strike-over-job-losses/
Headline: South African unions on national strike over job losses
Headline: Infection fears as eight babies die at Vosloorus hospital
South Korea
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/02/119_263456.html
Headline: 1st for-profit hospital on verge of closing
Spain
Titular: Satse reclama la jubilación anticipada para enfermeras y fisioterapeutas
Headline: Satse demands early retirement for nurses and physiotherapists
Titular: Satse: “La gripe ha vuelto a constatar las deficiencias de nuestro sistema sanitario”
Headline: Satse: “The flu has once again confirmed the deficiencies of our health system”
Titular: Satse valora que haya enfermeras en colegios de CyL pero pide concreción
Headline: Satse appreciates that there are nurses in CyL schools but asks for concrete action
https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/denuncian-falta-7300-20190209115103-nt.html
Titular: Denuncian que hacen falta 7.300 enfermeras más en la Región de Murcia
Headline: That 7,300 more nurses are needed in the Murcia region is denounced
Titular: Satse: “Modificamos la Ley que usurpaba funciones enfermeras”
Headline: Satse: “We changed the law that infringed on the functions nurses”
Titular: Satse reclama al Sescam la “inmediata” implantación de las especialidades de enfermería
Headline: Satse demands from Sescam the “immediate” implementation of nursing specialties
United Kingdom
Headline: 45 GP nurses set to retire will create “significant issue”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6716435/Record-number-NHS-staff-quit-simply-much.html
Headline: Record number of NHS staff quit because the ‘hours are too long’ as service desperately tries to fill more than 40,000 nursing vacancies
United States
Headline: Profit-driven health care is killing the dreams of young people. Young people are fighting back.
https://www.apnews.com/34008076ec0d44799887862af868991f
Headline: Single-payer health care movement gets boost from local event
https://www.wfft.com/content/news/Local-group-pushes-for-universal-health-care–505644311.html
Headline: LOCAL GROUP PUSHES FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
Headline: Groups call for Medicare For All
https://woay.tv/activists-work-to-make-medicare-for-all-a-reality/
Headline: Activists Work To Make Medicare For All A Reality
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/12/nurses-hospitals-understaffed-risks-burnout
Headline: Why America’s nurses are getting ‘hangovers’ from their work
http://newsvideo.su/video/10252266
Headline: Nurses Fight for Medicare for All (w/Deborah Burger)
https://kvoa.com/news/2019/02/09/nurses-doctors-provide-health-care-to-asylum-seekers/
Headline: Nurses, doctors provide health care to asylum seekers
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190210/seidman-time-for-health-care-overhaul
Headline: Seidman: Time for a health care overhaul
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/20190207/single-payer-health-care-group-to-be-in-city
Headline: Single-payer health care group to be in city
https://www.kvia.com/lifestyle/health/team-of-nurses-visits-immigration-shelters/1001700705
Headline: Team of nurses visits immigration shelters in El Paso
http://southtahoenow.com/story/02/05/2019/nurses-give-barton-memorial-hospital-10-day-notice-strike
Headline: Nurses give Barton Memorial Hospital a 10-day notice of a strike
Headline: To Galvanize Local Organizing for Medicare for All, Nurses Union to Kick Off Nationwide ‘Barnstorms’ This Weekend
Headline: Safety at St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital questioned after brutal attack on nurse
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/brutal-southeast-dc-hospital-attack-prompts-call-for-change
Headline: Brutal Southeast DC hospital attack prompts call for change
Headline: The people will win Medicare for All. Thousands united this week to prove it.
https://www.vcreporter.com/event/fight-to-win-medicare-for-all/
Headline: FIGHT TO WIN MEDICARE FOR ALL
https://vtdigger.org/2019/02/11/richmond-free-library-host-medicare-conversation/
Headline: Richmond Free Library to host Medicare for All conversation
Headline: “Medicare for All” meeting to be held Sunday
https://woay.tv/fayetteville-hosts-medicare-for-all-barnstorm-february-10th/
Headline: Fayetteville Hosts Medicare For All ‘Barnstorm’ February 10th
https://www.nhregister.com/health/article/Wallingford-Medicare-for-all-barnstorm-13599443.php
Headline: Wallingford ‘Medicare for all barnstorm’ event begins Saturday
Headline: NWI Medicare for All group to host local ‘Barnstorm’
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/feb/08/letter-support-medicare-for-all-2/
Headline: Letter: Support Medicare-for-all
http://city-countyobserver.com/274291-2/
Headline: Nurses launch Medicare For All ‘Barnstorm’ Actions
http://njtoday.net/2019/02/09/national-medicare-for-all-week-of-action-begins/
Headline: National Medicare for All week of action begins
Headline: National Nurses United, Indivisible Groups Rally for Medicare for All
Headline: ‘People Shouldn’t Be Going Bankrupt and Dying’: Nationwide Week of Action Aims to Build Mass Movement Behind Medicare for All
https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/galvanizing-local-support-for-medicare-for-all/1770925020
Headline: Galvanizing local support for Medicare for All
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/20190211/medicare-for-all-fills-a-room
Headline: Medicare for All fills a room
https://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20190211/more-and-more-medicare-for-all-feasible
Headline: More and more, ‘Medicare for All’ feasible
https://freespeech.org/stories/nurses-fight-for-medicare-for-all/
Headline: Nurses Fight for Medicare for All
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2019/02/readers-respond-we-want-medicare-for-all.html
Headline: Readers respond: We want Medicare for all
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/articles/medicare-for-all-advocates-rally-at-rutgers
Headline: ‘Medicare for All’ Advocates Rally at Rutgers
Headline: Nurses organize impressive barnstorm launching 2019 Medicare for All campaign
Headline: Jayapal Says Medicare for All Bill Coming in Two Weeks as Expert Calls Plan ‘Astonishingly Strong’
Headline: Pro-Medicare ‘barnstorm’ event held at Rutgers labor education center
http://www.dclabor.org/home/nnu-files-another-charge-against-johns-hopkins-hospital
Headline: NNU FILES ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL
https://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-hopkins-unionization-retaliation-20190214-story.html
Headline: Johns Hopkins Hospital accused of retaliating against unionizing nurses, including firing one
Headline: Brookline event encourages action to support Medicare for all
https://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20190211/more-and-more-medicare-for-all-feasible
Headline: More and more, ‘Medicare for All’ feasible
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/02/15/johns-hopkins-retaliating-over-union-effort/
Headline: Johns Hopkins Accused Of Retaliating Over Union Effort
Headline: Santa Clara County moves forward on hospital purchases despite unrest, potential nurses strike
https://gilroydispatch.com/2019/02/12/nurses-strike-looms-over-st-louise/
Headline: Strike threat looms over St. Louise
Headline: St. Mary’s in Long Beach is owned by a new $29 billion healthcare giant. How will that impact patients?
Headline: St. Louise hearing canceled, ruling on hospitals’ fate could come any day
Headline: Barton nurses rescind notice to strike; Head back to the bargaining table
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/02/12/debate-reopens-over-future-of-health-care-in-minn
Headline: Debate reopens over future of health care in Minnesota