National Nurses United
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National Nurses United -- with more than 150,000 members from across the country—is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in America.
Founded in December 2009, NNU brought together the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
, United American Nurses
, and Massachusetts Nurses Association.} Its purpose is to give registered nurses a national voice and organizing power.
NNU’s co-presidents are Deborah Burger, RN, Karen Higgins, RN, and Jean Ross, RN.
They have held numerous protests, including one in front of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and another on Wall Street
.
The executive direct for the national organization, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO
, is long-time labor leader Rose Ann DeMoro, who had headed the 60,000 member California Nurses Association.
Within its first year, NNU achieved many accomplishments, including oorganizing more than 8,000 registered nurses in Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, Texas and Washington, D.C.
In 2011, NNU launched a campaign called the Main Street Contract for the American People. The national organization is working to create a movement – through demonstrations and legislative bills—that helps working-class people who are struggling during hard economic times. The campaign goal is to reclaim an economy with good jobs at living wages, healthcare for all, quality education, good housing, protection from hunger, a safe environment, and a secure retirement for everyone.
NNU supports a Wall Street tax on financial transactions, which the organization says could raise at least $350 billion a year.
Founded in December 2009, NNU brought together the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee , is a labor union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States. CNA/NNOC has a four-member Council of Presidents, currently including Deborah Burger, RN; Zenei Cortez, RN; DeAnn McEwen, RN; and Malinda...
, United American Nurses
United American Nurses
United American Nurses was an American union affiliated with the AFL-CIO.Founded in 1999, it only represented registered nurses...
, and Massachusetts Nurses Association.} Its purpose is to give registered nurses a national voice and organizing power.
NNU’s co-presidents are Deborah Burger, RN, Karen Higgins, RN, and Jean Ross, RN.
They have held numerous protests, including one in front of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and another on Wall Street
Wall Street
Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
.
The executive direct for the national organization, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...
, is long-time labor leader Rose Ann DeMoro, who had headed the 60,000 member California Nurses Association.
Within its first year, NNU achieved many accomplishments, including oorganizing more than 8,000 registered nurses in Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, Texas and Washington, D.C.
In 2011, NNU launched a campaign called the Main Street Contract for the American People. The national organization is working to create a movement – through demonstrations and legislative bills—that helps working-class people who are struggling during hard economic times. The campaign goal is to reclaim an economy with good jobs at living wages, healthcare for all, quality education, good housing, protection from hunger, a safe environment, and a secure retirement for everyone.
NNU supports a Wall Street tax on financial transactions, which the organization says could raise at least $350 billion a year.