Australia
Headline: Union movement mounts onslaught to put Liberals last
Headline: Want to improve care in nursing homes? Mandate minimum staffing levels
Headline: Provider and worker representatives to lead industry review
https://redflag.org.au/node/6595
Headline: Nurses rally against overcrowding
Headline: Bupa nursing home in South Hobart stripped of federal funds over failure to meet regulator standards
https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5729821/union-action-escalates-into-lgh-surgery-theatres/
Headline: ANMF Tasmania escalates industrial action by banning overtime in theatres
Bahamas
https://thenassauguardian.com/2018/10/30/nurses-protest/
Headline: Nurses protest
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/oct/30/nurses-in-gb-stage-solidarity-protest/
Headline: Nurses in GB stage solidarity protest
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/nov/02/nurses-threaten-we-wont-turn/
Headline: Nurses Threaten – ‘We Won’t Turn Up’
Canada
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/tbdhu-nurses-call-meeting-to-present-counter-offer-1103045
Headline: TBDHU nurses call meeting to present counter-offer
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/health-unit-nurses-strike-1.4880506
Headline: Thunder Bay health unit’s ‘final offer’ unacceptable, nurses union says
Titre: L’interruption du service d’obstétrique à Bathurst est « inacceptable », affirme une médecin
Headline: Interruption of obstetrical care in Bathurst is “unacceptable,” says doctor
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1133419/infirmieres-praticiennes-postes-titre-emploi-penurie
Titre: Des infirmières praticiennes n’arrivent pas à trouver du travail au Nouveau-Brunswick
Headline: Nurse Practitioners cannot Find Work in New Brunswick
Titre: Obstétrique à Bathurst: «Ce n’est que la pointe de l’iceberg et ça situation pourrait empirer»
Headline: Obstetrics in Bathurst: “It’s just the tip of the iceberg and it could get worse”
http://estrieplus.com/contenu-ciusss_de_lestrie_chus_entente_de_principe_fiq_
sante-1355-45325.html
Titre: Santé : nouvelle entente votée à 81,2 %
Headline: Health: new agreement voted 81.2%
https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/240719/Keep-our-nurses-safe
Headline: Keep our nurses safe
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/tbdhu-nurses-call-meeting-to-present-counter-offer-1103045
Headline: TBDHU nurses call meeting to present counter-offer
https://globalnews.ca/news/4595862/thunder-bay-nurse-strike/
Headline: Striking public health nurses in Thunder Bay appeal to Doug Ford for assistance
Headline: Premiers announce agreement in principle on flow of alcohol across borders
https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/job-and-funding-cuts-worry-sudburys-nurses
Headline: Job and funding cuts worry Sudbury’s nurses
Headline: Striking nurses await response
Headline: Groundbreaking legal action alleges nursing home chains put profit ahead of care
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nurse-shortage-new-brunswick-1.4887096
Headline: Bathurst obstetrics unit closed because province didn’t heed warnings, union says
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bathurst-hospital-obstetrics-closed-again-1.4885456
Headline: Bathurst hospital obstetrics closed again
Headline: Flu shot clinics underway to help rebound from this year’s deadly season
Honduras
Titular: Enfermeras auxiliares y médicos en servicio social anuncian paros
Headline: Auxiliary nurses and social service doctors announce strikes
Titular: Aneah anuncia lucha para que Salud no cierre cursos de enfermería
Headline: Aneah announces fight so that Health Ministry does not close nursing courses
Titular: Secretaría de Salud notifica el cierre de los cursos de enfermeras auxiliares
Headline: Ministry of Health notifies the closing of auxiliary nurses courses
Ireland
https://www.thejournal.ie/midwives-nurses-4309347-Oct2018/
Headline: Agency nurses ‘paid over €10,000 more a year than public staff’
Headline: ‘It’s not even peak season’ – INMO records worst ever October for hospital overcrowding
Headline: INMO Report Highest Ever Overcrowding Levels In October
Headline: This month is worst October on record for hospital overcrowding
http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=26426
Headline: Health services facing another chaotic winter
Headline: Nurses seek direct talks with health service on pay
https://galwaybayfm.ie/uhg-is-second-worst-hospital-in-country-for-overcrowding/
Headline: UHG IS SECOND WORST HOSPITAL IN COUNTRY FOR OVERCROWDING
Headline: Worst October on record for hospital overcrowding, says nurses’ union
Headline: 129 patients stuck on trolleys for nine hours or longer
Kenya
Headline: Seth Panyako arrested for inciting KNH nurses to strike
Headline: Panyako arrested over KNH nurses’ strike
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/KNH-allows-nurses-to-join-union/1056-4832928-w71qlyz/index.html
Headline: KNH allows nurses to join union
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/10/30/nurses-accuse-knh-of-barring-them-from-union_c1842508
Headline: Nurses accuse KNH of barring them from union
Headline: Health workers accuse Kenyatta hospital of blocking them from joining union
Headline: Kenya National Union of Nurses issues a 7 day strike notice
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2018/11/knh-nurses-resume-work-after-assurances-on-complaints/
Headline: KNH nurses resume work after assurances on complaints
https://citizentv.co.ke/news/nurses-union-boss-seth-panyako-arrested-as-knh-workers-strike-216651/
Headline: Nurses’ union boss Seth Panyako arrested as KNH workers strike
New Zealand
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1810/S00401/nzno-applauds-abortion-law-reform-report.htm
Headline: NZNO applauds Abortion Law Reform Report
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/369955/hospitals-begin-push-to-fill-staffing-shortages
Headline: Hospitals begin push to fill staffing shortages
https://www.thestockvoice.com/nz-nurses-group-says-promotion-of-pacific-labour-insulting/
Headline: NZ nurses group says promotion of Pacific labour ‘insulting‘
Nigeria
Headline: Nurses In Delta Protest Against Okowa’s ‘Counter-Productive, Stringent And Unfavourable Policies’
Portugal
Manchete: Sindicatos desconvocam greve prolongada dos enfermeiros nos blocos cirúrgicos
Headline: Unions dismiss long-term nurses’ strike in surgical blocks
https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/enfermeiros-do-centro-hospital-tondela-viseu-prometem-greve
Manchete: Enfermeiros do Centro Hospital Tondela Viseu prometem greve
Headline: Nurses at Tondela Viseu Hospital Center promise strike
https://www.dn.pt/pais/interior/enfermeiros-longa-greve-mal-convocada-10111936.html
Manchete: Enfermeiros. Longa greve mal convocada?
