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: Safe workloads would help fix Australia’s nurse shortage, union says
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Headline: Free degrees for Victorian nurses could cause workforce shortages elsewhere, unions warn
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Headline: Murray Bridge aged care nurse and family facing deportation despite worker shortage in sector
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https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/anmf-cautions-against-hasty-removal-of-covid-safety-measures/
Headline: ANMF Cautions Against Hasty Removal of Covid Safety Measures
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-01/nurses-and-midwives-strike-over-staffing-concerns/101394304
Headline: NSW nurses and midwives go on third strike, call for increased staff levels
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Headline: ‘Make ratios law, or we’re walking out the door’: Nurses and midwives go on strike for third time this year
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Headline: NSW Nurses And Midwives Strike For 24-Hours Over Staffing Ratios
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Manchete: CONDENAÇÃO: Tribunal Permanente dos Povos condena Presidente Bolsonaro por crimes contra a humanidade cometidos durante a pandemia da covid-19
Headline: CONDEMNATION: Permanent People’s Court condemns President Bolsonaro for crimes against humanity committed during the covid-19 pandemic
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Manchete: Tribunal Permanente dos Povos fará leitura da sentença sobre ações de Bolsonaro
Headline: People’s Permanent Court will read the sentence on Bolsonaro’s actions
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Headline: ‘Being a nurse is not easy these days’: Lindsay hospital nurse punched in chest by aggressive patient
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https://www.thestar.com/nd/opinion/editorials/2022/09/02/dam-is-bursting-on-nursing-shortage.html
Headline: Dam is bursting on nursing shortage
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Headline: Nurses’ union president says NS not in healthcare crisis
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https://huddle.today/2022/08/29/private-health-care-a-worry-says-union-president/
Headline: Private Health Care A ‘Worry’, Says Union President
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Titre: Partir ou s’épuiser, le dilemme des infirmières auxiliaires
Headline: Leave or burn out, the dilemma of practical nurses
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https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1908346/infirmiere-fiq-revendications-elections-2022
Titre: La FIQ demande une loi sur des ratios professionnelles en soins/patients
Headline: The FIQ calls for a law on healthcare professional/patient ratios
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https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/749964/la-fiq-reclame-une-loi-sur-les-ratios-securitaires
Titre: La FIQ réclame une loi sur les ratios sécuritaires
Headline: The FIQ calls for a law on safety ratios
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Headline: FIQ nurses’ union demands parties commit to law on patient ratios
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nurses-union-responds-to-horizon-1.6565630
Headline: N.B. Nurses Union objects to Horizon’s claim that vacations caused shortage
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Headline: Why should you care about Saskatchewan’s nursing shortage crisis?
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Headline: ‘Abandoned by this government’: Nurses disillusioned by provincial leadership
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Titular: Enfermeras paralizan labores en hospital de Tamboril
Headline: Nurses strike at Tamboril hospital
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https://www.diariosalud.do/noticias/personal-salud-hospital-de-samana-concilia-con-autoridades/
Titular: Personal salud Hospital de Samaná concilia con autoridades
Headline: Samaná Hospital health personnel reconcile with authorities
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Headline: INMO warns of impending ‘bleak winter’ at overcrowded hospitals
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40951955.html
Headline: INMO warns of a ‘bleak winter ahead’ as 10,000 patients spent time on trolleys during August
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https://www.radiokerry.ie/news/worst-august-on-record-for-overcrowding-at-uhk-295228
Headline: Worst August on record for overcrowding at UHK
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Headline: INMO advises its members to accept 6.5% pay increase
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Titolo: Mancano gli infermieri, il Nursind: “Ancora in stato di agitazione”
Headline: There are no nurses, the Nursind: “Still in a state of agitation”
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Titolo: SOS Infermieri: assunzioni insufficienti. NurSind AslTO4 pronto allo sciopero
Headline: SOS Nurses: insufficient recruitment. NurSind AslTO4 ready to strike
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Titolo: Gravi carenze del 118 in città, Nursind scrive a Razza: “Incrementare mezzi e personale”
Headline: Serious shortcomings of 118 in the city, Nursind writes to Razza: “Increase means and personnel”
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Titolo: Nursind Piemonte: “Pronto soccorso torinesi in tilt. Così aumentano le aggressioni agli operatori”
Headline: Nursind Piemonte: “Turin emergency room on tilt. This is how attacks on operators increase ”
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https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/08/29/primary-health-care-nurses-rally-around-new-zealand/
