CODE RED: Safe Staffing Campaign Resources
LEGISLATION:
- 2025-2026 BILL: Wisconsin Nurse Staffing and Patient Protection Act (February 2026)
- 2023-2024 Senate Bill 470: Wisconsin Nurse Staffing and Patient Protection Act (September 2023)
TAKE ACTION:
- Write your Wisconsin Legislators: Tell them to pass safe staffing legislation now (February 2026)
FACT SHEETS:
- WFNHP Safe Staffing Saves Lives - Fact Sheet 1
- WFNHP The Wisconsin Nurse Staffing and Patient Protection Act - Fact Sheet 2
- AFT Safe Staffing 101 Fact Sheet (Updated June 2024)
- AFT The Healthcare Staffing Crisis Fact Sheet (Updated June 2024)
- AFT Code Red Safe Staffing Literature Review
HOW TO RESPOND TO RESPONSES AGAINST STAFFING LEGISLATION:
- AFT Responses to Arguments Against Safe Staffing Legislation (Updated June 2024)
- AFT Debunking Sources Used in Arguments Against Safe Staffing Legislation (December 2023)
REPORTS:
- AFT Crisis Point: Healthcare Staffing Shortage Task Force Report - Report (November 2022)
A new report examines how staffing shortages in the healthcare industry are affecting the way many health professionals work. - AFT Crisis Point: Healthcare Staffing Shortage Task Force Report - Executive Summary (November 2022)
PRESS:
- 2-25-26 Media Advisory - Madison, WI--Nurses, Healthcare Workers Call “Code Red” on the Healthcare Staffing Crisis, Join with Legislators to Announce the Wisconsin Nurse Staffing and Patient Protection Act
- 2-25-26 News Conference "Safe Staffing Ratios in Wisconsin Hospitals" via Wisconsin Eye Broadcast
- 2-25-26 News WKOW - https://www.wkow.com/news/politics/state-democrats-introduce-bill-to-establish-minimum-staffing-ratios-at-hospitals/article_de624c86-475d-463c-ac04-0effbb3c02dc.html
- 2-25-26 News Channel 3000 - https://www.channel3000.com/news/lawmakers-nurses-renew-push-for-staffing-legislation/article_ee198248-3087-4947-a4be-99b39b33cffa.html