Trust me, nurses haven’t earned the title "most trusted profession" for seventeen years running by "playing cards" on our shifts. WA Sen. Maureen Walsh should be ashamed to use
#nurses
to score cheap political points like this.
#1U
#nurseslife
"The administration is trying to 'fix' the VA, but for who? They’re trying to fix it for
#BigPharma
, insurance companies, and a for-profit industry that doesn't put
#veterans
health care first." -
@AOC
at the Saving VA Healthcare Town Hall
#TheBronx
This endorsement is about more than just advancing one leader; it’s about advancing a grassroots movement for change.
It’s about “us” — the
#nurses
, the patients, the families, the communities that
@BernieSanders
is dedicated to uplifting.
#NotMeUs
We are proud of the nurses’ decision to endorse
@berniesanders
. He is dedicated to building a mass movement of everyday people to fight for social, economic and racial justice.
#nursesforbernie
#bernie2020
Today, nurses march in D.C.––and all over the country––with thousands of our allies to show the power of solidarity. ✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿
#WomensMarch2020
#WomensMarch
Right now,
@NationalNurses
RNs are leaving empty pairs of shoes in front of the White House to represent each nurse who has died from
#COVID19
in an incredibly moving and powerful protest this morning during
#NursesWeek
.
"If we really want to fix the VA, let's talk about filling those 49,000 vacancies." -
@AOC
says at
#TheBronx
Town Hall on how to stop privatizing the VA health care system.
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#NursingShortage
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| work in unsafe |
| conditions. |
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UPTE endorses
@BernieSanders
!✊🏾❤️
More and more unions are supporting the candidate with the best record when it comes to workers.
Bernie will help rebuild our labor movement, restore our right to organize unions and bargain collectively.
#Bernie2020
#1u
It’s caucus day in Nevada and union nurses want a candidate who will make real change, not just return us to the status quo.
@BernieSanders
represents our values: caring, compassion, and community!
Vote
#Bernie2020
.
Union
#nurses
know that
@AOC
is a champion of the values we hold dear: caring, compassion, and community.
That's why we are so proud to endorse her for Congress in New York's 14th District!
It is projected that 21 million people in the U.S. will need hospitalization for
#COVID19
.
We have only 925,000 hospital beds in the U.S., a direct result of years of public health cost cutting and profit-focused just-in-time management by the hospital industry.
40 Kaiser Richmond RNs took to the streets today and protested in the rain to demand Personal Protective Equipment and patient safety.
#COVID19
#ProtectNurses
#AmazonStrike
begins today but workers are calling for a boycott through
#PrimeDay
on July 16th.
Amazon workers experience exhaustion, dehydration and injuries at the workplace.
Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world. His workers deserve better!
#UnionStrong
#PrimeDay2018
Politico/Morning Consult Poll: “Do you support
#MedicareForAll
?”
2017
✅ Support: 49%
❌ Oppose: 35%
2018
✅ Support: 63% 👈
❌ Oppose: 26%
This didn’t happen by chance... Union nurses, activists have been actively organizing for
#SinglePayer
!
Source:
An estimated 27M people lost their employer-sponsored health insurance in the first months of the pandemic.
Today, nurses and activists are holding actions across the country in support of
#MedicareForAll
to address the many inequities and failures
#COVID19
has exposed.
Don't👏🏽listen👏🏽to👏🏽Donald👏🏽Trump!
As nurses speaking on behalf of our patients who are fighting for their lives, and in honor of the 210,000 patients who have died, we implore the public to stand behind science and safety precautions.
#VoteNursesValues
#TrumpLied200KDied
We remain the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a right.
The absurdity of that situation becomes clearer everyday.
In the midst of a pandemic, no one should stop themselves from going to the doctor because they can't afford it.
#MedicareForAll
#COVID2019
✅ FACT: Americans spend the most per person on health care, twice as much as other wealthy nations.
✅ FACT: The US ranks 64th in the world in life-expectancy.
🤔 How can both be true?
We have a for-profit health care system.
🤔 The solution?
Nurses say:
#MedicareForAll
!
.
@SenSanders
thanks union nurses for making universal healthcare a mainstream issue in the US:
🇺🇸 "The entire country owes
@NationalNurses
a debt of gratitude because years ago you stood up & said healthcare must be a right of ALL PEOPLE - not just a privilege"
#MedicareForAll
There's more support for
#SinglePayer
universal healthcare than ever before, according to new poll!
