Over the last couple of months, we've been collecting signatures for our petition to the U.S. Congress to protect nurses and our patients during COVID-19. We were able to gather more than 500,000 signatures from supporters like you, and just delivered the signed petition to Congress! Thank you for standing with us in this fight to protect ourselves and our patients.

Now, we're keeping the pressure on and calling our senators to take immediate action on two things that will save nurses' and patients' lives: one, including the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard to protect frontline workers, and two, using the Defense Production Act to increase production and distribution of the PPE we desperately need in the next COVID-19 relief bill.

Will you take a couple of minutes now to call your senators and tell them to #ProtectNurses and our patients?

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Here's an example script you can use when you reach a staff member or a voicemail box (be sure to mention if you are a nurse or health care worker!):

"Hello, my name is ______ and I'm a constituent of yours from Washington. I'm calling to urge you to ensure that the next COVID-19 relief bill includes a mandate for two critical measures to protect nurses and other frontline health care workers, who are still not receiving the PPE they need to safely care for COVID-19 patients. First, we must have an OSHA emergency temporary standard to protect workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, we must enact the full use of the Defense Production Act to rapidly scale up domestic production of PPE as a part of creating a comprehensive, transparent medical supply chain system. Both of these priorities are included in the HEROES Act, and I urge you to ensure they are included in the fourth stimulus package negotiated in the Senate. Thank you."

It has now been months since the House passed the HEROES Act, but the Senate has yet to act. Passing this act would provide nurses and other health care workers with the PPE and workplace protections we need to protect our patients.

The coronavirus pandemic is only getting worse, and nurses and patients will be in even more danger the longer we work without these protections. We need to come together and keep up the pressure to force the Senate to act and get nurses and frontline health care workers the protections we should have had from the start.

It only takes a couple minutes to call. Can we count on you to make the call to your senators now?

Thank you for taking action,

National Nurses United