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.
Headline: Aged care providers beg Scott Morrison to send in military – ‘We’d welcome any help’
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Headline: Aged care workers are facing a ‘crisis level of exhaustion’ as the COVID-19 pandemic continues
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https://thewest.com.au/news/coronavirus/tasmania-records-699-new-covid-19-cases-c-5519137
Headline: Virus-strained Tas nurses flag action
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Headline: Nurses run ragged at Gosford Hospital say Tesch and Reid
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Headline: Port Macquarie nurses to hold rally highlighting difficult working conditions on Sunday, February 6
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Headline: Nursing union survey finds one in five aged care workers paid for their own Rapid Antigen Test
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Headline: Doctors push to clear Australia’s elective surgery backlog but ‘exhausted’ nurses want pause to continue
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Headline: Unions warn of ‘new battleground’ as old agreements fuel wage inertia
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https://www.echo.net.au/2022/02/patient-ratios-needed-in-nsw-health-system/
Headline: Patient ratios needed in NSW health system
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https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/nsw-nurses-and-midwives-protest-unsustainable-conditions
Headline: NSW nurses and midwives protest unsustainable conditions
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Manchete: Deputados querem aprovar relatório sobre piso salarial da enfermagem em fevereiro
Headline: Deputies want to approve report on nursing salary floor in February
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Manchete: No Distrito Federal, coronavírus contamina 50 profissionais de saúde por dia e já pressiona SUS
Headline: In the Federal District, coronavirus infects 50 health professionals a day and is already putting pressure on SUS
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-hospital-overcapacity-1.6335185
Headline: Frequent overcrowding at N.L. hospitals shows health care is ‘broken,’ says nurses’ union
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Headline: Ontario’s nursing shortage is worse than ever. How did we get here?
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Headline: Alberta nurses’ union deal boosts mental-health support, Sobeys’ union deal increases RRSP contribution match
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Headline: Premiers Calling on Ottawa to Increase Health Care Funding to Provinces
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https://globalnews.ca/news/8595954/doug-ford-to-meet-again-with-ontario-nurses-union/
Headline: Doug Ford to meet again with Ontario nurses’ union on worker retention plan
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Headline: New campaign puts spotlight on daily struggles of New Brunswick nurses
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Headline: Nova Scotia nursing students drafted to fill staff shortages
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Headline: N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 4 more COVID-related deaths, hospitalizations remain at record-high 165
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Headline: ‘We are seeing violence almost every shift’: Healthcare workers seeing uptick in abuse from patients
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https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1859601/paye-infirmiere-gouvernement-quebec-abitibi
Titre: Mobilisation des professionnelles en soin pour dénoncer les retards de paie
Headline: Healthcare professionals mobilize to denounce late pay
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Titre: Le Tribunal administratif du travail veut entendre l’entièreté des demandes
Headline: The Administrative Labor Tribunal wants to hear all of the claims
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https://www.journaldequebec.com/2022/01/30/la-caq-devoilera-sa-candidature-dans-marie-victorin
Titre: Élection partielle dans Marie-Victorin: Legault mise sur une travailleuse de la santé
Headline: By-election in Marie-Victorin: Legault bets on a health worker
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https://www.journaldequebec.com/2022/02/04/primes-covid-les-infirmieres-en-ont-marre-1
Titre: Primes «COVID»: les infirmières en ont marre
Headline: “COVID” bonuses: nurses are fed up
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Titre: Plainte de la FIQ contre un arrêté: le Tribunal veut entendre l’entièreté des demandes
Headline: Complaint by the FIQ against an order: the Tribunal wants to hear all of the demands
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https://www.fiqsante.qc.ca/en/2022/02/01/le-racisme-quels-impacts-au-quotidien/
Headline: Racism and its daily impact
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https://globalnews.ca/video/8593620/premier-ford-meets-with-ona-to-discuss-nursing-shortage/
Headline: Premier Ford meets with ONA to discuss nursing shortage
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https://kimsiever.ca/2022/01/29/alberta-nurses-agree-to-4-25-wage-increase/
Headline: Alberta nurses agree to 4.25% wage increase
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https://thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatchewan/covid-19-staff-strained-inside-sask-hospitals
Headline: COVID-19: Staff strained inside Sask. hospitals
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Titular: (VIDEO) Enfermeras de Puerto Plata realizan paro de labores exigiendo pago de incentivos
Headline: (VIDEO) Puerto Plata nurses strike, demand payment of incentives
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Titular: Enfermeras Puerto Plata protestan exigiendo al SNS pago de incentivos del SENASA
Headline: Puerto Plata nurses protest demanding the SNS payment of incentives from SENASA
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Titular: ANEEAH y Salud revisarán situación de contratos para asignación de plazas
Headline: ANEEAH and Health will review the situation of contracts for the allocation of places
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Titular: ANEEAH cuestiona inicio de nuevas autoridades de Salud y piden respeto a sus derechos
Headline: ANEEAH questions the start of new health authorities and asks for respect for their rights