#SB562
SUPPORT FOR
#MedicareForAll
:
2017
53% of Americans
64% of Democrats
55% of Independents
2018
59% of Americans
75% of Democrats
58% of Independents
Activists delivered 100k petitions to the
#DNC
demanding that
@TomPerez
reinstate the ban on fossil fuel money:
Union nurses are also calling on Dem Party leadership to do the right thing!
THERE
ARE
NO
JOBS
ON
A
DEAD
PLANET.
#ThursdayThoughts
#1u
Abby, Registered Nurse in Las Vegas, is caucusing for
@BernieSanders
today because she's tired of seeing her patients struggle to get the care they need.
Together with Bernie, we're building a movement for health care justice. WE WILL WIN
#MedicareForAll
!
#NVCaucuses
Our patients rely on the USPS for their lifesaving medications. An attack against the Postal Service is an attack against our patients!
That's why nurses stand with our union siblings at
@APWUNational
and
@NALC_National
to
#SaveThePostOffice
.
Nurses know:
@USPS
is critical to ensuring our country can operate during this pandemic.
Today, on behalf of 155,000 union RNs,
@NNUBonnie
delivers a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, urging them to support H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act!
#SaveThePostOffice
Carl Sagan:
"The United States is an extremely rich country.
We are 19th in the world in infant mortality.
18 other countries save the lives of their babies better than we. How come?
They spend more money on it."
Today the US is ranked 38th. It's time for
#MedicareForAll
!
MAINE NURSES SAY TO COLLINS:
CANCEL KAVANAUGH!
“He’ll harm our patients.
He’ll harm women.
He’s dangerous.”
Maine RNs have been texting & phone banking
@SenatorCollins
, asking her to vote NO on
#Kavanaugh
. RNs also rallied outside Collins’ office in Bangor
#CancelKavanaugh
Proud and excited to take the helm as Executive Director for
@NationalNurses
and continue the great work of our union!
#1u
#solidarity
Together we will advance our agenda to win healthcare and workplace justice for all!
The US spends the most on health care and at the same time 30 million Americans don't have insurance!
How can other wealthy nations guarantee health care for all at HALF the cost?
🔮
#ItsNotMagicIts
single-payer: no more insurance, just health care for all!
#MedicareForAll
Vet Voice Poll: two-thirds of
#veterans
oppose plans to replace VA
#healthcare
with vouchers.
“Privatization is a fancy way of saying we’re taking tax dollars out of the VA and putting it into the pockets of millionaires & billionaires." - Iraq war vet
@will_c_fischer
,
@votevets
#ConvinceSomeoneToVoteIn4Words
: GUARANTEED HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
Not only will
#MedicareForAll
save lives, it'll boost our economy:
💰 The typical middle-class family would save over $5,000 a year
💰 Businesses save over $9,400 a year in healthcare costs for the average employee
Ever heard of sick leave? How about taking responsibility for protecting workers?
@CDCgov
: Stop running ads trying to convince workers and the public that we're expendable. Start doing your job to protect us all!
#ProtectNurses
#StopTheSpread
In San Jose, you can feel the unstoppable energy in the movement we’re building with
@BernieSanders
to fight for
#MedicareForAll
, a healthy planet, and a revitalized labor movement!
Nurses at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, CA organized shift change actions in solidarity with
#BlackLivesMatter
and ongoing protests for racial justice following the murder of
#GeorgeFloyd
.
Union nurses join the growing rally outside the tent city in Tornilla TX.
The rally is so large many can't hear the speakers!
RNs are proud to care for the border community. We condemn the separation of immigrant children from their families.
#FathersDay
#FamiliesBelongTogether
"I just want to express my appreciation for all the extraordinary work nurses do every single day."
With
@BernieSanders
as president,
#nurses
will have an ally in the White House to fight for a workplace free from workplace violence,
#safestaffing
, and health care for all.
I want to thank
@NationalNurses
for their strong support of our campaign.
Let me be very honest: I love nurses because they are the backbone of American health care.
Together we are going to win and finally pass Medicare for All.
FACTS ARE FACTS.
#MedicareForAll
will save lives.
#MedicareForAll
will save money.
Our healthcare system is fragmented, inefficient and driven by greed. For-profit companies stand between millions of Americans and lifesaving treatment. Union nurses say NO MORE!
#UnionStrong
President Obama‘s nod to
#SinglePayer
:
"Dems are running on good new ideas like
#MedicareForAll
."
Respectfully,
#m4a
isn't a new idea. Union nurses have been campaigning for universal health care for years, but we are thrilled that
#m4a
is a mainstream issue now.
#FridayFeeling
I have a little secret for candidates...
