National Nurses United of the National Capital Region
Blog links
Contract agreement reached and voted upon!
- Washington Business Journal: Nurses union ratifies contract
- Washington Post: Washington Hospital Center nurses ratify contract
- May 4 Washington Business Journal: Washington Hospital Center, nurses strike deal
General nurse related information
- DC Nurses and the Fight for Health Care
- AFL-CIO (DC Metro Council) meeting 4/25/11 : WHC management disrupts Union meeting
- Florida Medical Center RNs Vote by 80 Percent to Join NNOC-Florida
- St Vincent Hospital: It’s about safe patient care
- Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) questions Wisconsin Governor Walker on subject of union rights
- Hibbing RNs to take Strike Vote on April 15
- Washington Business Journal: Washington Hospital Center nurses may strike again
- Boston.com: Tufts nurses protest over hospital staffing
March 4 one day strike You Tube:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsK6SZegIiM
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usjW74amyPA
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRi0NRbdhG8
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVq3Byx002Y
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swPJD-fj_LE
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4M7MlzKI-g
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dfN2Jx0ePI
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JotEaERkvQ
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdb2CG17Ff4
March 4 one day strike:
- The Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin on Sirius/XM Radio with Sarah Zuercher, RN (Mp3 audio file)
- Washington Post: Nurses' strike cost Washington Hospital Center $6 million
- View one day strike photos on our Flickr page
- Daily Labor Report: RNs Conduct One-Day Strike Despite Plan By Washington Hospital for Five-Day Lockout
- You Tube video -speech at rally
- Press TV: Nurses go on strike in Washington
- Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich, D-OH, at WHC strike rally on March 4, 2011
- Washington Post video of Strike
- NNU media advisory: Big Turnout on Picket line by Washington Hosp Center RNs
- Washington Post video
- Labor Notes: Citing Unstable Staffing, D.C. Nurses Strike
- Washington City paper: Nurses at Washington Hospital Center today took to Irving Street NW,
- Video of Dennis Kucinich speaking at our DC rally 3/4/11
- Washington Post: Nurses on Strike 3/5/11
General news about NNU activities:
- WAMU: Nurses go on strike
- NNU press release 3/3/11: Washington Hospital Center RNs to Strike Friday 3/4
- ABC-TV linking the struggle in Wisconsin to the impending strike at Washington Hospital Center
- ecosquared.worldpress.com: WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER UPDATE: NURSES TO WALKOUT
- NBC news Washington: D.C. Nurses Vote to Strike
- AFL-CIO Blog: Trumka to Join Washington Hospital Center Strikers
- DC City Council supports NNU Read the 2-24-11 Media Advisory
- AFL=CIO: Nurses Prepare for 3/4/11 strike
- AFL-CIO : NNU And Teamsters 639 Win Golden Picket Award
- Becker’s Hospital Review: Nurses at D.C.'s Washington Hospital Center to Strike March 4
- Washington Examiner, February 23, 2011: Nurses at DC hospital to hold strike March 4
- NNU Media advisory 2/22/11
- Washington Business Journal, February 22, 2011:Hospital nurses set strike for March 4
- Washington Post, 02/22/2011 : Wash. Hospital nurses set strike date
- Washington Examiner 2/16/11
- AFL- CIO blog 2/16/11
- Washington Business Journal 2/16/11
- Washington Post article on the One Day strike vote
- Central Florida RNs Vote by 68% to Join Largest Nurses Union
- Florida RNs Vote by 92% to Join Nation's Largest Nurses Union for Stronger Voice for Patients, RNs
- New York Times: Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals
- Sparrow nurses ratify contract; strike averted
- Temple News: Nurses’ union responds to violent cases against staff -November 29, 2010
- Washington Post 11/22/2010: Growing National Nurses United union steps up strikes in aggressive new strategy
- AFL/CIO:Washington Hospital Center Agrees to Recognize Nurses Union
- Washington Post Coverage of one day strike vote