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.
Argentina
Titular: Hoy se llevará a cabo la XXVII Jornada de Enfermería en el Hospital Municipal
Headline: Today the XXVII Day of Nursing will be carried out at the Municipal Hospital
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Australia
https://www.chinchillanews.com.au/news/minister-must-act-to-stop-slashing-of-care-hours-u/3200146/
Headline: Minister ‘must act’ to stop slashing of care hours: Union
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Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-12/union-calls-for-sa-nurses-to-have-discharge-powers/8699322
Headline: Union calls for South Australian nurses to have patient discharge powers
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Australia
http://indaily.com.au/news/2017/07/10/sa-health-moves-bullies-unit-unit-workers-claim/
Headline: SA Health ‘moves bullies from unit to unit’, workers allege
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Australia
https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/36300685/nsw-hospitals-private-sector-plans-axed/#page1
Headline: NSW private-sector hospital upgrades axed
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Australia
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4785954/privatisation-fears-remain/
Headline: New Maitland Hospital not-for-profit plan ‘not good enough’: Health Services Union
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Australia
http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/4783580/backing-my-nurses-mp/
Headline: Dubbo MP Troy Grant to present nurses’s petition to State Parliament
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Australia
Headline: Bowral backdown prompts calls for similar decision at Shellharbour
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Australia
https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/future-of-hospital-parking-in-councils-hands/3198534/
Headline: Future of hospital parking in council’s hands
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Australia
Headline: State government drops plans for public-private partnership in $200-million redevelopment of Wyong Hospital
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Australia
https://www.southburnetttimes.com.au/news/aged-care-staff-cuts-in-the-south-burnett/3198750/
Headline: Aged care staff cuts in the South Burnett
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Brazil
http://www.infonet.com.br/noticias/saude/ler.asp?id=202365
Manchete: Enfermeiros do município cobram melhorias salariais
Headline: City nurses demand wage improvements
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Canada
Headline: Chatham hospital cuts will hamper emergency care, say nurses
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Canada
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2017/07/10/nurses-union-says-job-cuts-means-worse-care
Headline: Nurses’ union says job cuts mean worse care
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Canada
Headline: Local health coalition grateful for funding, concerned about loss of full-time nurses
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Canada
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/150-years-of-resistance
Headline: 150 Years of Resistance
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Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-quick-care-clinics-access-centres-1.4200624
Headline: What you need to know about the closure of Winnipeg QuickCare clinics
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Canada
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/07/11/le-nombre-de-conges-de-maladie-pour-sante-mentale-explose
Titre: Le nombre de congés de maladie pour santé mentale explose
Headline: The number of sick leaves for mental health explodes
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Canada
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1044729/hausse-conges-maladie-problemes-psychologiques-ciusss
Titre: Hausse des congés de maladie pour des problèmes psychologiques au CIUSSS
Headline: Sick leave for mental health increases at CIUSSS
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Dominican Republic
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/07/12/cmd-amenaza-con-paralizar-los-hospitales
Titular: CMD amenaza con paralizar los hospitales
Headline: CMD threatens to paralyze hospitals
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Dominican Republic
Titular: Enfermeras realizan manifestación por el 5% del presupuesto para la salud
Headline: Nurses carry out demonstration for approval of 5% health budget increase
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France
Titre: Ouverture des négociations conventionnelles entre les infirmières et l’Assurance maladie
Headline: Start of conventional negotiations between nurses and health insurance
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Honduras
http://www.latribuna.hn/2017/07/07/35-pacientes-dia-atiende-enfermera-hospital-del-sur/
Titular: 35 pacientes por día atiende cada enfermera en Hospital del Sur
Headline: 35 patients per day attended by each nurse in Hospital del Sur
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India
Headline: Kerala nurses demand higher wages, over 80,000 to go on indefinite strike from 17 July
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India
http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=93865
Headline: Nurses’ strike: Private hospitals to remain closed from Monday
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India
Headline: Hospital crisis looms large in Kerala as 80,000 nurses to go on strike from Monday…
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India
Headline: Hospital threatens, chases nurses away
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India
Headline: Thousands of private hospital nurses are on an indefinite strike in Kerala: here’s why
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India
Headline: 5,000 Nurses In Private Hospitals Strike In Kerala, Demand Wage Revision
