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Bonnie Castillo | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) Sacramento, California, USA |
| Education | California State University, Sacramento (BS) |
Bonnie Castillo was the executive director of National Nurses United and of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.[1][2][3] Castillo also held the positions of CNA/NNOC director of government relations and NNU director of health and safety.[4][5][6] She has been with CNA/NNOC for almost two decades in a number of capacities, working her way up into the leadership of the organization from her early days as a registered nurse member who helped to unionize her facility, to staff and then lead organizer, to a director, and now to her current position as executive director.[2] Castillo was named to the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world for the year 2020.[7] In January 2021, Castillo was named to The Nation's annual honor roll, which recognizes progressive activists and leaders who helped keep hope alive and set the groundwork for transformational change in 2021.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ibarra, Ana B. (May 8, 2018). "Longtime 'Fighter' Lands Top Spot In Powerful Nurses Union". California Healthline.
- 1 2 Rani, Rikha (June 9, 2020). "This Nurse is Leading the Fight for Safer Hospitals". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020.
- ↑ Colliver, Victoria (March 8, 2018). "California's nurses union loses longtime leader, but not agenda". Politico.
- ↑ "Ground-Breaking Workplace Safety Benefit Designed to Protect Nurses from Needlesticks, Violence". Infection Control Today. November 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Lawsuit claims Ohio nurse was 'worked to death'". WQAD. November 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Nurses 'Shocked' At New Birth Control Law". HuffPost. Ventura County Star. January 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Bonnie Castillo: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020". Time. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ↑ Nichols, John (January 15, 2021). "These Progressives Helped Keep Hope Alive in 2020—and Prepare Us for 2021". The Nation.
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