Support the issues that people want! For example,
#MedicareForAll
has more support than ever:
2017
53% of Americans
64% of Democrats
55% of Independents
2018
59% of Americans
75% of Democrats
58% of Independents
When the bosses say there's a "labor shortage," it is a lie.
The truth, as
@RBReich
outlines, is this: We face a shortage of good, permanent jobs where workers are fully valued for their work with strong union protections, and safe and healthy workplaces!
We're sending a clear message tomorrow...
We will no longer accept the status quo.
We will no longer accept a broken health care system that leaves millions suffering.
We will accept nothing less than
#MedicareForAll
.
Join nurses in voting for
@BernieSanders
on
#SuperTuesday
!
💀 Martin Shkreli raised price of Daraprim by 5000%
💀 Heather Bresch raised price of EpiPens 600%
💀 Alex Azar, head of
@HHSGov
, raised price of insulin 400%
Only one
#BigPharma
crook went to jail, and it wasn't for ripping us off.
📉
#SinglePayer
lowers the cost of Rx drugs
"Nurses represent the very best of what it means to be a human being."
Feminist ICON Eve Ensler gives a shout out to
#NursesForBernie
at a
@BernieSanders
in San Jose ahead of
#SuperTuesday
. ❤️ ✊🏽
Today D.C. RNs honored 164 nurses who have died from
#COVID19
while caring for patients.
Each pair of white shoes represented a nurse gone too soon.
#Nurses
won't stand by and continue to watch nurses needlessly die from this deadly virus –– we need PPE now!
McDonald's worker gets emotional after hearing that CEO Stephen Easterbrook earns $9,200 per hour.
"I'm not asking for a mansion.
All I'm asking for is to be able to provide better for my son.
McDonald's has billions in profit.
We need a union."
#CEOsVsWorkers
#UnionStrong
TONIGHT:
@APTPaction
is hosting a vigil. More info here:
"
#NiaWilson
is the 2nd Black woman brutally murdered in the Bay Area over the last couple of days. We are inviting community to come hold space, light a candle & be together in our collective grief"
Vet Voice Poll: two-thirds of
#veterans
oppose plans to replace VA
#healthcare
with vouchers.
“Privatization is a fancy way of saying we’re taking tax dollars out of the VA and putting it into the pockets of millionaires & billionaires." - Iraq war vet
@will_c_fischer
,
@votevets
#COVID
ー19 lays bare truths
#nurses
know all too well: our health care system is cruel, inhumane, & inefficient.
It is our duty to protect public health. We MUST rise to the challenge.
Any vaccine or treatment developed with taxpayer dollars must be provided free of charge.
Insurance companies are the unseen force in every hospital room. They can determine..
⏱️ Length of stay
💊 Drugs allowed
👩⚕️ Doctors you can see
📋 Tests you can get
Profit margins shouldn't dictate the care we receive. That's why nurses lead the fight for
#MedicareForAll
UCLA nurses honored 255 fallen nurses who lost their lives to
#Covid19
in a candlelight vigil.🕯️💔
RNs called on the University to immediately provide testing, contact tracing, and safe staffing to
#ProtectNurses
against this next surge.
Today is the day South Carolinians hit the polls for
@BernieSanders
!
We're coming off 3️⃣ BIG victories, and the energy behind our worker-led movement is palpable. "Everybody in, nobody out!"
#Bernie2020
#SCPrimary
This endorsement is about more than just advancing one leader; it’s about advancing a grassroots movement for change. It’s about “us” — the nurses, the patients, the families, the communities that
@BernieSanders
is dedicated to uplifting.
#NursesForBernie
The Trump administration has abandoned nurses, leaving frontline health care workers to get sick and die from
#Covid19
without safe PPE.
"The president has no plan. We should be providing all the protective gear possible...in order to get people the help they need."
#Debates2020
Harrison Ford on
#climatechange
and the destruction of nature:
"We are facing what is quickly becoming the greatest moral crisis of our time.
Those least responsibile will bear the greatest costs."
#GCAS2018
#ThursdayThoughts
Jesse Eisenberg adds his voice to the growing chorus of people fighting to
#ProtectNurses
during the
#COVID19
pandemic. If nurses aren't safe, patients aren't safe.
Add your voice:
In no uncertain terms, this decision is a failure of public health leadership from
@CAPublicHealth
.
Abandoning masking and vaccine requirements endangers nurses and other health care workers — and ultimately exacerbates the staffing crisis.
CEOs are a no show! 😡
The median Amazon employee earns $28,000 in a year.
Jeff Bezos makes more than that in 10 SECONDS.
If Bezos shared even half of his wealth with his 566,000 employees, they'd each get $231,449.
