National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 12, 2020 at 3:07 PM

Don’t miss our virtual candlelight vigil TONIGHT

Don’t miss this opportunity to join our community to mourn nurses we’ve lost and honor those still fighting on the frontlines. RSVP now to join us tonight, May 12, at 6:30pm PT/9:30pm ET, and we’ll send you the link to join as soon as we’re live. Tonight, we are coming together to honor the …

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 10, 2020 at 10:06 PM

Not one registered nurse has died in Canada

While at least 91 nurses have died in the United States from COVID-19 – not one RN has died from COVID-19 in Canada. Join us tomorrow to discuss why and what we can learn as nurses. It didn't need to be this way.  While at least 91 nurses have died in the United States due to insufficient PP…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 9, 2020 at 7:26 PM

RSVP now for our candlelight vigil to honor fallen nurses

Stand in solidarity with nurses this Tuesday, May 12th, at 6:30pm PT/9:30pm ET for a candlelight vigil honoring those who have passed. Every year there’s a special week dedicated to nurses. Nearly one hundred nurses in the United States have died so far from COVID-19. To honor our colleagues …

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 7, 2020 at 4:44 PM

ATTN: Nurses stood outside the White House

This morning, nurses stood in front of the White House alongside 88 pairs of shoes representing the 88 nurses who have died from treating COVID-19 patients. They are honored those who have lost their lives, and fought to protect nurses still on the front line of this pandemic. This morning, n…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 5, 2020 at 9:55 PM

We’re blown away

We generated 626 calls on Friday to the American Hospital Association on Friday and held 139 actions at workplaces across the country – and we’re just getting started. We're blown away.  Together, we generated 626 calls on Friday to the American Hospital Association, demanding they do more to…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

May 5, 2020 at 7:31 PM

Upcoming: Talking Points Call

Hi Friend, The Nurses’ Medicare for All campaign is re-launching all new Talking Points Training calls this month. We will be going over the latest in the Fight to WIN Medicare for All as well as how our campaign relates to COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that is sweeping our nation.  On thes…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 5, 2020 at 1:46 AM

The lady with the hammer

To kick off Nurses Week, we’re hosting a live art show this Wednesday, May 6 at 5:30 PM PT/8:30PM ET. Every year there’s a special week dedicated to nurses. Nurses Week begins on May 6 and culminates on May 12 in honor of Florence Nightingale's birthday – considered by some to be the founder o…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 1, 2020 at 8:15 PM

Stand with nurses this May Day

In honor of May Day, nurses are taking action at hundreds of workplaces across the country to demand the protections we need to stay safe during this pandemic. Today is International Workers’ Day – otherwise known as May Day. It’s a worldwide celebration of labor rights, and a call to action …

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 30, 2020 at 10:55 PM

If Congress doesn’t act, more nurses will be at risk

Calling on our senators to act is how we are going to finally get the PPE from this administration that nurses so desperately need. The latest COVID-19 relief bill is being finalized next week, with the Senate coming back to D.C. in just four days. We need to make sure personal protective eq…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

April 29, 2020 at 9:41 PM

Share your thoughts

We’re getting ready to launch the next phase of our Medicare for All campaign – but before we do, we need to hear from you. Our current heath care system isn’t built to deal with an emergency of this scale. Too many people simply don’t have health care; our hospitals don’t have the equipment …

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 28, 2020 at 10:39 PM

Heartbroken and angry

These nurses are more than statistics; they have families, colleagues, and patients who love them and who are grieving their loss. 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 t…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 22, 2020 at 9:25 PM

Yesterday at the White House

Nurses are in danger every single day, and the White House has refused to act. That’s why we’re calling on Congress to urgently step in – and we need your help. Standing six feet apart, a group of NNU union nurses gathered in front of the White House yesterday. They bravely stood their ground…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

