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: Workforce ready and willing for COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but calls for funding
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Headline: An ‘insult’: Shellharbour nurses stand up against frontline wage freeze
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Headline: Strong moral case for a coronavirus-related frontline worker pay increase
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https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/battle-save-willow-grove
Headline: The battle to save Willow Grove
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Headline: Illawarra nurses to rally against govt’s ‘insulting’ wage freeze
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Titre: Enquête réclamée sur les soins de longue durée au Nouveau-Brunswick
Headline: New Brunswick Long-Term Care Inquiry
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Titre: Le syndicat d’infirmières du N.-B. demande une enquête dans les foyers de soins
Headline: NB Nurses Union Calls Nursing Home Inquiry
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Titre: La FIQ s’engage à aider le gouvernement si la « convention devient vraiment digne de ce nom »
Headline: FIQ is committed to helping the government if the “compact truly becomes worthy of the name”
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Titre: Négociation des infirmières : une roulotte stationnée devant le Conseil du trésor
Headline: Nurses negotiation: a trailer parked in front of the Treasury Board
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Titre: Éclosion à l’hôpital de Rimouski : des dizaines de chirurgies reportées
Headline: Outbreak at Rimouski hospital: dozens of surgeries postponed
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Titre: 17 nouveaux cas et la pression augmente sur le personnel en santé
Headline: 17 new cases and pressure increases on health workers
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https://www.fm1033.ca/une-deuxieme-vague-a-effectif-reduit-pour-les-infirmieres/
Titre: Une « deuxième vague » à effectif réduit pour les infirmières
Headline: A “second wave” with reduced staff for nurses
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https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-nurses-will-refuse-to-work-overtime-oct-24-25
Headline: Quebec nurses will refuse to work overtime Oct. 24, 25
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Headline: Newfoundland and Labrador nurses vindicated by report slamming lack of protections
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/covid-19-changing-way-men-080000022.html
Headline: COVID-19 is changing the way men and women split the risk in the workplace
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Headline: Finance Minister, United Nurses spar over labour negotiation timeline
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Headline: Cutting 11,000 health jobs during pandemic will create more chaos, Alberta unions and NDP say
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Headline: In the middle of its war on doctors, Alberta’s UCP picks a fight with nurses too
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https://www.ckom.com/2020/10/11/saskatoon-hospitals-monitoring-increased-covid-19-activity/
Headline: Saskatoon hospitals monitoring ‘increased COVID-19 activity’
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Headline: Nurses union calls for provincial inquiry into New Brunswick long-term care homes
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Headline: New Brunswick Nurses Union calls for provincial inquiry into long-term care sector
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Titular: Gremios Salud advierten iniciarán lucha sino son favorecidos con pensión del 100%
Headline: Health unions warn they will start a fight if they are not favored with a 100% pension
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https://www.latribuna.hn/2020/10/12/segun-aneeah-se-reinfectaron-siete-enfermeras-auxiliares/
Titular: Según ANEEAH: Se reinfectaron siete enfermeras auxiliares
Headline: According to ANEEAH: Seven auxiliary nurses were reinfected
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https://www.latribuna.hn/2020/10/12/roxana-araujo-no-debemos-relajarnos-ni-quitarnos-la-mascarilla/
Titular: Roxana Araujo: “No debemos relajarnos, ni quitarnos la mascarilla”
Headline: Roxana Araujo: “We must not relax, or take off the mask”
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https://proceso.hn/la-reinfeccion-otra-embestida-del-covid-que-toma-fuerza-en-honduras/
Titular: La Reinfección, otra embestida del COVID que toma fuerza en Honduras
Headline: Reinfection, another COVID onslaught that gains strength in Honduras
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Headline: Student nurses and midwives are being exploited says union
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40063868.html
Headline: INMO: 259 patients across country waiting on trolleys
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Headline: ‘It’s not a case of calling Mattress Mick’ – hospital staff describe HSE winter plan as a ‘wish list’ amid pandemic
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Headline: Space And Staffing The Obstacles To Increasing Midlands ICU Capacity
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https://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/news/covid_infermieri_manifestazione_nursind_roma-5525473.html
Titolo: Covid Roma, infermieri in piazza. Nursind: «Non siamo eroi ma professionisti»
Headline: Covid Rome, nurses in the square. Nursind: “We are not heroes but professionals”
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Titolo: Nursind in piazza: No pacche sulla spalla, politica valorizzi infermieri
Headline: Nursind in the square: No pat on the back, politics enhance nurses
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Titolo: Simbolica iniziativa del NurSind a favore degli infermieri e oss interinali
Headline: Symbolic NurSind initiative in favor of nurses and temporary workers
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Titolo: Covid, il Nursind: “A distanza di 4 mesi ci sono ancora grosse criticità”
Headline: Covid, the Nursind: “After 4 months there are still major problems”
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https://www.umbriaon.it/covid-nursind-nuova-ondata-vecchi-problemi/
Titolo: Covid, NurSind: «Nuova ondata, vecchi problemi»
Headline: Covid, NurSind: “New wave, old problems”
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Headline: Task force: All learners should be in school by November 2
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Headline: Meru health workers vow to paralyse services over delayed pay
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Headline: Kisumu health workers plan another strike over salary row
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Headline: Coronavirus: Nurses say staff shortages at Auckland’s MIQ facilities ‘a shambles’, leading to burnout
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http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/5/375357
Headline: Second strike ballot for Primary Health Care workers – NZ Nurses Organisation
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Titular: La salud ante todo: Ampe y enfermeras suman fuerzas contra el covid-19
Headline: Health first: Ampe and nurses join forces against covid-19
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Headline: Health workers ask Congress to prioritize health sector in crafting 2021 budget
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Headline: Tondo Medical Center health workers protest budget cut, seek salary hike
