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UMC nurses on strike with picket sign that reads "Don't sideline nurses."

New Orleans nurses announce five-day strike against LCMC’s bad faith bargaining

Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) in Louisiana today gave notice to their employer, LCMC Health, that they will hold an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike for five days starting May 1, 2026. This notice follows a ULP charge against UMCNO filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday, April 20, charging the hospital’s management has spent more than two years intentionally dragging out and frustrating negotiations through bad-faith bargaining.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
April 21, 2026

Group of nurses in front of Red Alert tour bus, smiling, holding sign "Don't close our hospital"

Hennepin County Medical Center placed on ‘RED ALERT’ as nurses warn of irreversible impact of federal health care cuts

National Nurses United, has placed Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN on “RED ALERT” status, warning policymakers and the public that this potential hospital closure would have a drastic, irreversible impact on patients and healthcare workers across Minnesota and the Midwest.

National Nurses United
April 21, 2026

• NNU

Nurses marching holding CalCare banner

Nurses condemn California Assembly’s failure to advance CalCare

California Nurses Association members condemn the California State Assembly’s failure to advance A.B. 1900, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, also known as CalCare, at a time when health care is needed more urgently than ever before. CalCare is a comprehensive, high-quality single-payer program that would be many Californians’ only lifeline for care.

California Nurses Association
April 20, 2026

• CNA

Large group of nurses outside hospital, with raised fists, holding banner "Don't Mess With Texas Nurses"

St. Joseph Health nurses hold rally to mark start of contract negotiations

Registered nurses at St. Joseph Health in Brazos Valley, Texas, will hold a rally on Wednesday, April 22 as they begin negotiations for their first contract, following their decisive vote to form a union last year. Nurses say safe staffing, workplace safety, and a strong voice for nurses will be their top priorities as they start negotiations.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 19, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of people outisde, holding CalCare signs and banner

Nurses urge California Assembly to advance CalCare

The failure to advance A.B. 1900 shows a lack of leadership and a capitulation to corporate health care interests. CalCare is a comprehensive, high-quality single-payer program that would be many Californians’ only lifeline for care. Nurses remain relentless in their pursuit to guarantee health care as a human right in the state.

California Nurses Association
April 17, 2026

• CNA

Group of nurses outside, smiling, holdinhg signs "Chicago Supports Nurses at Rush"

Rush University nurses to hold union election in May

Registered nurses at Rush University Medical Center (Rush) in Chicago, Ill., will be voting on May 14, 15, and 16 to join National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United. Rush nurses filed a petition for a union election on April 8. It was Chicago's largest filing on record for a union election in the health care sector, and one of the largest in any industry in a city famous for its union strength.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 17, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses on picket line, holding signs "Some Cuts Don't Heal" and "Recruit, Respect, Retain RNs"

Contra Costa Health nurses demand Board of Supervisors stop drastic budget and service cuts

Registered nurses with the California Nurses Association will speak out at the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, April 14, to demand that the board stop drastic budget cuts to save the Contra Costa Health system, maintain services, and retain nurses in the wake of the significant projected financial losses created by H.R. 1.

California Nurses Association
April 13, 2026

• CNA

Hand holding sign '"Nurses Say Purge Palantir"

Union nurses to protest Palantir and HCA collaboration at Frist Gala

National Nurses United is planning to protest outside the 2026 Frist Gala at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tenn. on April 18. The gala and museum are named for the family behind HCA Healthcare, the country’s largest hospital system. Nurses will be on site to provide gala attendees with informational flyers about HCA’s business with Palantir.

National Nurses United
April 13, 2026

• NNU

Nurse hold "Nurses say abolish ICE!" banner at rally

National Nurses United RNs will rally Monday, April 13 in Washington, D.C. to demand that Congress abolish ICE

National Nurses United nurses will rally in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 13 to demand that Congress abolish ICE by immediately voting to cut off funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and to rescind the hundreds of billions in funding it received through the Republican budget bill H.R. 1 last year.

National Nurses United
April 10, 2026

• NNU

Large group of people outside, smiling, holding signs "Chicago Supports Nurses At RUSH"

Rush University nurses file petition for union election

Registered nurses at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., will hold a press conference on Thursday, April 9 at 11:30 a.m., to announce filing a petition on April 8 with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 8, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU