Global
Headline: Study finds 16% higher mortality risk with 10% increase in missed care by nurses
Australia
http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/4642477/delivering-support-and-education/
Headline: Midwives delivering support and education on International Midwives Day
Australia
https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/celebrating-midwives/3172995/
Headline: Celebrating midwives
Australia
http://www.bellingencourier.com.au/story/4637164/celebrating-international-day-of-the-midwife/
Headline: Recognising the important contribution made by midwives.
Australia
http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/4641825/international-midwives-day-2017/
Headline: Celebrating our midwives: International Midwives Day 2017
Australia
Headline: Tasmanian nurses union head Neroli Ellis banks on the ‘it’s time’ factor for Legislative Council elections
Australia
Headline: Nurses do more than toileting, showering and pill-popping
Australia
https://au.news.yahoo.com/qld/a/35312666/qld-midwives-increasingly-popular-union/#page1
Headline: Qld midwives increasingly popular: union
Australia
Headline: New fears for young Outback nurses, as governments fail to make work safer a year after murder Gayle Woodford
Australia
http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/4642853/900000-babies-and-a-lot-of-tireless-work/
Headline: Midwives in NSW recognised for tireless work
Australia
http://www.nvi.com.au/story/4640017/photos-video-nurses-unite-for-patient-safety/
Headline: Nurses rally for better nurse to patient ratios
Australia
Headline: Wollongong workers hitting our streets for equality
Australia
Headline: Vic health gets $2.9b, hospitals upgraded
Australia
https://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/a/35354681/sa-to-reveal-opening-date-for-new-hospital/#page1
Headline: New Adelaide hospital to open in September
Australia
Headline: New Royal Adelaide Hospital: State Government reveal opening date to be September 5, 2017
Australia
https://mysunshinecoast.com.au/news/news-display/women-to-lead-labour-day-march-for-first-time,49078
Headline: Women to lead Labour Day march for first time
Canada
Headline: Islander wins national award from Canadian Federation of Nurses Union
Canada
Headline: P.E.I.’s Mary Boyd wins national award from Canadian Federation of Nurses Union
Canada
Headline: ‘Spit at or punched or poked’: Sask. health staff top list of violently injured workers
Canada
http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/nurses-extremely-concerned-for-patient-safety-survey
Headline: Nurses ‘extremely concerned for patient safety’: Survey
Canada
Headline: Registered nurses sound alarm regarding Saskatchewan patients being put at risk
Canada
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/cancel-bill-nurses-union-urges-421696353.html
Headline: Cancel bill, nurses union urges
Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/unions-pallister-bargaining-bills-1.4105825
Headline: Manitoba unions make last effort to stop contentious labour bills
Canada
Headline: Unions gather at Manitoba legislature to fight ‘heavy-handed’ collective bargaining cuts
Canada
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/public-workers-rally-against-provincial-budget-cuts-1.3401580
Headline: Public workers rally against provincial budget cuts
Canada
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2017/05/06/unions-raise-voice-to-pallister-cuts
Headline: Unions raise voice to Pallister cuts
Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-misericordia-urgent-care-rally-1.4100496
Headline: Staff, patients attend latest NDP-Liberal rally against closures at Misericordia Health Centre
Canada
Headline: Demonstrators demand Tories keep open Misericordia urgent care centre
Canada
http://www.theobserver.ca/2017/05/08/letter-to-the-editor
Headline: Violence against nurses a huge problem
Canada
http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2017/05/01/workers-demand-more-rights.html
Headline: Workers demand more rights
Canada
http://www.manitoulin.ca/2017/05/05/sdhu-nurses-ratify-new-agreement/
Headline: SDHU nurses ratify new agreement
Canada
Headline: Ontario to test giving seniors retirement home stays to ease hospital overcrowding
Canada
Headline: How one of Canada’s busiest ERs made progress against overcrowding
Canada
http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/nurses-ratify-new-contract-at-windsor-assembly-plant-1.3399748
Headline: Nurses ratify new contract at Windsor Assembly Plant
Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-chrysler-nurses-make-small-gains-in-new-deal-1.4101203
Headline: Windsor Chrysler nurses make small ‘gains’ in new deal
Canada
Titre: La FIQ conteste le modèle de superclinique
Headline: The FIQ challenges the superclinic model
Canada
Titre: Violence en hausse dans les hôpitaux : l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue n’échappe pas à la tendance
Headline: Violence on the rise in hospitals: Abitibi-Témiscamingue is no exception to the trend
Canada
Titre: La FIQ préoccupée par le modèle de superclinique prôné par Gaétan Barrette
Headline: The FIQ concerned about the superclinic model advocated by Gaétan Barrette
Dominican Republic
Titular: Trabajadores protestan en Hospital Ricardo Limardo de Puerto Plata, exigen varias reivindicaciones
