National Nurses United

J U LY | A U G U S T | S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 W W W . N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N A T I O N A L N U R S E 27 "It's great to learn what nurses all around the world are going through. We must change the politics of not just our own countries, but coop- erate across borders to change things. We need to work on building peace and fighting poverty around the world." —Shinobu Morita, RN, Japan Federation of Medical Workers' Unions "Climate change has impacted the entire world. It has changed how our seasons have been in Botswana. I think National Nurses United is playing a leading role [in addressing the climate crisis], and nurses around the world need to add their voice." —Obonolo Rahube, President, Botswana Nurses Association "I have learned so many things from here. I've seen that every country needs protection from climate change. We had the mudslides in our country due to climate change. People have cut trees. It's not good. It has affected us too much. When I return to Uganda, I will tell them to focus on climate change for a global movement." —Justus Cherop Kiplangat, President, Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union "The [Australian] government is trying to destroy unions...It is in the process of introducing an undemocratic law—the 'Ensuring Integrity Bill,' which gives the government the ability to deregister entire unions." —Brett Holmes, RN, General Secretary, New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association "Nurses' issues are the same: the patient ratios, working conditions in facilities. So it's very good to find out how the unions are developed in different countries, so we can exchange ideas and build up our solidarity." —Rince Joseph, President, United Nurses Association of India "The Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly was a great opportunity to verify what efforts and struggles nurses around the globe are making, to provide the best care and protect the rights of patients and nurses." —Sun Ja Na, President, Korean Health and Medical Workers Union "Filipino nurses share important and critical concerns with nurses around the world—the increasingly repressive tendencies of our governments when we assert our legitimate and just demands, health care privatization, deregulation, and liberalization that jeopardize people's health and general welfare." —Joselyn Santos-Andamo, Secretary-General, Filipino Nurses United

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