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https://www.elinformativo.hn/archivos/105068
Titular: Presidente De ANEEAH: Se Debe Priorizar Contratación De Personal Sanitario
Headline: President Of ANEEAH: Hiring Health Personnel Should Be Prioritized
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https://canal6.com.hn/aneeah-pide-a-ministro-de-salud-respete-la-ley.html
Titular: ANEEAH pide a ministro de salud respeté la ley
Headline: ANEEAH asks the Minister of Health to respect the law
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https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40797579.html
Headline: Nurses in Cork ‘burnt out and frustrated’, says INMO as figures show extent of overcrowding at hospitals
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40797984.html
Headline: Nursing shortages hit roll-out of new menopause clinics
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https://www.limerickpost.ie/2022/01/29/hospital-overcrowding-so-bad-that-they-ran-out-of-trolleys/
Headline: Hospital overcrowding so bad that they ran out of trolleys
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Headline: INMO demands ‘urgent and decisive action’ as 550 admitted patients wait on trolleys today
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Headline: Letterkenny Hospital had 817 patients on trolley beds in January – 2nd highest in country
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https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/health/almost-1000-patients-on-trolleys-in-galway-last-month/
Headline: Almost 1,000 patients on trolleys in Galway last month
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Headline: High number of patients on trolleys across the region
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https://www.gonews.it/2022/01/28/scioperano-toscana-infermieri-nursind/
Titolo: Scioperano gli infermieri, Nursind: “I cittadini capiscono, ora tocca alla politica”
Headline: Nurses strike, Nursind: “Citizens understand, now it’s up to politicians”
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https://livesicilia.it/covid-infermieri-nursind-in-piazza-a-palazzo-dorleans/
Titolo: Covid, infermieri Nursind in piazza: chiedono stipendi più alti e concorsi
Headline: Covid, Nursind nurses in the square: they ask for higher salaries and competitions
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Titolo: Sanità: infermieri in piazza a Ancona con Nursind
Headline: Health: nurses in the square in Ancona with Nursind
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Titolo: NurSind Veneto: 1500 infermieri hanno dato le dimissioni, la professione sta morendo
Headline: NurSind Veneto: 1500 nurses have resigned, the profession is dying
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https://www.quotidianosanita.it/regioni-e-asl/articolo.php?articolo_id=101854
Titolo: Sciopero infermieri. Nursind Veneto: “Finita la falsa retorica degli infermieri eroi”
Headline: Nurses strike. Nursind Veneto: “The false rhetoric of nurse heroes is over”
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Titolo: Emergenza ospedale, Nursind: “Reparti chiusi e personale trasferito, smacco enorme”
Headline: Hospital emergency, Nursind: “Closed wards and transferred staff, huge setback”
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https://www.avellinotoday.it/attualita/sciopero-nursind-indennita-infermieri-28-gennaio-2022.html
Titolo: Indennità negate agli infermieri, il Nursind alza la voce: “De Luca e la sua giunta dovrebbero solo scusarsi”
Headline: Indemnities denied to nurses, Nursind raises their voice: “De Luca and his council should apologize”
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Headline: COVID-19: Nurses leaving New Zealand amid Omicron outbreak to try get spousal visas
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https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/02/01/covid-icing-on-pretty-horrible-cake-for-healthcare-shortages/
Headline: Covid ‘icing on pretty horrible cake’ for health worker shortages
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Headline: Alliance of Health Workers ‘disappointed’ in bill on frontliners’ benefits
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Headline: Heroes on call: Filipino health workers in the midst of an Omicron surge
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Manchete: Sindicato dos enfermeiros alerta para falta de assistência noturna nas prisões. Coimbra é um dos casos
Headline: Nurses union warns of lack of night assistance in prisons. Coimbra is one of the cases
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Headline: Denosa attributes non-compliant Gauteng hospitals to administrative instability and corruption
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Headline: Call to suspend Limpopo officials implicated in Special Investigating Unit’s PPE report
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https://www.diariodehuelva.es/2022/02/03/satse-enfermeras-jubilacion/
Titular: SATSE se marca como objetivo prioritario conseguir la prejubilación para enfermeras
Headline: SATSE marks as a priority objective to achieve early retirement for nurses
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Titular: SATSE pide que las enfermeras puedan jubilarse antes
Headline: SATSE asks that nurses be able to retire earlier
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https://www.lavozdecordoba.es/actualidad/2022/02/04/satse-103/
Titular: SATSE lanza una campaña en Andalucía para “alertar de los déficits de las plantillas de enfermería”
Headline: SATSE launches a campaign in Andalusia to “warn of the deficits of nursing staff”
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Titular: Satse mantendrá una reunión con el gerente de Atención Primaria de León por la carencia de enfermeras en las zonas rurales
Headline: Satse will hold a meeting with the manager of Primary Care of León due to the lack of nurses in rural areas
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Titular: Satse critica la sobrecarga de trabajo «en vez de reforzar las plantillas cuando hay 3.000 enfermeras en paro»
Headline: Satse criticizes the work overload “instead of reinforcing the workforce when there are 3,000 unemployed nurses”
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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967453
Headline: Pandemic Pressure: 6 in 10 Nurses in Scotland on the Verge of Quitting
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Headline: Nursing union raises alarm over Nationality and Borders Bill