Headline: Nurses. Lengthy strike ill-conceived?
Spain
Titular: Satse reclama al Gobierno un aumento del gasto sanitario público de hasta el 7,5% del PIB
Headline: Satse demands the government increase public health spending up to 7.5% of GDP
Titular: Extender la titularidad de las oficinas más allá de los farmacéuticos, nueva petición de Satse
Headline: Extending the ownership of the offices beyond the pharmacists, Satse’s new request
Titular: Especialidades enfermeras, el siguiente avance tras el RD de prescripción
Headline: Specialist nurses, the next breakthrough after the prescription RD
https://www.mallorcadiario.com/el-sindicato-satse-indica-que-en-balears-faltan-3.534-enfermeras
Titular: El sindicato Satse indica que en Balears faltan 3.534 enfermeras
Headline: The union Satse indicates that Balears lacks 3,534 nurses
Titular: Carrera profesional: exigen que médicos y enfermeros no fijos accedan ya
Headline: Professional career: calls for reforms for non-permanent doctors and nurses
Titular: Satse gana una sentencia que obliga al SAS a reconocer a un enfermero interino de Huelva el nivel de carrera profesional
Headline: Satse wins a judgement that forces the SAS to recognize a temporary nurse from Huelva at the professional level
Titular: Madrid. satse madrid pide al gobierno regional la contratación de más de 6.000 enfermeras
Headline: Madrid. Satse Madrid asks the regional government to hire more than 6,000 nurses
Titular: Satse, “muy contento” por la abstención de Ciudadanos a la Ley de Farmacia
Headline: Satse, “very happy” citizens abstained from voting for the Pharmacy Law
Titular: SATSE y ANPE proponen que se destinen enfermeros a los centros educativos de Baleares
Headline: SATSE and ANPE propose that nurses be assigned to schools in the Balearic Islands
United Kingdom
Headline: Violence against nurses could see body cameras rolled out across the NHS
Headline: ‘Budget boost for mental health will be worthless without nurses’
https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/brexit-nhs-tayside-told-to-expect-staff-exodus-post-brexit/
Headline: Brexit: NHS Tayside told to expect staff exodus post-Brexit
Headline: Violence against NHS staff in England reaches five-year high
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46029884
Headline: Clampdown on violence against NHS staff
United States
https://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-hopkins-union-complaint-20181030-story.html
Headline: Federal labor board finds Johns Hopkins Hospital tried to deter nurses from forming union
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/influencers/
article220710405.html
Headline: Will California elections stop ‘an unhinged president’? Put us on ‘a path to gridlock’?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/30/medicare-for-all-policy-healthcare-democrats
Headline: Medicare for All policy has become politics’ sticking point
Headline: ‘Medicare for all’ suddenly popular on campaign trail even in deep-red states: ANALYSIS
Headline: VA and 11,000 Nurses Reach Impasse as Secretary Rejects Negotiated Contract Proposal
Headline: Medicare For All PAC Announces First Candidate Endorsements
Headline: Federal anti-union charges against Johns Hopkins Hospital move forward
http://www.dailyjournal.net/2018/10/31/us-johns-hopkins-nurses/
Headline: NLRB: Johns Hopkins tried to deter nurses from unionizing
Headline: National Labor Relations Board: Johns Hopkins Tried To Deter Nurses From Unionizing
Headline: California nurses move their ‘Medicare-for-all’ fight to the national stage
Headline: Family says baby almost died at hospital because no nurses were around
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/election-2018-trump-looms-over-it-all/
Headline: Election 2018: Trump looms over it all
Headline: Calif.’s nurse staffing law offers lessons for Mass.
Headline: Johns Hopkins stifled unionizing efforts, federal labor board finds
Headline: Opinion: This nurse supports Jovanka Beckles, who has long been fighting for our health care
http://www.oaklandpost.org/2018/10/31/marlo-rodriguez-runs-city-council-district-6/
Headline: Marlo Rodriguez Runs for City Council District 6
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/influencers/
article220710405.html
Headline: Will California elections stop ‘an unhinged president’? Put us on ‘a path to gridlock’?
Headline: Battle in Blue Country: How A Sleepy Assembly Race Got Real Ugly, Real Fast
http://beyondchron.org/prop-10-has-already-won/
Headline: PROP 10 HAS ALREADY WON
http://www.nepr.net/post/question-1-what-can-massachusetts-learn-california#stream/0
Headline: On Question 1, What Can Massachusetts Learn From California?
Headline: Maine State Nurses Association endorses Question 1, refutes false claims from opposition