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India
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/nurses-in-more-hospitals-join-stir/article19260047.ece
Headline: Nurses in more hospitals join stir
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Ireland
http://www.limerickpost.ie/2017/07/07/university-hospital-limerick-highest/
Headline: €24 million cash injection hasn’t cured University hospital Limerick ills
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Ireland
Headline: Increase in numbers waiting on beds at Tullamore A&E
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Ireland
http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/home/258584/record-levels-of-hospital-overcrowding-this-year.html
Headline: Record levels of hospital overcrowding this year
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Ireland
Headline: Patients on trolleys in Portlaoise Hospital shoot back up after two zero days
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Ireland
http://www.clare.fm/news/uhl-ed-overcrowded-country/
Headline: UHL ED Most Overcrowded In Country Again
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Kenya
https://lasentinel.net/equal-pay-for-equal-work-kenyan-nurses-push-the-envelope.html
Headline: Equal Pay for Equal Work? Kenyan Nurses Push the Envelope
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Kenya
Headline: Nurses, the ignored cog in Kenya’s health wheel
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Kenya
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/07/08/help-us-end-month-long-strike-nurses-urge-uhuru_c1592748
Headline: Help us end month-long strike, nurses urge Uhuru
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Mexico
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2017/07/8/paran-labores-en-hospital-de-la-ninez
Titular: Paran labores en Hospital de la Niñez
Headline: Workers at Niñez Hospital go on strike
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Mexico
https://lasillarota.com/estados/realizan-paro-en-hospital-de-la-ninez-de-oaxaca/162366
Titular: Realizan paro en Hospital de la Niñez de Oaxaca
Headline: Strike is carried out at Hospital de la Niñez
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Mexico
Titular: Protestan enfermeras por malos tratos en Hospital General
Headline: Nurses protest poor treatment at General Hospital
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Mexico
http://yucatan.com.mx/mexico/delincuencia/piden-proteccion-enfermeras-hospital-general-iztapalapa
Titular: Piden protección para enfermeras de Hospital General de Iztapalapa
Headline: Call for protection for nurses at General Hospital of Iztapalapa
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Mexico
Titular: Pide Morena seguridad y derechos para enfermeras de hospital de Iztapalapa
Headline: Demands for security and rights for hospital nurses of Iztapalapa
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Mexico
Titular: Manifiestan a ONU situación de derechos humanos en Chiapas
Headline: UN human rights situation in Chiapas
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Morocco
https://www.h24info.ma/maroc/sante-greve-nationale-infirmiers-12-13-fevrier/
Titre: Santé: grève nationale des infirmiers du 12 au 13 juillet
Headline: Health: national nurses strike July 12-13
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New Zealand
Headline: ‘Significant jump’ in Wakari Hospital assaults
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New Zealand
Headline: Art drives change in attitude to office tattoos
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New Zealand
Headline: Union claims Southern DHB faces $7 million shortfall this year
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New Zealand
Headline: Christchurch’s Hillmorton Hospital faces ‘acute’ shortage of mental health nurses
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Portugal
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/enfermeiros-em-greve-entre-31-de-julho-e-4-de-agosto_v1014639
Manchete: Enfermeiros em greve entre 31 de julho e 4 de agosto
Headline: Nurses strike between July 31 and August 4
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Portugal
http://rr.sapo.pt/detalhe.aspx?objid=88364
Manchete: Enfermeiros obstétricos temem que Governo desvalorize protesto
Headline: Obstetric nurses fear government may devalue protest
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Portugal
http://observador.pt/2017/07/11/enfermeiros-aguardam-ate-setembro-por-proposta-do-governo/
Manchete: Enfermeiros aguardam até setembro por proposta do Governo
Headline: Nurses wait until September for government proposal
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Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros aguardam por proposta do Governo sobre especialistas
Headline: Nurses wait for government proposal on specialists
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South Africa
Headline: Health department ordered to place graduate nurse as backlog piles up
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South Africa
http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/kzn-nurses-dress-in-civvies-after-uniform-allowance-bungle-10268502
Headline: KZN nurses dress in civvies after ‘uniform allowance’ bungle
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Spain
http://www.eldiadecordoba.es/cordoba/Satse-asegura-hospitales-realizar-operaciones_0_1153084913.html
Titular: Satse asegura que los hospitales dejarán de realizar 4.000 operaciones en vera
Headline: Satse says hospitals will stop performing 4,000 surgical operations this summer
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Spain
Titular: Satse critica varias deficiencias del consultorio de Cártama
Headline: Satse criticizes several deficiencies of Cártama’s practice
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Spain
http://www.leonoticias.com/bierzo/satse-denuncia-reduccion-20170711144753-nt.html
Titular: Satse denuncia la reducción de la plantilla del personal de enfermería durante el periodo estival en el Hospital del Bierzo
