Nurses union to protest at White House Tuesday

[OhioChick]

Source: The Hill

04/20/20 08:22 PM EDT

A national nurses union announced Monday that members of its organization would protest at the White House on Tuesday to demand funding for mass production of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the next coronavirus stimulus package.

National Nurses United (NNU), the largest nurses union in the U.S., said in a press release that members planned to read aloud names of nurses who have died from COVID-19 as hospitals across the country struggle to provide masks, gloves and other equipment for staffers.

"With no federal health and safety standard, nurses and other health care workers in many hospitals across the country have not been provided with adequate PPE to protect them from exposure to the virus," the group said.

"NNU is calling on Congress to mandate the [Defense Production Act]’s use to produce the equipment and supplies health care workers need to care for COVID-19 patients as well as to conduct mass testing that is required to control the spread of the virus," it continued.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/493798-nurses-to-protest-at-white-house-tuesday

[sheshe2]

1. Recommend!

[sheshe2]

2. K&R

[tulipsandroses]

3. I hope the media covers their protest as much as they are covering the idiots out there

protesting to reopen.

[FarPoint]

8. Absolutely..

We can always remind the media

[sheshe2]

4. I love Nurses.

[ffr]

6. +1

I had not seen that one. Thanks for sharing.

[sheshe2]

9. ...

[thucythucy]

14. I want to share this

if that's okay.

[sheshe2]

16. Okay with me...

I found it on the inter tubes.

Share. My niece is an ICU nurse.

[Doodley]

18. Be good for the dumbass protesters to see and the Brian Kemps.

[sheshe2]

19. Sadly.

They don't care.

However those nurses and doctors will care for them anyway. That is what they do.

[ffr]

5. K&R and pass along.

Make a good one. Doctors and nurses shouldn't have to fight for their right to live. Nor should they be subjected to unnecessary risk of death in the nation of plenty.

[dweller]

7. i hope they have PPE

🙏🏻

✌🏼

[BigmanPigman]

11. I hope they make sure they "socially distance" themselves from

each other for the TV cameras or else they will seem like the other protesters over the weekend.

They must stand 6' apart or American viewers will say, "they are being hypocrites".

[Laffy Kat]

10. K/R

[SheltieLover]

12. K&R

[iluvtennis]

13. And watch them get arrested whereas nothing was done to the anti-lockdown protesters. nt

[orleans]

20. i was thinking the same damn thing and just about to post it! n/t

[ChazInAz]

25. Of course.

I expect a riot squad, teargas, and batons.
Pretty sure the MAGATs will swarm them, too.

[BlueIdaho]

15. Trump will attack them and it will backfire

Regardless - he will do it anyway. That pathetic old shit has become his own worst enemy. The only people staying with him are the worst of social deviants.

[bucolic_frolic]

22. If he doesn't grab them first

[Duppers]

17. Thanks, OC. Will watch tomorrow.

MSM better cover them because too many Americans still haven't a clue.
And the only way that Rump would know of it is if their protest gets major coverage.

[gab13by13]

21. I will be shocked if anyone covers this.

I'm getting Deja Vu all over again with the media covering Trump protests just like they covered the Tea party, and covering Trump's virus rallies every day. At least CNN isn't showing the beginning of Trump's rally.

[Baclava]

23. MSNBC is covering it now

[Talitha]

24. K&R