Headline: Workers protest at Ricardo Limardo Hospital in Puerto Plata, make demands
Dominican Republic
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/05/01/trabajadores-marchan-demanda-mejoras-para-seguridad-social
Titular: Trabajadores marchan en demanda de mejoras para seguridad social
Headline: Workers march on demand for social security improvements
Dominican Republic
http://eldia.com.do/realizaran-vigilia-manana-por-abandono-hospital-publico-de-puerto-plata/
Titular: Realizarán vigilia mañana por abandono hospital público de Puerto Plata
Headline: Demonstration of vigil to be held over the de-funding of public hospitals
Dominican Republic
http://eldia.com.do/hospital-ricardo-limardo-de-puerto-plata-sigue-en-condiciones-muy-precarias/
Titular: Hospital Ricardo Limardo de Puerto Plata sigue en condiciones muy precarias
Headline: Ricardo Limardo Hospital of Puerto Plata continues in very precarious conditions
France
Titre: Clamart : quatre infirmières agressées aux urgences
Headline: Clamart: four nurses assaulted in emergency room
France
Titre: Les infirmiers en colère après une revalorisation d’1,50 euro de leur prime de nuit
Headline: Nurses are angry after salary reevaluation
Honduras
http://www.radiohrn.hn/l/noticias/aneeah-solicita-salud-el-pago-de-l90-millones-por-deuda-acumulada
Titular: ANEEAH solicita a Salud el pago de L90 millones por deuda acumulada
Headline: ANEEAH asks Health to pay L90 million for accumulated debt
Honduras
Titular: Salud adeuda unos 90 millones de lempiras a enfermeras auxiliares
Headline: Health owes about 90 million lempiras to auxiliary nurses
Ireland
Headline: INMO threatens Armageddon situation unless terms improve
Ireland
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/more-nurses-and-midwives-to-be-hired-by-year-end-449526.html
Headline: More nurses and midwives to be hired by year end
Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2017/0505/872743-nurses/
Headline: Graduating nurses and midwives to be ‘offered full-time contracts’ – Harris
Ireland
Headline: ‘Floor cleaners are paid more than me,’ says nurse as union warns of strikes
Ireland
http://www.thejournal.ie/full-time-contracts-student-nurses-midwives-3375674-May2017/
Headline: Simon Harris commits to giving graduating Irish student nurses full-time contracts
Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2017/0503/872057-inmo/
Headline: INMO says HSE not showing enough urgency in recruitment
Ireland
Headline: Nurses’ support for new deal hinges on special wage hike
Ireland
http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/92249/no-end-in-sight-for-overcrowding-at-uhg
Headline: No end in sight for overcrowding at UHG
Ireland
Headline: INMO official fears Galway overcrowding crisis will not be resolved within at least five years
Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2017/0511/874260-vaccinations-health-committee/
Headline: Chocolates suggested as incentive for nurses’ vaccinations
Ireland
http://www.thejournal.ie/hpv-vaccines-hse-3383568-May2017/
Headline: Chocolate could encourage nurses to get flu vaccine, committee hears
Ireland
Headline: After Years of Reports, HSE Failings with Student Nurses and Midwives is Unsurprising
Ireland
Headline: Bring talks on reversing cuts to workers forward, unions tell Government
Ireland
Headline: Special deals unlikely despite need to fill shortages in key areas
Ireland
Headline: Pay deal sees some nurses take on additional tasks
Ireland
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/hospital-waiting-lists-hit-new-record-of-666-000-1.3073179
Headline: Hospital waiting lists hit new record of 666,000
Ireland
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/nurses-say-they-will-strike-for-pay-parity-449361.html
Headline: Nurses say they will strike for pay parity
Ireland
Headline: INMO has been my life, says retiring general secretary Liam Doran
Ireland
http://www.midlands103.com/news-centre/midlands-inmo-rep-pleased-full-time-contract-offer-graduates/
Headline: Midlands INMO Rep Pleased With Full Time Contract Offer For Graduates
Ireland
Headline: Negative experiences makes Ireland less attractive for Filipino nurses
Ireland
Headline: Numbers on hospital trolleys rising outside Dublin, INMO says
Ireland
Headline: INMO Highlights Challenge Of Recruiting Nurses In Midlands Hospitals
Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0504/872441-nurses-pay/
Headline: Pay restoration and parity dominate INMO conference
Ireland
Headline: Nurses warn of national strike if pay demands not met
Ireland
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cuh-the-most-overcrowded-hospital-in-the-country-449203.html
Headline: CUH ‘the most overcrowded hospital in the country’
Ireland
Headline: INMO figures show sharp increase in overcrowding at LUH in 2017
Ireland
Headline: Nurses set to demand 12pc pay hike, union boss warns
Kenya
Headline: Nyeri nurses strike, demand promotion and more staff
Kenya
Headline: Striking nurses hold street demos as vow to stay put
Kenya
Headline: Seth Panyako vows to list individuals in health scam
Mexico
Titular: CNTE y organizaciones sociales marchan en Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Headline: CNTE and social organizations march in Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Morocco
