Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices

While migration of health workers is an inevitable and potentially mutually beneficial part of globalization, concerns have been raised around the world about the active recruitment of foreign-educated nurses. These concerns include the impact of this activity on source countries’ health systems, the labor rights of nurses being recruited and the adequacy of clinical and cultural orientation programs once they arrive in the United States.

The new, nonprofit Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices (Alliance) aims to

National Federation of Nurses is a leading national labor union and collaborative voice for registered nurses. Our work is driven by the priorities of our members—nurses associations and the individual nurses they represent.

National Federation of Nurses was founded in 2008 to provide a unique, more inclusive option for nurses and model for national unions. We are dedicated to respect for the members associations’ sovereignty, transparency and strong collaboration to meet the needs of nurses everywhere.

We take action at the local, state and national level to improve working conditions for

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The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through the work our members do.