National Nurses United

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.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] Within its first year, NNU achieved many accomplishments, including organizing 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.^[5]

See also

• American Nurses Association

References

External links

• Official website

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