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Bonnie Castillo

Humanity is the heart of nursing

Replacing RN care with AI is unacceptable. Nurses are fighting back.

4 min read4 hours ago

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Humanity is the heart of nursing

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Bonnie Castillo

We won’t let them ban our stories

Rightwing efforts to erase history are sure to increase in an election year. The labor movement must speak truth to power.

7 min readFeb 23, 2024

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We won’t let them ban our stories

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Bonnie Castillo

Thousands of union nurses rise up across U.S. to demand safe staffing now

There is no “nursing shortage.” Just a shortage of nurses will to work in unsafe conditions. RNs are rising up to demand change.

5 min readJun 28, 2023

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Thousands of union nurses rise up across U.S. to demand safe staffing now

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Bonnie Castillo

As the Covid public health emergency declaration comes to an end, here’s what nurses want you to…

On May 11, during Nurses Week, the Covid public health emergency declaration expired. With this emergency era concluding — at least on…

4 min readMay 22, 2023

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As the Covid public health emergency declaration comes to an end, here’s what nurses want you to…

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Bonnie Castillo

International Working Women’s Day honors a union on strike

To truly honor this day and its goals, we must revisit the story of International Working Women’s Day.

3 min readMar 8, 2023

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International Working Women’s Day honors a union on strike

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Bonnie Castillo

United we care

The movement to win CalCare, guaranteed health care for all people in California, is more powerful–and more necessary–than ever before.

5 min readJan 25, 2022

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United we care

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Bonnie Castillo

RNs will never stop fighting, every day, every year for a society based on care

Countless people are alive to ring in 2022 because nurses never stopped fighting for them.

4 min readDec 18, 2021

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RNs will never stop fighting, every day, every year for a society based on care

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Bonnie Castillo

Nurses at Mission Hospital in N.C. make history with first union contract

In the anti-union South, registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital show winning and building a strong union is possible.

4 min readJul 3, 2021

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Nurses at Mission Hospital in N.C. make history with first union contract

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Bonnie Castillo

Don’t just praise RNs for Nurses Week. Protect us.

There is nothing more meaningful to nurses than to know we can come home to our families. That’s what we really want for Nurses Week.

4 min readMay 6, 2021

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Don’t just praise RNs for Nurses Week. Protect us.

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Bonnie Castillo

There is no public health without racial justice

As Black History Month comes to a close, nurses are fighting forward for Black health.

5 min readFeb 26, 2021

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There is no public health without racial justice

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Bonnie Castillo

Bonnie Castillo

Union Nurse Leader & Medicare For All Activist. Executive Director of @NationalNurses, the Largest U.S. Organization of Registered Nurses. #TIME100

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