‘Ascension Hospital…is making a mockery of the Church doctrine’: Baltimore Catholic nurses picket Bishops for fair contract

'We are here to show solidarity with St. Agnes [nurses] and let the Bishops know that the Ascension Hospital chain is making a mockery of the Church doctrine in Baltimore. I have witnessed firsthand how Ascension focuses on profits over patient care.'

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New Jersey Nurses Two Months into Strike for Safe Staffing

There ought to be nine nurses on the day shift at 9 Tower, a trauma surgery unit inside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Instead, some days there are just three. “Sometimes I’d look at a patient’s face and know that I won’t be able to maybe help feed them when they need to be fed,” said nurse Sophia Moccio, “or clean them when they need to be cleaned. It is distressing, and depressing for us.” Staffing levels this bad are a major reason why she and 1,700 of her co-workers at RWJUH have been on strike since August 4.

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Nurses winning the optics game at the #MNLeg. The #KeepingNurses At the Bedside Act crossed another hurdle in the Senate this morning. #Minnesota #Nurses #MNA #SafeStaffing #SafeStaffingSavesLives #1u

Our #NHS is one of our greatest achievements, yet it has been systematically undermined for decades by successive governments. These striking nurses from ⁦@theRCN⁩ #RCNStrike will be silent no more. They need #SafeStaffing for patients. #FairPayForNursing

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreenPartyScott/status/1615646644023721988

Scott 💚 London (@GreenPartyScott)

Our #NHS is one of our greatest achievements, yet it has been systematically undermined for decades by successive governments. These striking nurses from ⁦@theRCN⁩ #RCNStrike will be silent no more. They need #SafeStaffing for patients. #FairPayForNursing

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These ⁦@theRCN⁩ nurses have been pushed to breaking point and as a last resort are striking for #PatientSafety #SafeStaffing and #FairPayForNursing. “To save lives, we need to live.” #RCNStrike. #InvestInOurNHS #Solidarity

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreenPartyScott/status/1615649870957711361

Scott 💚 London (@GreenPartyScott)

These ⁦@theRCN⁩ nurses have been pushed to breaking point and as a last resort are striking for #PatientSafety #SafeStaffing and #FairPayForNursing. “To save lives, we need to live.” #RCNStrike. #InvestInOurNHS #Solidarity

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Salaria Kea, the black American #nurse who battled segregation and fought for #SafeStaffing at home and then — recognizing how fascism at home and abroad were connected — travelled to Spain to fight against the fascists there:

https://twitter.com/CalNurses/status/1614766755984936961

#NoPasaran #SolidarityForever #MLKDay #MLKDay2023 #MedMastodon

California Nurses on Twitter

“Nurses are inspired by the legacy of Salaria Kea, who desegregated the cafeteria at her nursing school, was an early author on unsafe staffing, & traveled overseas to fight fascism. She helped build our profession and set the groundwork for our continued struggle for justice. ✊”

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I join millions in calling on the UK Government to address the #NHScrisis.

Rishi Sunak Steven Barclay - it's time for urgent action on fair pay & safe staffing for our #NHS healthcare workers!

#fairpay #safestaffing #PutNHSPayRight #noxp

@scullingmonkey Honestly, the #NHS just needs to look at the US crisis to see that in action--you can have all the beds in the world, but if you don't have a #nurse who feels there is #safestaffing your staff will leave.
Interesting profile @mysafestaffing focussing on #safestaffing in the #NHS. Calling #UK #nurses - who work in hospitals to help them with their data platform https://www.mysafestaffing.uk/signup
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