Support Our City's Caretakers

Thank you for donating to the Nurses Support Fund, which has helped union nurses in New Orleans to keep working towards better patient care conditions at University Medical Center!

Since your most recent donation, this fund has directly supported over 50 nurses, and lifted up nurses’ outreach across the community. This has allowed nurses to continue pushing for their historic first contract, which will enable them to provide the top-level care our community needs. .

Unfortunately, management at University Medical Center continues to actively work against their employees, refusing to agree to competitive wages, which are essential to staffing the hospital safely. . Although executives comfortably make six and seven figure salaries, nurses at UMC still aren’t given cost of living increases or pay that reflects their years of experience or professional training.

This isn’t just bad for nurses themselves, who deserve to be paid a living wage like everyone else in New Orleans . It also hinders the recruitment and retention of high-quality, experienced nursing staff , which means that when you or a loved one visit UMC as a patient, you’re less and less likely to be seen by a highly experienced nurse.

The good news is that UMC’s union nurses continue standing strong for better patient care conditions. Your support of this fund is helping to make that possible. Thank you!

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