National Nurses Association

The National Nurses Association was a trades union for British nurses founded by Thora Silverthorne and Nancy Zinkin in 1937.[1]

It organised a campaign to highlight the poor pay and conditions of nurses with a protest march of 1000 nurses.[2] Silverthorne was attacked by the Royal College of Nursing for “not being a registered nurse” or “paid by Moscow”.[3] The Association later joined the National Union of Public Employees.

References

  1. ↑ "Thora Silverthorne". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "OBITUARY: Nancy Zinkin (1912-2003)". Community Practitioner. 1 December 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Stevenson, Graham. "Compendium of Communist Biography". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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