Headline: Primary health care nurses rally around New Zealand
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Headline: Tauranga primary health nurses feel underpaid and ‘significantly undervalued’
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https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/students-put-suicide-watch-short-staffed-hospital
Headline: Students put on suicide watch at short-staffed hospital
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https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1657211/health-workers-benefits-still-unpaid
Headline: Health workers’ benefits still unpaid
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https://manilastandard.net/news/314257116/ahw-give-our-benefits-first-before-pay-increase.html
Headline: AHW: Give our benefits first before pay increase
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https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/02/22/doh-health-workers-covid-benefits-out-soon
Headline: DOH assures health workers of release of COVID-19 benefits soon
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https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/29/22/govt-urged-to-treat-laborers-as-heroes
Headline: Gov’t urged on Heroes Day: Address plight of laborers, treat them as ‘heroes’
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https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2022/09/03/2206971/editorial-stopping-nursing-exodus
Headline: EDITORIAL – Stopping the nursing exodus
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Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses considera “lógica” demissão da ministra da Saúde
Headline: Portuguese Nurses Union considers Health Minister’s resignation “logical”
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Manchete: SEP: os enfermeiros cuidam da população mas precisam que cuidem deles
Headline: SEP: nurses take care of the population but they need to be taken care of
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Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros diz que saída de Marta Temido não é “tão surpreendente assim”
Headline: Nurses Union says Marta Temido’s departure is “not that surprising”
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Manchete: Enfermeiros do Médio Tejo contestam agravamento das condições de trabalho
Headline: Middle Tagus nurses contest worsening working conditions
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Headline: Dirty linen, lack of nutritious foods and poor management – Kalafong Hospital nurse is fed-up
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Headline: Three public service unions reject govt’s ‘last chance’ 3% wage offer
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https://elfarodeceuta.es/satse-buscar-formula-enfermeras-escolares/
Titular: Satse insta a los políticos a buscar la fórmula para tener enfermeras escolares
Headline: Satse urges politicians to find the formula to have school nurses
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Titular: Satse pide a la Junta que mantenga en los centros educativos a los enfermeros contratados en pandemia
Headline: Satse asks the Board to keep nurses hired during the pandemic in educational centers
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Titular: El Sindicato de Enfermería supera por primera vez los 130.000 afiliados
Headline: Nursing Union exceeds 130,000 members for the first time
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Headline: Exclusive: RCN leader makes the case for nurse strikes
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Headline: Increasing public support for nurse strike action, poll reveals
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Headline: Nursing vacancies up 21% in year as Royal College of Nursing says strikes for fair pay are the answer
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https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/number-of-unfilled-nurse-jobs-jumps-by-over-8000-in-just-a-year/
Headline: Number of unfilled nurse jobs jumps by over 8,000 in just a year
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https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/upcoming-strikes-across-country-workers-24894839
Headline: The upcoming strikes across the country as workers battle soaring costs
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Headline: 15,000 Minnesota nurses to strike for three days starting Sept. 12
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Headline: VA nurses in Atlanta demand fixes for ongoing patient-safety concerns
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Headline: ‘We’re actually bleeding nurses’: Augusta VA nurses say work conditions unsustainable
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https://www.wxyz.com/news/thousands-of-university-of-michigan-nurses-to-vote-on-potential-strike
Headline: Thousands of University of Michigan nurses to vote on potential strike
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Headline: Here’s what you missed from the University of Michigan this summer
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Headline: Public opinion battle waged ahead of possible September nurse strike in Minnesota
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Headline: “There’s an uneasiness:” Minneapolis health care workers concerned for their safety
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https://www.workers.org/2022/08/66394/
Headline: On the picket line
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Headline: Thousands of Minnesota nurses ready to strike for safe staffing and respect
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https://aflcio.org/2022/8/26/defeating-union-busters-worker-wins