April 21, 2020 at 11:31 PM

Immoral and unforgivable

The COVID-19 crisis is a stark reminder why we must end our employer-based health care system and enact Medicare for All now. Will you sign our urgent petition if you agree that health care should not be dictated by employment? The same day that Phyllis Davis was laid off, her employer cut of…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 20, 2020 at 7:13 PM

Nurses are meeting with U.S. senators TODAY

We are asking you to call your senators because the only way nurses are going to get the protections they need is if Congress takes action NOW. Right now, nurses around the country are virtually meeting with senators to lobby for protection for ourselves and our fellow health care workers. Af…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 19, 2020 at 7:36 PM

Join us for an important update on the COVID-19 crisis

Join us for a live update tomorrow where we’ll provide vital information, answer your questions, and share how we’re working to protect nurses and their patients. Yesterday, the U.S. surpassed 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, it’s critical that we hear from nu…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 17, 2020 at 12:52 AM

Honoring our nurses

We need your help to share the video of our virtual vigil so Senators have no choice but to see it on their Twitter feed. The more support we have from constituents like you, the more firepower we have to fight for our nurses on the front line. In the midst of this crisis, nurses have sacri…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

April 15, 2020 at 12:41 AM

What happened to the “surge capacity”?

It’s no coincidence that most hospitals are vastly unprepared and lacking “surge capacity” for moments of crisis like this one. It’s the way our system was designed, and it’s up to us to change it. Right now, there’s a dire shortage of medical supplies across the country including personal p…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 10, 2020 at 10:55 PM

Dear nurses

Sign our thank you card to express your immense gratitude for frontline nurses and health care workers who are saving lives and battling COVID-19. It’s been heartening to see all the ways that people around the world are showing their gratitude for frontline health care workers during this p…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 9, 2020 at 6:44 PM

Our nurses deserve better

Trump can use the full power of the Defense Production Act to ramp up production and rush supplies to nurses on the front lines of COVID-19. But so far he has refused. We can’t wait any longer. It’s been three weeks since Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to order General Motors to prod…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

April 5, 2020 at 9:05 PM

Tomorrow: Nurses COVID-19 live update

Join us for a live update tomorrow where we’ll provide vital information, answer your questions, and share how we’re working to protect nurses and their patients. As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, it’s critical that we hear from nurses directly and share important information with one another d…

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  Deborah Burger, Zenei Cortez, and Jean Ross · [email protected]

April 1, 2020 at 9:55 PM

We cannot delay any further

Tell the White House that we cannot delay any further — invoke the Defense Production Act and get PPE to nurses NOW. As politicians grandstand on television, promising time and again that proper personal protective equipment (PPE) is on the way, there is one question on far too many nurses’ m…

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  Bonnie Castillo, RN · [email protected]

March 31, 2020 at 12:25 AM

Disciplined for trying to protect patients from COVID-19

We need your help to send an urgent message to the American Hospital Association right now: Demand that all AHA member hospitals stop threatening nurses for fighting for the PPE we so desperately need. Disciplined for just trying to protect patients from COVID-19. It’s unthinkable. Outrageous…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

March 27, 2020 at 5:56 PM

How to help nurses fight COVID-19

We’ve set an ambitious goal of texting every nurse in the country, as quickly as possible, to offer our solidarity and support. We know that in our battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, our foot soldiers are the nurses and health care workers who are risking their lives to keep others health…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

March 26, 2020 at 12:46 AM

If nurses aren't safe, we're not safe

The lack of personal protective equipment – especially N95 face masks – is putting our nurses, frontline health care workers, and patients at extreme risk. The number of COVID-19 cases is increasing rapidly, and we’re already seeing the massive strains on our health care system. In Atlanta, i…

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  Deborah Burger, Zenei Cortez, and Jean Ross · [email protected]

March 24, 2020 at 1:48 PM

Sent to battle with no armor

The most important thing you can do right now is make a call to Congress. Ask your representative to demand that H.R. 6139, the COVID-19 Worker Protection Act of 2020, be included in the next COVID-19 omnibus bill and vote YES on the House floor. Right now, hospitals are asking nurses to batt…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

