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.
Australia
Headline: Job cuts on government agenda: SA nurses
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Australia
https://www.miragenews.com/victorian-patients-to-benefit-from-more-nurses-and-midwives/
Headline: Victorian patients to benefit from more nurses and midwives
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Australia
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/nurses-rally-nsw-upper-house-rejects-public-sector-pay-freeze
Headline: Nurses rally as NSW upper house rejects public sector pay freeze
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Australia
Headline: Hunter’s nurses and midwives peacefully protest NSW Government’s wage freeze for public sector workers
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Australia
https://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/story/6777655/nsw-public-servants-pay-freeze-rejected/
Headline: NSW public servants’ pay freeze rejected
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Australia
https://www.newcastlestar.com.au/story/6777601/nurses-to-rally-against-planned-wage-freeze/
Headline: Nurses to rally in Manilla, near Tamworth, and Armidale against NSW government’s planned wage freeze for public sector wages
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Australia
Headline: Nurses to rally in Port Macquarie against NSW government’s planned wage freeze for public sector wages
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Australia
Headline: Rockhampton nursing home comes out of lockdown after coronavirus scare
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Brazil
Manchete: Demora do Ministério da Saúde em regular hospitais de campanha prejudica resposta à pandemia
Headline: Ministry of Health’s delay in regulating field hospitals harms response to pandemic
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Brazil
Manchete: Sindicato pede que enfermeiros sejam excluídos de rodízio em Teresina
Headline: Union asks nurses to be excluded from rotation in Teresina
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Brazil
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros solicita à prefeitura testes da Covid-19 aos profissionais da saúde em Mogi; mais de 18% dos infectados na cidade são da categoria
Headline: Nurses Union requests Covid-19 tests from City Hall for health professionals in Mogi; over 18% of those infected in the city are in the category
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Brazil
Manchete: Sindicato denuncia atraso de salários em hospital do Anhembi
Headline: Union denounces delayed salaries at Anhembi hospital
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Canada
Titre: Vacances pour les infirmières: la FIQ dénonce des «employeurs récalcitrants»
Headline: Holidays for nurses: the FIQ denounces “recalcitrant employers”
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Canada
https://journalmetro.com/local/ouest-de-lile/2457479/des-infirmieres-mortes-de-fatigue/
Titre: Des infirmières mortes de fatigue
Headline: Nurses who died of fatigue
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Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-symptoms-covid-19-physician-1.5597127
Headline: Physician involved in potential COVID-19 outbreak showed symptoms, told to get tested by Thunder Bay hospital
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Canada
Headline: Unions want COVID-19 campaign funds to go to workers left out of pandemic pay-bump
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Canada
https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/grieving-families-welcome-sha-changes-to-visitation-rules
Headline: Grieving families welcome SHA changes to visitation rules
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Canada
Headline: Behind the outbreaks: Health care staff moved around province to cover gaps
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Canada
https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2020/06/03/not-everyone-happy-with-manitoba-essential-workers-bonus/
Headline: Not everyone happy with Manitoba essential workers’ bonus
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Colombia
https://www.lafm.com.co/colombia/mas-de-mil-profesionales-de-la-salud-tienen-coronavirus-en-colombia
Titular: Más de mil profesionales de la salud tienen coronavirus en Colombia
Headline: More than a thousand health professionals have coronaviruses in Colombia
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Dominican Republic
Titular: Enfermeras de clínicas denuncian que fueron suspendidas por 60 días
Headline: Clinic nurses report that they were suspended for 60 days
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Dominican Republic
Titular: Sinatrae revela más de 40 enfermeras y técnicos del 9-1-1 tienen Covid-19
Headline: Sinatrae reveals more than 40 9-1-1 nurses and technicians have Covid-19
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Dominican Republic
Titular: Maternidad de Los Mina lucha contra el COVID-19 sin agua y jabón
Headline: Los Mina maternity ward fights against COVID-19 without soap and water
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Honduras
https://radiohrn.hn/mas-de-90-enfermeras-y-enfermeros-han-dado-positivo-al-coronavirus-en-honduras/
Titular: Más de 90 enfermeras y enfermeros han dado positivo al coronavirus en Honduras
Headline: More than 90 nurses have tested positive for the coronavirus in Honduras
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Honduras
https://proceso.hn/portadas/10-portada/medicos-y-enfermeras-victimas-recurrentes-del-estigma.html
Titular: Médicos y enfermeras, víctimas recurrentes del estigma
Headline: Doctors and nurses, recurring victims of stigma
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Honduras
https://tiempo.hn/aneeah-molestos-por-asignacion-plazas/
Titular: Miembros de ANEEAH podrían demandar al Gobierno por asignación de plazas
Headline: ANEEAH members could sue the Government for allocation of places
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India
Headline: Unheard & Dismissed: Why Are Nurses Being Denied the Very Basic?
