Danbury Nurses #47
@Unit47AFT
Danbury Nurses' Union, Unit 47; AFT Nurses and Health Professionals Local 5047. Safe patient care is our number one priority.
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http://unit47.ct.aft.org/ 27-01-2017 17:23:36
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#Solidarity with the Danbury Nurse’s Union Danbury Nurses #47 fighting for a fair contract!! #UnionStrong
Help show Nuvance Health's execs this community believes its RNs are #WorthMore :unit47.ct.aft.org/events/stand-d…; our rally & picket to #CareForTheCaregivers is back ON! #UnionYES @AFTUnion AFT Healthcare AFT Connecticut AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO
UAW members from @2110UAW & UConn GEU-UAW 6950 are joining Connecticut AFL-CIO at the state capitol today to lobby for unemployment benefits for striking workers!
Help level the playing field for workers by writing your CT state legislators in support of HB 5164: act.aflcio.org/letters/tell-y…
.Julie Kushner Kushner is helping kickoff our #UIforStrikingWorkers Lobby Day: 'Workers shouldn't have to choose between putting food on the table and protecting our benefits and wages... No worker should be starved out because they decided to stand up.' #LevelThePlayingField
Next week's rally & picket to #CareForTheCaregivers postponed in spirit of continued negotiations; watch this space for updates! #UnionYES @AFTUnion AFT Healthcare AFT Connecticut AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO
Next week help us tell Nuvance Health's execs that we're #WorthMore than their latest #union contract proposals; rally & picket to #CareForTheCaregivers : unit47.ct.aft.org/events/stand-d… #UnionYES @AFTUnion AFT Healthcare AFT Connecticut AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO
'When we win safe staffing...I would be so happy. I'd be able to see all my patients and spend that quality time with them.'
RN Victoria Porter on why safe staffing is so important. #CodeRed AFT Healthcare Backus Nurses
SB 1067 = #SafePatientLimits priority in CT's hospitals; tell lawmakers #CodeRed crisis means 'our patients are STRUGGLING:' tinyurl.com/safe-pt-limits… #SafeStaffingCT @AFTUnion AFT Healthcare AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO CT Senate Democrats CT House Democrats CT Senate Republicans @CTHouseRules
.AFT Connecticut members participated in a lobby day for #SafeStaffing ! #NursesWeek #CodeRed
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Join us Apr 27 for town hall answering ?’s ahead of May 10 #SafePatientLimits lobby day where we’ll go over everything you need to know about sharing #SafeStaffingCT story w/lawmakers: aftct.org/node/142760. #CodeRed #SafeStaffingCT AFT AFT Healthcare AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO
Join us at #CTGeneralAssembly to share your story w/lawmakers who need to hear 1sthand why #SafePatientLimits vital; we’re in #CodeRed crisis - unsafe staffing levels hurt patients & caregivers: aftct.org/node/142749 #SafeStaffingCT @AFTUnion AFT Healthcare AFL-CIO ✊ @connaflcio
Breaking: #CTGeneralAssembly pub health cmte votes in favor of SB 1067, sending #SafePatientLimits proposals aimed at resolving CT's #CodeRed crisis on to full state Sen for further action. #SafeStaffingCT @AFTUnion AFT Healthcare AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO CT Senate Democrats CT House Democrats
More RNs to bedside 1 of SB1067's goals Danbury Nurses #47 member Kathleen Nix highlighted in recent testimony before #CTGeneralAssembly ’s pub health cmte; write letter to amplify her message now: tinyurl.com/SafePtLimitsSB… #SafeStaffingCT AFT AFT Healthcare AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO
Leaders w/Danbury Nurses #47 celebrating latest MOAs w/Nuvance Health, securing xtra shift incentives & call pay for many nursing units; much-needed win for frontline caregivers! #UnionYES AFT AFT Healthcare AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO Western CT Area Labor Federation
'Patients not getting care they need;' Danbury Nurses #47 prez Janice Stauffer makes passionate case from own hospital bed for #CTGeneralAssembly to address #CodeRed crisis, back #SafeStaffingCT proposals in SB 1067. #SafePatientLimits @AFTUnion AFT Healthcare AFL-CIO ✊ Connecticut AFL-CIO