March 22, 2020 at 10:44 PM

Dire shortage of masks

The lack of personal protective equipment – especially N95 face masks – is putting our nurses, frontline health care workers, and patients at extreme risk. This is dire. Due to a national shortage of face masks, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) downgraded its guidelines and is now recomm…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

March 19, 2020 at 6:44 PM

Health care workers need our support

Nurses across the country report that they are not receiving the proper staffing, personal protective equipment, training, or isolation rooms they need to safely care for COVID-19 patients. Nurses across the country report that they are not receiving the proper staffing, personal protective e…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

March 18, 2020 at 10:02 PM

Stand with Nurses and Call Congress

The most important thing you can do right now is make a call to Congress. Ask your representative to demand that H.R. 6139, the COVID-19 Worker Protection Act of 2020, be included in the next COVID-19 omnibus bill and vote YES on the House floor. While we’re in a time of crisis, it’s crucial …

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 12:38 AM

CORRECTION: [Wednesday] Join our Emergency Strategy Call

NNU is doing everything in our power to protect all nurses during this crisis. On our emergency call this Wednesday night, we’ll talk more about our efforts and how you can help support. Before you start reading, we want to make sure you join our emergency call this Wednesday. Click …

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 12:28 AM

[Tomorrow] Join our Emergency Strategy Call

NNU is doing everything in our power to protect all nurses during this crisis. On our emergency call this Wednesday night, we’ll talk more about our efforts and how you can help support. Before you start reading, we want to make sure you join our emergency call this Wednesday. Click …

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

March 13, 2020 at 10:01 PM

Change of plans

Without in-person events, it will take a HUGE digital push to reach our goal of 50,000 signatures. As you may have seen from our email yesterday, we decided to postpone our in-person Week of Action scheduled for early next month in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  While this sets us back, we …

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

March 12, 2020 at 4:08 PM

A message regarding coronavirus

A few weeks ago, we announced our huge Patients Over Profits campaign, including a massive national Week of Action from April 6-10th. But after much deliberation among our team, we’ve decided to postpone these events in light of the COVID-19 crisis. A few weeks ago, we announced our huge Pat…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

March 10, 2020 at 10:50 PM

Our message to any politician who accepts $ from pharma and insurance lobbyists

It’s time for our politicians to choose a side. Being a champion for comprehensive health care reform means rejecting dirty money from lobbying groups like the PAHCF. As the spread of the coronavirus shows now more than ever, there is so much at stake if we don’t fix our broken health care s…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

March 6, 2020 at 11:19 PM

CDC must take action against the coronavirus

We’re calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure that all health care workers, in addition to patients, receive the highest level of protection from coronavirus. We’re in the midst of a public health crisis. The coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading across the glo…

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  Phil Kim, Nurses for Bernie · [email protected]

March 4, 2020 at 7:10 PM

Super Tuesday update

While millions of votes have yet to be counted, we know that Medicare for All is winning. We’ve been anxiously watching the results trickle in, and while millions of votes have yet to be counted, yesterday’s results show that Medicare for All is winning.  Exit polls from 11 states all found …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

February 28, 2020 at 10:57 PM

Join Rep. Rashida Tlaib this Wed!

Hi Friend, We’re thrilled to announce that U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) will join our webinar this Wed, March 4 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m PT – right after Super Tuesday – to help us plan to keep up the momentum for Medicare for All in a post-primary push for resolutions. Exit polls from the ear…

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  Cokie Giles & Matt Mellott · [email protected]

February 28, 2020 at 10:21 PM

This Tuesday could tip the scale for Medicare for All

Super Tuesday is going to be a major test for our movement and with so much on the line – we must do everything we can from now until Tuesday to reach as many voters as possible about why we need Medicare for All. Super Tuesday is in less than 4 days. This is going to be a major test for our m…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

February 27, 2020 at 10:18 PM

Huge milestone

Exactly one year ago today, Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced H.R. 1384 on the House floor. In honor of this anniversary, will you call your member of Congress today? Today is an exciting anniversary. Exactly one year ago, Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced H.R. 1384, The Medicare for All Act of 20…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

