[1]National Nurses United



Too many nurses have lost their lives during the COVID-19 crisis. These
nurses are more than statistics; they have families, colleagues, and
patients who love them and who are grieving their loss. 

Today is Workers’ Memorial Day, and we intend to make sure that they are
remembered, and that their families know that we are with them – and that
we are fighting to make sure all health care workers have the equipment
and safe workplaces they need. 

That’s why we’re compiling a virtual memorial to honor the nurses who have
died while fighting this virus. Together, we can ensure not one of them is
forgotten — and fight like hell to make sure that no more nurses die from
the continued lack of adequate PPE and proper infection control
practices. 

[ [link removed] ]Please take a few moments to honor the nurses we’ve lost by reading
their stories and seeing their faces in our virtual memorial. If you have
a story, reflection, or memory you’d like to share of a nurse we have lost
in this moment, please add it as well.

Honor our fallen nurses »

We are heartbroken by these deaths. We are also angry, and we
recognize our collective power and responsibility to act. As union
activist Mother Jones said, we must “pray for the dead and fight like hell
for the living.” 

Nurses did not sign up to sacrifice their lives, but they are in danger
every single day that the White House refuses to take action to increase
production of the PPE required to protect nurses from this virus while on
the job. It’s immoral to ask nurses to treat patients without necessary
protection. Every day that action is not taken, more nurses die. That’s
why we’re calling on Congress to urgently step in to force President Trump
to use the Defense Production Act as well as mandate OSHA to issue an
emergency temporary standard. 

We need Congress to do their jobs and protect nurses so we don’t have to
mourn any more nurse deaths. It is in their power to fix this dire
shortage of PPE and we will not let up until they act. 

[ [link removed] ]Let’s take a moment to remember these nurses and redouble our efforts
to get nurses the PPE they need to stay safe while they save lives and
treat their patients.

With heavy hearts, 

National Nurses United



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