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India
Headline: Over 3,500 frontline workers infected by COVID-19 in Maharashtra
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India
Headline: A Delhi nurse’s death reveals challenges India’s nurses face against COVID-19
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India
Headline: Nurses seek better facilities, equipment
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Ireland
Headline: Nurses in UK demonstrate outside Downing Street for better pay and PPE
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Ireland
Headline: INMO reassured it will get information on why nearly 8,000 healthcare workers caught Covid-19
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Ireland
Headline: Nurses express concern about high Covid rates in profession
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Ireland
Headline: Nurses union call for independent inquiry into COVID-19 infection levels in healthcare workers
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Ireland
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/surge-in-trolley-numbers-as-covid-19-threat-recedes-1003228.html
Headline: Surge in trolley numbers as Covid-19 threat recedes
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Ireland
Headline: Coronavirus in Ireland: Nurses body has positive meeting with minister over Covid-19 fears
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Ireland
Headline: Investment in our health service must be the priority
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Italy
Titulo: Nursind: “L’Ausl Sud Est manda a casa infermieri e operatori sanitari”
Headline: Nursind: “Ausl Sud Est sends nurses and health workers home”
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Italy
https://www.nursetimes.org/in-piazza-duomo-40-paia-di-scarpe-per-non-dimenticare/90311
Titulo: In piazza Duomo 40 paia di scarpe per non dimenticare
Headline: In Piazza Duomo, 40 pairs of shoes to not forget
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Italy
Titulo: Flashmob infermieri a Firenze, Nursind “Ci chiamano eroi ma ci hanno dimenticati”
Headline: Flashmob by nurses in Florence, Nursind: “They call us heroes but they have forgotten us”
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Italy
Titulo: Asl 5 condannata: verso Nursind comportamento antisindacale
Headline: ASL 5 sentenced: anti-union behavior towards Nursind
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Italy
Titulo: Nursind venerdì sotto la Regione: “Infermieri hanno diritto a riposi, dpi e test”
Headline: Nursind Friday under the Region: “Nurses are entitled to rest, dpi and tests”
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Italy
Titulo: Nursind: un grazie per quello hanno fatto ai numerosi infermieri impegnati nell’emergenza Covid
Headline: Nursind: Thanks to the numerous nurses involved in the Covid emergency for what they did
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Italy
Titulo: Covid-19, riconoscimento regionale per operatori sanitari: NurSind Puglia aderisce all’accordo
Headline: Covid-19, regional recognition for health workers: NurSind Puglia adheres to the agreement
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Kenya
Headline: Kisumu health workers issue 7-day strike notice
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Kenya
Headline: Kisumu nurses threaten to down tools over unpaid salaries
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New Zealand
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2006/S00011/labour-selects-nursing-leader-for-east-coast-bays.htm
Headline: Labour Selects Nursing Leader For East Coast Bays
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Philippines
https://www.bulatlat.com/2020/06/05/whats-wrong-with-secretary-duque/
Headline: What’s wrong with Secretary Duque?
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Philippines
https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/325043
Headline: DoH claims all infections data updated
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Philippines
Headline: Health chief blames underlings for delay in frontliners’ perks
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Philippines
Headline: Healthcare workers in the Philippines on the frontline against COVID-19
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Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato diz que só a sua ação permitiu recuo na contratação de enfermeiros por quatro meses
Headline: Union says that only its action allowed a retreat in the hiring of nurses for four months
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Portugal
Manchete: Encerramento do SAMS causou “perdas desnecessárias aos profissionais”, dizem sindicatos
Headline: SAMS closure caused “unnecessary losses to professionals”, say unions
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Portugal
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/sindicato-dos-enfermeiros-organiza-acoes-de-protesto_v1234499
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros organiza ações de protesto
Headline: Nurses Union organizes protest actions
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Portugal
Manchete: O SINDICATO DOS ENFERMEIROS PORTUGUESES EXIGE QUE SEJAM VINCULADOS TODOS OS ENFERMEIROS PRECÁRIOS QUE PRESTAM SERVIÇO NA ULS DA GUARDA
Headline: The Portuguese nurses union demands that all temporary nurses who provide services at the ULS da Guarda be hired
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South Africa
Headline: Inadequate PPE supply; a health risk to the frontline workers in Africa amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
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South Africa
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/kzn-health-employ-5000-nurses/
Headline: KZN Health to employ close to 5000 nurses in huge recruitment drive
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Spain
Titular: SATSE pide que haya enfermeras en vuelos de larga duración y en aeropuertos
Headline: SATSE calls for nurses on long-haul flights and at airports
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Spain
https://elfarodemelilla.es/satse-denuncia-plantilla-enfermeras-centro-asistencial-es-insuficiente/
Titular: SATSE denuncia que la plantilla de enfermeras del Centro Asistencial es “insuficiente”
Headline: SATSE denounces that the staff of nurses at the Assistance Center is “insufficient”
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Spain
Titular: Advertencia de las enfermeras de Castilla-La Mancha: este verano “sería inadmisible” cerrar camas o consultas
Headline: Warning from the nurses of Castilla-La Mancha: this summer “it should be impermissible” to close beds or consultations