February 26, 2020 at 10:31 PM

Our politicians must choose a side

Did you see these commercials during the debate? Dirty pharma and insurance money is corrupting our political system and blocking the single-payer health care system we need. Did you see these commercials during the debate? During last night’s Democratic Primary debate while progressive champi…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

February 26, 2020 at 12:11 AM

Break the stream of misinformation

Over 68,000 lives and $450 billion would be saved under Medicare for All per year. Look what we could be saving with Medicare for All. A new study from Yale University found that over 68,000 lives and $450 billion would be saved under Medicare for All per year. Opponents of the plan are laser…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

February 24, 2020 at 11:50 PM

Do you want to do more this election season?

Have you thought about getting more involved but were nervous about where to begin, then this meeting is for you: We know that knocking on doors or making phone calls can feel intimidating — as if the only way to make an impact is by being a policy nerd with a politics degree. But the truth…

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  Phil Kim, Nurses for Bernie · [email protected]

February 23, 2020 at 1:28 AM

BREAKING: Bernie just won Nevada

Now more than ever, we need to keep this momentum alive. The South Carolina primary is in seven days, and Super Tuesday is only three days after that. Breaking News: Bernie Sanders just won the Nevada caucuses in a landslide. This is yet another massive victory — not just for Bernie, but fo…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

February 20, 2020 at 10:31 PM

Some good news and some not good news

Did you see last night’s debate? It was the corporate health care industry’s worst nightmare. Did you see last night’s debate? It was the corporate health care industry’s worst nightmare.  Opponents of Medicare for All rolled out the same tired attacks that they always do and failed to conne…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

February 19, 2020 at 7:41 PM

All hands on deck

A resolution to denounce and oppose Medicare for All was just introduced in the Arizona Legislature. And we have reason to believe that it was hand-written by insurance industry lobbyists. We need all hands on deck. A resolution to denounce and oppose Medicare for All was just introduced in th…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

February 18, 2020 at 10:58 PM

Barrier to entry

If you’ve been thinking about getting more involved but were nervous about the bar being too high, this request is for you: Hope you had a good long weekend. “Volunteer work” often feels like there’s this huge barrier to entry in front of it — as if the only way to make an impact is by bein…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

February 14, 2020 at 11:21 PM

The next phase

For decades, insurance and health care behemoths have bled working families dry in the endless pursuit of money. And they maintain that system by lining Congress’ pockets with hundreds of millions of dollars every election cycle. If you missed the national call on Wednesday night, we have a pr…

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  Phil Kim, Nurses for Bernie · [email protected]

February 12, 2020 at 4:28 AM

Bernie just won New Hampshire

We proved that our entire theory of change — that building grassroots power and talking to working families face to face — is an effective way to overcome the big money ads our opponents are running. Bernie Sanders just won New Hampshire. I repeat…Bernie. Sanders. Just. Won. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Thi…

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  Alexandra Rojas · [email protected]

February 11, 2020 at 11:49 PM

Can’t wait to talk to you tomorrow

In recent years, we’ve seen explosive support all across the country calling for an end to this broken, corrupt system. The people are saying — loudly and clearly — that we want Medicare for All. And in order to win it, we’ll need to take the fight to corporate health care’s doorstep. I’m Alex…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

February 10, 2020 at 10:02 PM

Next phase update

As you probably know, we’re holding a huge National Strategy Call this Wednesday to announce the next phase of our fight to win Medicare for All. Happy Monday. I have a real quick update for you.As you probably know, we’re holding a huge National Strategy Call THIS Wednesday to announce the n…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

February 8, 2020 at 3:58 AM

The debate just ended...

I’ll never get tired of sending these late-night emails, because once again, Medicare for All was the biggest and earliest focus of tonight’s debate. I’ll never get tired of sending these late-night emails, because once again, Medicare for All was the biggest and earliest focus of tonight’s …

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