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HCA Fort Walton-Destin Hospital nurses vote decisively to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. voted decisively in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 12, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU, • HCA

Ascension St. Agnes nurses picket for better patient care

Ascension Saint Agnes nurses to protest Catholic hospital chain’s unfaithful financial investments

Registered nurses employed by Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. will hold a rally and press conference on Monday, September 15 to protest Ascension Health’s financial investments.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 11, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC

Huge crowd of nurses with raised fists above National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United logos

Union nurses respond to Missouri lawmakers bowing to pressure from Trump and Republicans and approving electoral power grab

National Nurses Organizing Committee deeply opposes efforts by Missouri lawmakers, pushed by President Trump and his Republican allies, to further election-rigging schemes ahead of the 2026 midterms.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 9, 2025

Large group of nurses inside, holding signs "Protect Federal Workers, Protect VA Nurses"

Registered nurses rally at congressional district offices for fully staffed VA after OIG report finds staffing shortages at all 139 facilities

On Friday, Sept. 12, nurses across the country will rally at congressional district offices of U.S. senators and representatives to demand these members of Congress sign a pledge to support a fully staffed Veterans Health Administration (VA) and restore collective bargaining rights to VA nurses and other workers.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 9, 2025

• Veterans Affairs, • NNOC, • NNU

Four nurses inside holding signs "Support Our Nurses"

Nurses at two Maine hospitals vote to authorize strikes

Registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, Maine, and at Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, Maine, announced today that they have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their nurse bargaining teams to call a strike if the issues RNs have been raising in ongoing contract negotiations remain unresolved.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 4, 2025

• MSNA, • NNOC

Large group of nurses in front of Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., smiling, with raised fists

Nurses Condemn Labor Department Rules to Further Strip Workers’ Rights

National Nurses United today submitted formal objections to four Department of Labor regulations that would escalate sweeping multiple Trump administration attacks on workers’ and union rights and protections.

National Nurses United
September 3, 2025

• NNU

CNA nurses at capitol raising fists and banner "Insist on an RN"

Union nurses celebrate S.B. 81’s passage, urge signing bill into law to protect patients

CNA today celebrates the passage of Senate Bill 81 (S.B. 81) and urges Governor Gavin Newsom to sign it. Nurses say this critical legislation is an essential check on the power of immigration authorities in health care settings.

California Nurses Association
September 2, 2025

• CNA

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at podium

Nation’s largest RN union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go

the wake of the latest scandal he has perpetuated, National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union and professional organization, today called for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be fired by President Donald Trump or to resign.

National Nurses United
August 28, 2025

Nurses on strike line outside hospital

New Orleans nurses to host Labor Day rally

Nurses from University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) in Louisiana will be joined by community members, labor allies, and union leaders as they hold a rally at 7 p.m. on Labor Day (Monday, Sept 1.) as they continue to bargain for a first contract with LCMC Health, their employer.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 27, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C. with raised fists

National Nurses United blasts Trump administration for trying to bust the union of U.S. Health and Human Services federal employees

National Nurses United (NNU) today blasted the Trump administration for trying to strip U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) federal employees of their collective bargaining rights, much like it has attempted to do with NNU’s members who work for the Veterans Health Administration (VA).

National Nurses United
August 27, 2025

• NNU