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https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/14/pandemic-weary-health-workers-stage-rally-at-manila-hospital/
Headline: Pandemic-weary health workers stage rally at Manila hospital
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Manchete: Enfermeira grávida despedida pelo Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central
Headline: Pregnant nurse fired by Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central
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Manchete: Sindicato de enfermeiros vê como “muito positivo” reforço do financiamento dos cuidados de saúde primários
Headline: Nurses’ union sees as “very positive” strengthening funding for primary health care
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https://www.kcet.org/coronavirus-worldwide/the-quiet-frontline-battle-of-south-africas-rural-nurses
Headline: The Quiet Frontline Battle of South Africa’s Rural Nurses
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Headline: Denosa concerned about hike in Covid-19 cases among nursing students
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Headline: Makhura must step aside amid SIU PPE probe, says Denosa
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https://enca.com/news/denosa-wants-special-leave-makhura
Headline: Denosa wants special leave for Makhura
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Titular: Satse pide más enfermeras en los centros de salud para la vacunación de la gripe
Headline: Satse asks for more nurses in health centers for flu vaccination
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https://www.burgosconecta.es/sociedad/satse-burgos-reclama-20201015170119-nt.html
Titular: SATSE Burgos reclama contratos de un año para las enfermeras para evitar la «huída» a otras regiones
Headline: SATSE Burgos demands one-year contracts for nurses to avoid “flight” to other regions
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Titular: SATSE reclama el apoyo de los partidos en el Congreso a la Ley de Seguridad del Paciente
Headline: SATSE demands support from parties in Congress for the Patient Safety Law
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https://www.elcorreo.com/sociedad/salud/sindicatos-convocan-tres-20201014123201-nt.html
Titular: Los sindicatos convocan tres días de huelga en toda la red de Osakidetza
Headline: The unions call a three-day strike across the Osakidetza network
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https://gnoa.lk/emerging-second-wave-of-covid-19-pandemic-in-sri-lanka/
Headline: Emerging second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
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https://gnoa.lk/lowering-the-recruitment-qualifications-in-the-nursing-service/
Headline: Sri Lankan Government tries to lowering the recruitment qualification in Nursing
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Headline: Winter pressures and Covid surge ‘causing concern’ for NHS staff
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Headline: NHS staff in northern England ‘exhausted’ amid second wave fears
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54537679
Headline: Covid in Scotland: Fears over speed of test results
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Headline: Scrap visa fees for health workers until pandemic is over, unions urge
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https://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/articles/rcn-cqc-investment-nursing-workforce
Headline: RCN: A wake-up call to invest in the nursing workforce
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Headline: Protests continue at Tuscaloosa VA Hospital, as civil rights group alleges discrimination
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Headline: California has a reputation for progressive politics. Don’t tell that to the state’s progressives.
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https://labornotes.org/blogs/2020/10/east-bay-health-care-workers-strike-forces-county-disband-boss
Headline: East Bay Health Care Workers Strike Forces County to Disband the Boss
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Headline: Hundreds of Healthcare Workers Have Died from COVID-19: This Doctor Is Honoring Them
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Headline: Labor Secretary’s Early Pandemic Calls Dominated by Business (1)
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https://fullertonobserver.com/2020/10/10/rent-control-on-the-ballot-a-closer-look-at-prop-21/
Headline: Rent Control on the Ballot: A Closer Look at Prop 21
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Headline: Criminal Justice on the Ballot: A Closer Look at Propositions 17, 20, and 25
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-15/covid-19-tragic-toll-husband-wife-nurses
Headline: Husband-and-wife nurses contract COVID-19. She died in the hospital where she worked.
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https://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20201014/be-prepared-supreme-court-to-get-more-extreme
Headline: Be prepared: Supreme Court to get more extreme
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Headline: Black Voters In Florida, Nursing Shortages, Miami-Dade Buses Ready For A Redesign
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https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=71c6b26a-7c13-453f-a09b-1af716ada3a4
Headline: California Acute Care Hospitals Must Reimburse Training Costs
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https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-the-fall-of-the-cdc
Headline: Inside the Fall of the CDC
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Headline: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle outlines budget proposal with no tax increases, but more than 600 job cuts
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Headline: Cori Bush, nurse turned BLM leader and congressional candidate, pushes turnout
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https://mountainx.com/opinion/letter-union-can-help-improve-health-care-fight-inequality/
Headline: Letter: Union can help improve health care, fight inequality
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https://abc7.com/covid-impact-filipinos-coronavirus-filipino-americans-california/7034075/
Headline: Filipinos at risk in pandemic will get help from new website
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https://www.ehn.org/essential-workers-health-covid-19-2648193289.html
Headline: As the virus rampages through Washington, essential workers nationwide are paying the price: Derrick Z. Jackson
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Headline: Pinellas health care workers lament COVID-19 shortfalls to Charlie Crist
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https://calmatters.org/health/2020/10/kaiser-cal-osha-citation-failing-to-treat-covid-airborne/
Headline: Exclusive: Kaiser cited for failing to treat COVID-19 as airborne
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Headline: Minnesota lawmakers seek pandemic-related paid leave for healthcare workers
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https://www.fox9.com/news/nurses-to-picket-brainerd-hospital-amid-contract-negotiations
Headline: Nurses to picket Brainerd hospital amid contract negotiations
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Headline: More than 100 St. Luke’s hospital employees quarantined last week
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https://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/local-voters-weigh-in-ahead-of-election-day
Headline: Local voters weigh in ahead of Election Day