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Contra Costa nurses with signs: "Union nurse power" "Nurse solidarity builds strong communities" "Union nurses build healthy communities" "Our patients our union our rights""

Contra Costa Health nurses demand County Board of Supervisors prevent drastic budget cuts, stop imminent cuts to services

RNs will hold a picket outside the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 19, to demand hospital and county leaders move funding to save our health system, maintain services, and reverse the dangerous dismantling of the enhanced care management program.

California Nurses Association
February 17, 2026

• CNA

Large amount of NNOC/NNU nurses raising fists

St. Joseph Health nurses to hold rally for patient safety

RNs from St. Joseph Health in Brazos Valley, Texas, will hold a rally on Thursday, Feb. 19, as they prepare for upcoming negotiations for their first contract since forming a union last December. Nurses say safe staffing, workplace safety, and a strong voice for bedside nurses will be their top priorities as they start negotiations.

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

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses marching holding signs "RNs on strike for safe patient care" "Hands off our health care"

USC Keck and Norris nurses to start strike on Feb. 19

Nurses at USC Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center in Los Angeles, Calif. will begin a seven-day strike on Thursday, Feb. 19 over USC’s proposal to restructure employee health care plans, potentially overloading an already strained network, leading to longer wait times and delayed care for both employees and existing patients.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 17, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

MarinHealth nurses in line with signs "Safe staffing now" "Fair contract now"

MarinHealth Medical Center nurses to strike on Feb. 18

Nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., will hold a strike for one day on Wednesday, Feb. 18, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about nurse retention, patient care, and safe staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 15, 2026

Person holding sign "ICE NOT welcome here"

National Nurses United statement on announced end to immigration surge in Minnesota

NNU issued the following statement in reaction to the Trump administration’s announcement that immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota will phase out next week: “Union nurses are beyond proud of the people of Minnesota for refusing to be divided, under the harshest of conditions, for more than two months under siege by our own federal government..."

National Nurses United
February 13, 2026

Hands holding sign "Will crush ICE for our patients"

Union registered nurses across the country hold day of action Feb. 19 to protest ICE as one of worst public health threats

Registered nurse members of National Nurses United are naming federal immigration enforcement agencies as among the country’s top public health threats, and demanding through national coordinated protests on Thursday, Feb. 19 that Congress stop funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).

National Nurses United
February 13, 2026

• NNU

Vision for a Healthy Society (heart stethoscope and logo)

Nurses to host town hall to discuss Vision for a Healthy Society

RNs with National Nurses United are hosting a community panel and discussion on Sunday, Feb.15, in Calumet City, Illinois, to discuss the current state of health care and what it would take to truly transform our system.

National Nurses United
February 13, 2026

Group of nurses in scrubs marching holding "CalCare"

Assemblymember Ash Kalra, California Nurses Association reintroduce CalCare legislation

Act. AB 1900, also known as CalCare, would enact a comprehensive framework for a single-payer health care coverage system in California at a time when California voters are ready to champion transformational changes in health care.

California Nurses Association
February 12, 2026

• CNA

5 nurses inside hospital smiling

Appalachian Regional Health nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve nurse retention

Registered nurses at nine Appalachian Regional Healthcare facilities across Kentucky and West Virginia voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract as of Jan. 23, 2026, winning provisions to improve nurse recruitment and retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
February 10, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses holding signs "Nurses demand a fair contract now!"

LA nurses to hold strikes beginning Feb. 19

More than two thousand registered nurses in Los Angeles, Calif. will be on strike beginning Thursday, Feb. 19. Nurses at USC Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center will be on strike for seven days. Centinela Hospital Medical Center nurses will be on strike for one day.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 10, 2026

• CNA, • NNU