Headline: Satse denounces the reduction of the staff of the nursing staff during the summer period in the Hospital del Bierzo
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Spain
Titular: Ven insuficiente el refuerzo en enfermería este verano en CyL
Headline: Insufficient staffing this summer in CyL is criticized
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Spain
http://www.hoy.es/extremadura/extremadura-aprueba-primer-20170710221747-nt.html
Titular: Extremadura aprueba el primer pacto que regula las oposiciones del SES
Headline: Extremadura approves the first pact that regulates the oppositions of the SES
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Spain
http://www.lne.es/aviles/2017/06/20/sindicato-satse-pide-personal-enfermeria/2123528.html
Titular: El sindicato SATSE pide más personal de enfermería en el turno de noche del San Agustín
Headline: The SATSE union asks for more nursing staff during the San Agustín night shift
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Spain
Titular: El Mad Cool indigna a los enfermeros con una oferta de trabajo “alucinante”
Headline: El Mad Cool outrages nurses with a “mind-boggling” job offer
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Spain
Titular: El Hospital General reabre una de las plantas cerradas por la presión asistencial
Headline: The General Hospital reopens one of the closed wards due to need for care
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Spain
Titular: El Satse reivindica el papel de las enfermeras especialistas
Headline: Satse defends the role of specialist nurses
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Spain
Titular: El Satse habla de «caos» en la bolsa única de empleo del SAS
Headline: The Satse speaks of “chaos” in the SAS single job market
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United Kingdom
Headline: ‘The NHS is on its knees, and we are too’: Nurse describes 13-hour A&E shift that left her ‘broken’
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United Kingdom
Headline: Driving students away from nursing is a spectacular act of political self-harm
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United Kingdom
Headline: Scrap the cap: ‘summer of protest has only just started’
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United Kingdom
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/heartbreaking-figures-reveal-number-nurses-10759824
Headline: “Heartbreaking” figures reveal number of nurses on hardship grants is up by 200% after decade of shrinking pay
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United Kingdom
Headline: Nursing and midwive vacancies in Blackpool top 150
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United Kingdom
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/nurses-put-up-much-long-13298984
Headline: ‘Nurses have put up with too much for too long’, union warns after staff numbers on Teesside fall
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United Kingdom
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-07-13/nurses-just-want-to-be-recognised-for-our-hard-work/
Headline: Nurses ‘just want to be recognised for our hard work’
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United States
Headline: Police arrest 80 people in organized Senate healthcare bill protest on Capitol Hill
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United States
http://www.dailynews.com/health/20170710/nurses-arent-giving-up-on-californias-single-payer-push
Headline: Nurses aren’t giving up on California’s single-payer push
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United States
Headline: California Health Care Fight May Show Democratic Party Future In Trump Era
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United States
http://khn.org/news/the-union-that-roars-nurses-arent-giving-up-on-californias-single-payer-push/
Headline: The Union That Roars: Nurses Aren’t Giving Up On California’s Single-Payer Push
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United States
https://www.rt.com/shows/rt-america/396148-rt-america-july-11-2017/
Headline: ‘Disgusting & despicable’: California Dems block universal healthcare
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United States
http://capitolweekly.net/roseann-demoro-zeroes-in-nurses/
Headline: Nurses’ RoseAnn DeMoro zeroes in
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United States
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=19547
Headline: ‘No Compromise on Health Care’: Michael Lighty of National Nurses United
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United States
https://www.thenation.com/article/meet-chicagos-movement-politician/
Headline: This Chicago Politician Is Showing How to Govern From the Left
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United States
Headline: California nurses still pressing lawmakers to vote for single-payer
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United States
https://theintercept.com/2017/07/10/pollin-why-single-payer-now-is-for-real/
Headline: Pollin: Why Single Payer, Now, Is for Real
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United States
https://kpfa.org/episode/upfront-july-11-2017/
Headline: Will Republicans repeal Obamacare? Will California pass Single Payer?
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United States
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/10/california-democrats-elections-240341
Headline: California Democrats plunge into ‘civil war’
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United States
Headline: Kaiser nurses reach tentative labor agreement with Los Angeles Medical Center
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United States
Headline: Albert Lea nurses approve new Mayo contract
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United States
http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/2017/07/local-legislators-pessimistic-on-health-care/
Headline: Local legislators pessimistic on health care