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Spain
Titular: SATSE lamenta un nuevo verano con cierre de camas en el Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas
Headline: SATSE deplores a new summer with the closure of beds at the Torrecárdenas University Hospital
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Spain
Titular: Satse reclama el aumento de las plantillas de enfermería tras la crisis del Covid-19
Headline: Satse demands an increase in nursing staff after the Covid-19 crisis
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Spain
Titular: Satse pide que este verano no se cierren camas, quirófanos ni consultas en CLM
Headline: Satse asks that this summer there are no closed beds, operating rooms or consultations at CLM
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United Kingdom
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/question-time-11-weeks-lockdown-22141312
Headline: Question Time: 11 weeks into lockdown and frontline NHS staff still without PPE
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United Kingdom
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-52870671
Headline: Coronavirus: PPE supplies ‘stable but fragile’
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United Kingdom
https://www.nursinginpractice.com/covid-19/coronavirus-changing-face-nursing
Headline: Coronavirus: changing the face of nursing
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United Kingdom
Headline: News round-up: Catch-up on May’s major coronavirus stories
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United Kingdom
Headline: Analysis: Lessons to learn for a second wave of Covid-19
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United States
https://people.com/health/cdc-says-over-300-health-care-workers-died-coronavirus/
Headline: CDC Says More Than 300 Health Care Workers Have Died of Coronavirus, But Number Is Likely Higher
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United States
Headline: Health groups call police brutality a public health issue
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United States
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/unions-labor-third-reconstruction/
Headline: 5 Ways to Rebuild Labor and Transform America
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United States
https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/nurses-treat-injured-black-lives-matter-protesters
Headline: Nurses Are Supporting Injured #BlackLivesMatter Protesters with First Aid Care
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United States
https://nurse.org/articles/george-floyd-nurses-respond/
Headline: MN Nurses Association & NNU Release Statements on George Floyd’s Death
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United States
Headline: Health Groups Deem Racism, Police Brutality a Public Health Crisis Amid George Floyd Protests
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United States
Headline: Nurses at 2 El Paso HCA hospitals protest pay cuts, reduced work hours and layoffs
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United States
Headline: Nurses protest against layoffs and pay cuts they say HCA Healthcare has planned
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United States
https://www.bradenton.com/news/coronavirus/article243066416.html
Headline: Coronavirus updates: Here’s what to know in Bradenton and Manatee County on May 29
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United States
Headline: Five Filipinos listed in New York Times front page honoring those who died of COVID-19
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United States
Headline: Nurses Rally For More Protective Equipment To Prevent Covid-19 Infection
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United States
Headline: HCA Healthcare Hospital Nurses Protest Possible Layoffs
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United States
Headline: Nurses, still fighting coronavirus, serve as medics at George Floyd protests
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United States
Headline: More than 600 nurses worldwide have died from coronavirus, group says
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United States
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nurses-supporting-injured-blacklivesmatter-protesters-174218776.html
Headline: Nurses Are Supporting Injured #BlackLivesMatter Protesters with First Aid Care
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United States
Headline: Coronavirus Has Killed More Than 300 U.S. Healthcare Workers
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United States
Headline: Update on Coronavirus Cases in the US: Positive Patients Reach 1.8 Million
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United States
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833665.php
Headline: Nurses Join Forces Nationally to Warn Against Early Reopening
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United States
Headline: At the Bay Area’s hardest-hit coronavirus hospital, frontline workers ask: Is the worst really over?
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United States
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/03/america-black-deaths-racism
Headline: In America, Black deaths are not a flaw in the system. They are the system
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United States
Headline: County sends letter to Regional hospital warning closure of maternity ward may violate agreement
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United States
https://www.facingsouth.org/2020/06/north-carolina-nurses-stand-brink-historic-labor-victory
Headline: North Carolina nurses stand on the brink of a historic labor victory
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United States
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/06/05/killing-workers-and-customers-with-no-liability/
Headline: Killing Workers (and Customers) – With No Liability
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United States
Headline: ‘Long-standing issues with health care disparities’ lead health care workers to protests
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United States
Headline: Santa Clara County sends letter to Regional hospital warning closure of maternity ward may violate agreement
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United States
Headline: Major unions in Minnesota call for Lt. Bob Kroll to resign as president of police union
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United States
Headline: Nurses Are Helping Injured People At #BlackLivesMatter Protests
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United States
Headline: Labor groups call for Bob Kroll to resign from Minneapolis police union
