Australia
Headline: ANMF Tasmania to escalate industrial action amid public sector wage negotiations
Headline: ‘There was no dignity’: the cost of falling staff ratios in nursing homes
Headline: Flinders University and nurses union advocate for aged care nurses to save $2.6 billion
Headline: People vs profits: Aged care providers to pocket $1B amid royal commission
Headline: Royal commission into aged care triggers hope for change
Headline: NSWNMA members rally in Tamworth for better staffing numbers
https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5838436/anmf-postpone-elective-surgery-ban-amid-wage-negotiations/
Headline: ANMF Tasmania postpone elective surgery ban amid public sector wage negotiations
Headline: Canberra Hospital’s adult mental health unit bursting at the seams
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-08/public-service-pay-deadlock-tasmania/10695542
Headline: Has the Tasmanian Government painted itself into a corner in the public sector pay stoush?
Headline: Tasmanian health staff off to the UK on taxpayer-funded trip to recruit mental health nurses
https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/life-changing-experience-ahead-for-burnett-nurse/3617315/
Headline: Life-changing experience ahead for Burnett nurse
Canada
Titre: Moins de personnel, plus de risques
Headline: Fewer staff, more risk
Headline: Alberta Health Services, United Nurses of Alberta reach agreement to settle union grievance of nursing staffing shortage
https://globalnews.ca/news/4850456/ahs-alberta-nurses-union-red-deer-emergency-staffing/
Headline: AHS and nurses’ union reach agreement to resolve Red Deer ER staffing issues
Headline: Healthcare workers fear job cuts should UCP form government, party claims concerns unjustified
https://globalnews.ca/news/4847776/nurses-concerns-staffing-calgary-cancer-centre/
Headline: Nurses raise concerns over staffing for future Calgary Cancer Centre
Headline: St. Boniface Hospital hemodialysis nurses pen open letter over safety concerns
https://globalnews.ca/news/4849060/long-term-care-expert-panel/
Headline: N.S. needs to boost long-term care facilities’ staffing levels to address ‘overstressed’ homes: expert panel
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nurses-union-mandatory-overtime-1.4972274
Headline: Nurses are working 24 hours straight, and their union is speaking out against forced overtime
Titre: Bathurst: le prolongement de la fermeture du service d’obstetrique souleve la colere
Headline: Bathurst: Extension of closure of obstetrics service raises anger
Titre: Les urgences débordent à Granby et à BMP
Headline: Emergencies overwhelm Granby and BMP
http://www.countylive.ca/new-contract-for-hj-mcfarland-nurses/
Headline: New contract for HJ McFarland nurses
https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/local-news/county-and-nurses-reach-new-agreement
Headline: County and nurses reach new agreement
Costa Rica
http://www.laprensalibre.cr/Noticias/detalle/145859/se-viene-otra-huelga
Titular: ¡Se viene otra huelga!
Headline: Another strike is coming!
http://www.diarioextra.com/Noticia/detalle/379273/comision-que-modifica–huelgas-inicia-con-polemica
Titular: Comisión que modifica huelgas inicia con polémica
Headline: Commission that modifies strikes starts with controversy
Honduras
Titular: Gobierno, empresa privada y obreros acuerdan aumento al salario minimo
Headline: Government, private companies and workers agree on increase to minimum wage
Ireland
https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-nurse-goes-viral-sharing-pay-slip-strikes-loom-163381
Headline: Irish nurse goes viral after sharing pay slip as strikes loom
Headline: Government quoting exaggerated figures on nurse pay ‘a cheap shot’, says INMO general secretary
Headline: Nurses ‘ignored and insulted’ by Government, opposition claims
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2019/0114/1023069-trolleys/
Headline: INMO trolley figures pass 600 for first time in 2019
Headline: Hospital patients facing disruption as no breakthrough in talks over nursing pay dispute
Headline: More than 600 people on hospital trolleys, according to INMO
Headline: Nurses say understaffing at root of strikes but pay is the solution
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2019/0114/1023210-nurses-industrial-action/
Headline: Bid to avert nurses’ strikes, hospital cancellations
Headline: It’s time for the Government to act to avert nurses strikes
Headline: Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation calls strike at end of month over conditions
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46803220
Headline: 37,000 Irish nurses to take 24-hour strike action
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2019/0108/1021920-trolley-figures/
Headline: 583 patients on trolleys waiting for hospital bed – INMO
Headline: Surge to 541 patients waiting for hospital beds amid swine flu outbreak
Headline: INMO: Sharp Increase In No. Of Patients On Trolleys At Naas General Hospitals.