Headline: Defeating Union-Busters: Worker Wins
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https://www.ocregister.com/2022/08/26/kaiser-nurses-will-picket-over-short-staffing-safety-concerns/
Headline: Kaiser nurses to picket over short staffing, safety concerns
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Headline: Wage hikes for some workers, not others
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Headline: Appeals court strikes down bid to reinstate OSHA COVID-19 protection standard
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https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2022/08/30/good-morning-brooklyn-tuesday-august-30-2022/
Headline: Rally to Urge Safe Staffing at Brooklyn VA Center
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https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/minnesota-nurse-kicked-in-abdomen-in-31st-week-of-pregnancy/
Headline: Minnesota nurse kicked in abdomen in 31st week of pregnancy
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https://www.thestand.org/2022/08/082922-news/
Headline: Strike continues in Kent | Homegrown drivers win | Rail workers’ options
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Headline: Security guards at Abbott Northwestern Hospital exchange gunfire with suspect
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Headline: North Memorial Health responds to claims of discrimination and harassment during nurses union meeting
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Headline: Kaiser nurses in Santa Rosa to hold ‘informational picket’ to highlight staffing shortages
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https://www.al.com/business/2022/08/va-nurses-in-tuscaloosa-to-picket-for-work-concerns.html
Headline: VA nurses in Tuscaloosa to picket for work concerns
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Headline: Brooklyn VA nurses, veterans plan rally to protest staffing shortage after PACT Act
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Headline: The Federal Reserve Is Wrong: Corporations Should Pay to Stop Inflation, Not Workers
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Headline: Minnesota Nurses give 10-day notice of strikes at Twin Cities, Duluth hospitals
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https://www.twincities.com/2022/09/01/mn-nurses-strike-association-minneapolis-st-paul-duluth/
Headline: Minnesota nurses to strike for three days starting Sept. 12
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Headline: 15,000 Minnesota nurses to strike for three days starting Sept. 12
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https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-nurses-association-announces-historic-strike-of-15k-nurses
Headline: Minnesota Nurses Association announces historic strike of 15,000 nurses
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Headline: MNA files intent to strike; 15,000 nurses could walk off job
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Headline: With strike threat looming, nurses to announce ‘next steps’ in contract negotiations
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https://alleynews.org/2022/09/nurses-putting-patients-before-profits/
Headline: Nurses Putting Patients Before Profits
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Headline: Nurses strike date could be announced Thursday
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Headline: ‘We’re actually bleeding nurses’: Augusta VA nurses say work conditions unsustainable
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Headline: VA Nurses Protest Staffing Shortages They Say Pose Risks to Patient Safety
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Headline: ‘They are looking for other ways to keep workers from leaving their jobs’: Training repayment agreements are the latest corporate battleground in a tight labor market.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/kaiser-nurses-picket-across-state/
Headline: Kaiser nurses picket across state for better health safety, short staffing
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Headline: 22,000 Kaiser nurses picket over equipment and staffing shortages
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Headline: Kaiser nurses pick up statewide for better health and safety, short staffing
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-nurses-strike-mary-turner-hospitals/
Headline: Minnesota nurses to strike as they demand better work conditions
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Headline: 15,000 Minnesota nurses to walk off job in historic strike over wages and staffing levels
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Headline: Minnesota nurses to strike for 3 days at 15 hospitals
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Headline: Minnesota Nurses Association announces 3-day strike — largest in U.S. history
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https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Minnesota-nurses-union-gives-notice-of-strike-17412659.php
Headline: Minnesota nurses’ union gives notice of strike plans
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https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hr/15-000-minnesota-nurses-plan-strike.html
Headline: 15,000 Minnesota nurses plan strike
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https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2022/09/01/nurses-twin-cities-duluth-strike.html
Headline: Nurses at Allina, Fairview, Essentia and other hospitals say they’ll strike Sept. 12
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https://www.wrdw.com/2022/09/01/va-nurses-protest-safer-workplace-conditions/
Headline: VA nurses protest for safer workplace conditions