http://fr.le360.ma/politique/les-infirmiers-feteront-leur-journee-mondiale-avec-une-greve-117499
Titre: Les infirmiers fêteront leur journée mondiale avec une grève
Headline: Nurses celebrate International Nurses’ Day with strike
Morocco
http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/05/10/sante-maroc-infirmiers-greve-marche_n_16532142.html
Titre: Malgré un appel au dialogue du ministère de la Santé, les infirmiers maintiennent leur marche de protestation le 12 mai
Headline: Despite a call for dialogue from the Ministry of Health, the nurses continue with their protest march on May 12
New Zealand
http://www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MTYyODc=
Headline: Maori nursing workforce strategy missing
New Zealand
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/91706112/hospital–accused-of-bullying-and-understaffing
Headline: Hospital accused of bullying and understaffing
New Zealand
Headline: Decision on district nurses’ move to health hub expected to take months
New Zealand
Headline: Southern DHB looks to cut 23 jobs but promises more attention to primary care
New Zealand
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/proposal-devastates-nurses
Headline: Proposal devastates nurses
New Zealand
http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=99472
Headline: Healthcare petition on hospital stretcher to be delivered to MP
Philippines
Headline: Health workers day | Groups reiterate calls for increased budget for health services, wages
Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros seguem exemplo dos médicos e iniciam greve de zelo
Headline: Nurses follow doctors’ example and start zealous strike
Portugal
Manchete: Movimento dos utentes solidário com greves dos médicos e dos enfermeiros
Headline: Movement of workers in solidarity with doctors ‘and nurses’ strikes
Portugal
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/medicos-e-enfermeiros-fazem-greves-diferentes_n1000578
Manchete: Médicos e enfermeiros fazem greves diferentes
Headline: Doctors and nurses make different strikes
Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros iniciam quarta-feira greve de zelo por tempo indeterminado
Headline: Nurses start indefinite strike Wednesday
Portugal
http://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/enfermeiros-iniciam-greve-de-zelo-por-tempo-indeterminado
Manchete: Enfermeiros iniciam greve de zelo por tempo indeterminado
Headline: Nurses start indefinite strike
South Africa
https://www.ofm.co.za/article/local-news/243305/nurses-crisis-under-spotlight
Headline: Nurses’ crisis under spotlight
South Africa
http://bereamail.co.za/109638/watch-durban-health-care-professionals-march-city-hall/
Headline: WATCH: Durban health care professionals march on City Hall
South Africa
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/05/07/Count-the-ways-SA-state-hospitals-are-badly-managed
Headline: Count the ways SA state hospitals are ‘badly managed’
South Africa
http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2017/05/03/unemployed-nurses-protest-jobs/
Headline: Unemployed nurses protest for jobs
South Korea
http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=542
Headline: Industry groups ask Moon to expand policy support
South Korea
http://prachatai.org/english/node/7108
Headline: Labour activists in South Korea, Indonesia campaign for release of Somyot
Spain
Titular: SATSE celebra Día de Enfermería para reivindicar el trabajo de los enfermeros
Headline: SATSE celebrates Nursing Day to defend the work of nurses
Spain
http://www.elcomercio.es/agencias/asturias/201705/11/satse-pide-mejorar-condiciones-960856.html
Titular: SATSE pide mejorar condiciones laborales y profesionales de las enfermeras
Headline: SATSE calls for better working and professional conditions for nurses
Spain
Titular: Satse reclama fijar por ley el cupo de pacientes de Enfermería
Headline: Satse demands nurse-to-patient ratios
Spain
Titular: «Una sola enfermera atiende a ocho pacientes críticos, en vez de a dos, en el Virgen del Rocío»
Headline: «A single nurse attends to eight critical patients, instead of two, in the Virgen del Rocío»
Spain
Titular: Rosa Peñalver se ha reunido con SATSE por la celebración del Día Internacional de la Enfermería
Headline: Rosa Peñalver meets with SATSE for the celebration of the International Day of Nursing
Spain
Titular: Satse Madrid lanza una campaña para visibilizar el trabajo diario de los enfermeros
Headline: Satse Madrid launches a campaign to make visible the daily work of nurses
Spain
Titular: Satse muestra la labor de los enfermeros con una campaña y pide nuevas plazas
Headline: Satse shows the work of the nurses with a campaign and asks for increased staffing
Spain
Titular: SATSE reclama a Sanidad que lidere sistema información integral sobre accidentes y enfermedades en el ámbito sanitario
Headline: SATSE calls for Health to lead comprehensive information system on accidents and diseases in the health field
Spain
http://www.lne.es/asturias/2017/05/05/sindicato-enfermeria-denuncia-escasez-matronas/2099694.html
Titular: El Sindicato de Enfermería denuncia la escasez de matronas y reclama más plantilla para atender a las mujeres
Headline: The Nursing Union denounces the shortage of midwives and calls for more staff to serve women
Spain