Kenya
Headline: Tharaka Nithi nurses threaten to go on strike over unpaid allowances
Headline: Medics in Kitui give strike notice
New Zealand
Headline: Aged care workers raise serious concerns about understaffing
Headline: NZNO survey reveals horrific condition in aged care sector
Headline: ‘Hidden pain’ in aged care: delayed and missed care commonplace – survey
Headline: Around 3000 junior doctors begin two-day strike at public hospitals
Headline: Four Hutt Hospital staff members injured in Boxing Day altercation with patient
Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses mantém greve de quatro dias na próxima semana
Headline: Union of Portuguese Nurses holds four-day strike next week
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses acusa ministra de dizer “inverdades”
Headline: Union of Portuguese Nurses accuses minister of saying “untruths”
Manchete: Sindicato dos enfermeiros denuncia “situação caótica” nas urgências de Penafiel
Headline: Nurses’ union denounces “chaotic situation” in Penafiel’s emergency department
Manchete: Lisboa. Greve dos enfermeiros do IPO com adesão de 90%, diz sindicato
Headline: Lisbon. IPO nurses strike with 90% adhesion, union says
Manchete: Sindicato afirma que Governo vai fazer mais um ou dois recrutamentos de enfermeiros este ano
Headline: Union says government will do one or two more nurses’ recruitments this year
Manchete: Governo autoriza contratação de 450 enfermeiros e 400 assistentes operacionais
Headline: Government authorizes hiring of 450 nurses and 400 operational assistants
South Africa
https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/kzn-nurses-told-there-are-no-posts-18777524
Headline: KZN nurses told there are no posts
https://ewn.co.za/2019/01/11/denosa-wants-motsoaledi-to-intervene-over-plans-to-retrench-nurses
Headline: DENOSA WANTS MOTSOALEDI TO INTERVENE OVER PLANS TO RETRENCH NURSES
https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/denosa-may-take-the-health-department-to-court-18739954
Headline: Denosa may take the Health Department to court
Headline: Government has spent a small fortune on training nurses it can’t hire
Spain
Titular: SATSE alerta que en 10 años se jubilará el 64% de la plantilla de enfermería de Sacyl en Zamora
Headline: SATSE warns that in 10 years 64% of the nursing staff of Sacyl in Zamora will retire
Titular: Satse alerta de que en 10 años se jubilarán el 50% de las enfermeras, 4.300
Headline: Satse warns that 50% of nurses will retire in 10 years, 4,300
Titular: Satse pide un Interterritorial con medidas concretas para Enfermería
Headline: Satse demands an Interterritorial meeting with concrete measures for nurses
Titular: Satse pide al Sergas que contrate más enfermeras por el “notable incremento de la presión asistencial” debido a la gripe
Headline: Satse demands Sergas hires more nurses because of the “noticeable increase in the pressures of care” due to the flu
Titular: Satse exige un aumento de enfermeras en el Hospital Provincial de Córdoba
Headline: Satse demands an increase in nurses at Córdoba’s Provincial Hospital
https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/satse-demanda-enfermeras-20190113131641-nt.html
Titular: Satse demanda enfermeras en los colegios para frenar la obesidad infantil
Headline: Satse demands nurses in schools to stop childhood obesity
Titular: Piden una enfermera en cada colegio para luchar contra la obesidad infantil
Headline: Demands for school nurses to fight against childhood obesity
Titular: Los enfermeros fijan en un 6% su ‘mínimo’ de subida salarial para 2019
Headline: Nurses set 6% as their ‘minimum’ acceptableat8 salary increase for 2019
Titular: SATSE Navarra valora muy negativamente las actuaciones de la Consejería de Salud de Navarra durante todo el 2018
Headline: SATSE Navarra views very negatively the actions of the Ministry of Health of Navarra throughout 2018
Titular: Satse denuncia saturación de las Urgencias del Valme
Headline: Satse denounces the inundated emergency room at Valme
Titular: Carmen García Rivas: “Los enfermeros no somos el esparrin de nadie”
Headline: Carmen García Rivas: “Nurses are not sparring partners for anyone”
United Kingdom
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2019/01/16/nursing-union-to-ballot-members-on-strike-action/
Headline: Nursing union to ballot members on strike action
Headline: NHS must tackle ‘systemic racism’ as report shows staff discrimination on the rise
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/universal-credit-leaves-trainee-nurses-2439029
Headline: Universal Credit leaves trainee nurses and other students hundreds of pounds worse off
Headline: Warning of crisis in Northern Ireland NHS if shortage of doctors not tackled
Headline: Staffing shortages ‘a risk to making NHS Long Term Plan happen’
Headline: Long-term health plan will ‘relieve pressure on the NHS’ Theresa May says
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2019/01/11/strike-school-pick-ups-for-parents-in-middle-of-day/
Headline: Strike: School pick-ups for parents in middle of day
Headline: Shocking toll of violence against Doncaster’s NHS workers with more than 1500 reported attacks
https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2019-01-08/nursing-unions-reject-final-states-pay-offer/
Headline: Nursing unions reject final States pay offer
United States
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/nurses-are-calling-out-for-job-protections
Headline: Nurses Are Calling Out for Job Protections and Marching in the Women’s March
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-unions-stand-against-canadian-postal-union-busting/
Headline: U.S. unions stand against Canadian postal union-busting
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article22
4329325.html
Headline: Gavin Newsom’s first budget: Down payments made, but supporters still want more
Headline: Here’s What California Interest Groups Want to See in Gavin Newsom’s Budget
Headline: Government, union leaders fight closure of Catholic hospital serving DC’s poorest
https://www.gazettenet.com/Single-Payer-Healthcare-Study-22520969
Headline: Local researchers weigh in on the viability of single payer healthcare
Headline: Privatizing VA health services a bad idea
Headline: Democrats Don’t Just Support Medicare for All, 84% in New Poll Want Party Leaders to Make It ‘Extremely Important Priority’
http://bigislandnow.com/2019/01/10/rep-gabbard-marches-with-federal-workers/
Headline: Rep. Gabbard Marches With Federal Workers
https://nextshark.com/team-ordinary-citizen-los-angeles/
Headline: 5 Asian Americans Are Running For California’s 53rd Assembly District
Headline: Universal Health Care Push Expected To Regain Momentum In Newsom’s First Budget
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/state/california/article224037840.html
Headline: Gavin Newsom’s health plan would restore Obamacare mandate, expand access for undocumented
Headline: As Gavin Newsom Becomes Governor, How He Could Shape California’s Future—Issue By Issue
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-governor-newsom-great-expectations-20190106-story.html
Headline: It can’t get much better for Gavin Newsom as California’s next governor. But it’s almost certain to get worse