4 News Briefs
Minnesotans step up with PPE donations
5 | Maryland patients win charity care
reforms 6 | California nurses premiere educational
collaboration and film 7 | Nurses at two Tenet
hospitals win new contracts 8 | MarinHealth nurses
ratify new contract; Stanford Valleycare RNs ratify
their first contract; Northern Light Maine Coast
Hospital nurses approve a new contract
9 Don't call us heroes. Call for
safe COVID-19 protections.
Nurses signed up to care for patients, not put
themselves needlessly at risk.
By Bonnie Castillo, RN
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Battling a Pandemic
NNU nurses wage an unprecedented fight
to protect their patients, themselves from
COVID-19.
By Lucia Hwang
22 In the Trenches
When New York City surged with COVID-19 cases,
NNU RNs working at veterans facilities were
among hardest hit.
By Rachel Berger
26 Spreading Solidarity
NNU nurses around the world join to fight for
COVID-19 protections.
By Kari Jones
28 Not Without a Fight
NNU nurses have won COVID improvements
through their own collective power.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
34 Silence Kills
During COVID-19, employers have withheld
information about exposure risks from nurses.
By Kari Jones
36 Isolation Protocol
Without safe COVID-19 protections, nurses are
making the sacrifice of living separated from their
families.
By Kari Jones
38 In Memoriam
Honoring our NNU members who died
on the front lines of COVID-19
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