Titular: Satse Toledo pide más enfermeras y mejores condiciones laborales en Urgencias
Headline: Satse Toledo calls for more nurses and better working conditions in ER
Spain
Titular: Sanidad destaca la consolidación de la Red de Expertos de Urgencias creada hace un año
Headline: Health highlights the consolidation of the Network of Emergency Experts created a year ago
Spain
Titular: Satse toma el puso a la situación laboral de las enfermeras
Headline: Satse highlights working conditions of nurses
Spain
Titular: Satse critica que el foro being one madrid pida enfermeras para trabajar gratis
Headline: Satse criticizes the Being One Madred Forum for asking nurses to work for free
Spain
http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/segovia/201705/06/satse-alerta-centro-salud-20170506122917.html
Titular: Satse alerta de que el centro de salud está desbordado por la falta de enfermeras
Headline: Satse warns that the health center is overrun by the lack of nurses
United Kingdom
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/new-international-recruitment-campaign-aims-13005235
Headline: New international recruitment campaign aims to boost nursing numbers in Wales
United Kingdom
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39846915
Headline: Nurse recruitment campaign under way in Wales
United Kingdom
Headline: PM under fire over plight of nurses forced to use food banks
United Kingdom
Headline: Safe staffing ‘must be priority’ in election, says RCN
United Kingdom
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/voices/readers-letters/2017/05/06/nurses-have-your-vital-say/
Headline: Nurses, have your vital say
United Kingdom
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/somerset_news/15265041.LETTER___Back_nurses_over_pay_/
Headline: LETTER: ‘Back nurses over pay’
United Kingdom
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/apr/29/nhs-nurses-pay-cut-12-per-cent-over-decade
Headline: Nurses will see their pay ‘cut by 12% over a decade’
United Kingdom
http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/your-say/nursing-too-many-struggling-1-8513945
Headline: Nursing: too many struggling
United Kingdom
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/your-say/pay-cut-is-fuelling-nursing-crisis-1-7944533
Headline: Pay cut is fuelling nursing crisis
United Kingdom
Headline: Low-paid nurses are being forced to pay up to £90 a month to park at work, Unison finds
United States
Headline: No Congress, Nurses Won’t Accept ‘Lord Of The Flies’ Health Care
United States
Headline: A nurses’ week retrospective on the hard work of NNU’s mighty, mighty nurses
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United States
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/nurses-demand-better-health-care-for-americans/
Headline: Nurses demand better health care for Americans
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United States
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/may/10/san-diego-nurses-rally-washington-lower-ratio/
Headline: San Diego Nurses Rally In Washington For Lower Patient-To-Staff Ratio Nationwide
United States
Headline: California’s free health care plan moves forward
United States
Headline: Appalachian Regional Healthcare nurses ratify new contract
United States
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/12/scarborough-hospice-workers-vote-to-join-union/
Headline: Scarborough hospice workers vote to join union
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United States
http://mainebeacon.com/maine-hospice-nurses-celebrate-union-organizing-victory/
Headline: Maine hospice nurses celebrate union organizing victory
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United States
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/why-unionists-marched-for-climate-jobs-justice/
Headline: Why unionists marched for climate, jobs, justice
United States
http://southsidepride.com/march-against-climate-change/
Headline: March against Climate Change
United States
https://yubanet.com/california/california-single-payer-bill-sb-562-clears-first-hurdle/
Headline: California Single Payer Bill SB 562 Clears First Hurdle
United States
Headline: After Cruel Trumpcare Vote, Sanders Calls on California to Lead Nation on Single Payer
United States
Headline: ‘Thank You, Mr. President’: Trump Praises Universal Healthcare Hours After Shameful Trumpcare Vote
United States
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/trump-congress-may-undo-progress-workplace-safety
Headline: Trump, Congress may undo progress on workplace safety
United States
Headline: With powerful nurses union behind him, Jimmy Gomez gets more progressive support in L.A. congressional race
United States
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-liberal-energy-legislature-20170507-story.html
Headline: Will California’s surge of liberal activism pull legislators to the left?
United States
Headline: California Senate Health Committee approves universal healthcare bill: 5 things to know
United States
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article148739794.html
Headline: Bernie Sanders returns to California this weekend
United States
http://www.marinij.com/health/20170514/marin-general-hospital-employees-complain-of-understaffing
Headline: Marin General Hospital employees complain of understaffing