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Headline: Concern over ‘consistent net loss’ of nursing students in South of England
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https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2022/02/labor-must-rise-against-vaccine-apartheid
Headline: Labor Must Rise Against Vaccine Apartheid
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Headline: Democrats threatening to withhold endorsements over AB 1400 voting
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Headline: Universal health care bill fails to pass in California
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article257876378.html
Headline: What does ‘Medicare for all’ mean for California health care workers? What experts say
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/29/osha-rule-healthcare-safety-covid/
Headline: OSHA pursues new safety rule for health-care facilities after previous efforts faltered, expired
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https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jan/30/agency-working-on-virus-rules-at-health-facilities/
Headline: Agency working on virus rules at health facilities
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Headline: Holstege launches campaign for state Assembly, outlines platform with focus on environment, health care, education
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Headline: Nurses are suffering physical ailments as they fight COVID-19 for the rest of us
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Headline: California hospital allows quarantine flexibility for COVID-positive employees returning to work
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Headline: California hospital CEO’s contract extended 1 year after union circulates no-confidence petition
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https://www.ktvu.com/news/single-payer-health-care-set-for-floor-vote-in-california-assembly
Headline: Single-payer health care set for floor vote in California Assembly
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https://www.dailyposter.com/newsoms-big-choice-single-payer-or-his-insurance-donors/
Headline: Newsom’s Big Choice: Single Payer Or His Insurance Donors?
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https://capitalandmain.com/whatever-comes-next-single-payer-coverage-for-californians-advances
Headline: Whatever Comes Next, Single Payer Coverage for Californians Advances
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https://www.laprogressive.com/pass-single-payer-health-care/
Headline: Could California Actually Pass Single-Payer Health Care?
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https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/8-recent-moves-from-us-nurses-unions.html
Headline: 8 recent moves from US nurses unions
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Headline: Health care leaders speak out as workers endure ‘pandemic of violence’
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Headline: California hospital allows quarantine flexibility for COVID-positive employees returning to work
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Headline: What does COVID data in San Mateo County tell us?
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Headline: California Could Be on the Verge of Passing Single-Payer Health Care
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https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/28/calcare-now-time-universal-healthcare-california
Headline: CalCare: Now Is the Time for Universal Healthcare in California
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Headline: Opinion: California lawmakers let us down by failing to pass universal health care this week
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Headline: Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall
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Headline: NC labor department reports 3 Buncombe deaths in 2021, 2 related to COVID-19
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Headline: ‘We’re At A Crisis Level’: Nurses Take On Union-Busting Bosses Over Short Staffing
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Headline: Progressives Vow to ‘Fight Like Hell’ as California Single-Payer Bill Withdrawn
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https://www.kqed.org/news/11903440/single-payer-health-care-faces-uphill-battle-in-state-legislature
Headline: With Little Chance of Success, Single-Payer Health Care Bill Withdrawn Ahead of Vote in State Legislature
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Headline: Canceling OSHA healthcare standard puts workers in ‘grave danger,’ unions tell court
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Headline: Democrats take aim at strike-combating employers
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https://eastcountytoday.net/senator-corteses-bill-to-protect-frontline-healthcare-heroes-advances/
Headline: Senator Cortese’s Bill to Protect Frontline Healthcare Heroes Advances
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https://www.pe.com/2022/01/30/two-statewide-races-to-watch-this-year/
Headline: Two statewide races to watch this year
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/04/letters-702/
Headline: Health care failure costs political support
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Headline: Union ballots in hands of employees of some central NC health care facility employees
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https://www.workers.org/2022/02/61529/
Headline: Pandemic exposes U.S. health care crisis
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https://www.abqjournal.com/2467019/strained-us-hospitals-seek-foreign-nurses-amid-visa-windfall.html
Headline: Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall
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Headline: Single-payer healthcare proposal fizzles in California Assembly
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Headline: At up to $8,000/week, America’s travel nurses keep COVID-slammed hospitals afloat
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Headline: “Overworked and overwhelmed”: Proposed bill aims to give Minnesota nurses some relief
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Headline: First bill passes: state lawmakers unite to help front line workers in the pandemic
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https://www.wdio.com/news/northland-nurses-safe-staffing-bill-health-care-medical-pandemic/6380651/
Headline: Northland nurses hopeful bill could improve staffing