#CEOsVsWorkers
#PrimeDayDeals
#AmazonStrike
#primedayfail
"Every single nurse & health care worker in my unit contracted Covid-19... My colleague Celia lost her life."
Frontline RN Pascaline Muhindura delivered 🔥 testimony to the
@EdLaborCmte
Workforce Protections Subcommittee urging immediate steps be taken to
#ProtectNurses
.
What we did today in Nevada was extraordinary.
This proves a healthier, more just world is possible if we build the people power to fight for it.
@BernieSanders
#Bernie2020
#NVCaucus
🚨TULSI NEEDS OUR HELP! Make the Dem Party more democratic: 🚨
Watch
@TulsiGabbard
's impassioned call for
#DNCReform
at
#CADem2018
👇
DNC must be transparent about how they use our money
People shouldn't have to jump through hoops to vote in the primary
In 1972,
#ShirleyChisholm
wrote...
“We have never seen HEALTH AS A RIGHT.
It has been conceived as a PRIVILEGE, available to only those who could afford it.
This is the real reason the American health care system is in such a scandalous state."
#VoteTuesday
#MedicareForAll
Imagine a dystopia in which the public health strategy is to threaten the people with the health care system itself. Oh wait, we don’t have to imagine...
@CDCDirector
: Time for the
@CDCgov
to stop protecting business and start protecting the public!
#StopTheSpread
#ProtectNurses
Hospital stays can be expensive, but COVID-19 vaccines are free. Help protect yourself from being hospitalized with
#COVID19
by getting vaccinated.
Find your vaccine: .
#AmericaIn3Words
: PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE
#MedicareForAll
: PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS
45,000 Americans die every year because they don't have insurance. Americans are sick of health insurance companies!
@wkamaubell
talks to a Canadian doctor about the need for
#SinglePayer
in the US.
Stephen Hawking was given 2 years to live in 1963.
Thanks to the UK's
#NHS
, a
#SinglePayer
system, he lived until the age of 76!
If Hawking lived in the US, he may not have enjoyed such a long life.
Americans also deserve universal healthcare aka
#MedicareForAll
!
#SB562
#PiDay
#Tesla
workers support their company's mission but not at the expense of their lives!
🚑 Tesla has the worst injury rate in the industry 🚑
Jonathan told his boss a hoist was broken but he was ignored. That hoist injured Jonathan.
These workers deserve a union!
#UnionStrong
"Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made $275 MILLION EVERYDAY!
The wages he pays workers is so low, many receive food stamps.
When workers engage in collective bargaining they have better wages & benefits than non-union workers"
-
@SenSanders
stands w/ workers
#WednesdayWisdom
#UnionStrong
Help us make the Democratic Party more democratic:
The Unity Reform Commission proposals will make the party more accessible and transparent.
As Dem leaders meet this weekend for
#CADem2018
we need them to support the
#DNCReform
proposals NOW!
#CADem
Our movement may be global but our message is one: PUT PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS. ✊🌎
No politician can achieve healthcare justice for us - only we can make it happen. Join the People's movement!
#FourthofJuly2018
🇺🇸:
#MedicareForAll
🇬🇧:
#SaveOurNHS
🇨🇦:
#Pharmacare
🇺🇸 Will Maryland be the 1st state in the US to achieve
#SinglePayer
healthcare, aka
#MedicareForAll
? 🇺🇸
Gubernatorial candidate
@BenJealous
thinks so:
“Canada started with one province, standing up saying 'we can do it.'
Maryland can be that state here. We have the will!"
.
@MMFlint
at
@SenSanders
'
#InequalityTownHall
:
"On any given night, 60% of Americans don't have the money to travel to a funeral...
They don't have $400!
This system is undemocratic. Democracy isn't just about voting."
As
#MLKjr
said, genuine EQUALITY means ECONOMIC SECURITY.
This is what solidarity looks like!
The Santa Monica, CA community came out in full force yesterday to demand the return of 10 Saint John's Hospital nurses who were suspended for requesting PPE.
#ProtectNurses
#COVID19
.
@SenSanders
calls out billionaire Howard Schultz for attacking
#SinglePayer
:
"You have a guy who thinks that the US should remain the only major country not to guarantee healthcare to all”
Union nurses stand with Bernie in the fight for
#MedicareForAll
!
MedicareForAll will save 68,000 lives.
MedicareForAll will save 68,000 lives.
MedicareForAll will save 68,000 lives.
MedicareForAll will save 68,000 lives.
MedicareForAll will save 68,000 lives.
MedicareForAll will save 68,000 lives.
#DemDebates
#Bernie2020