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Child holding sign: "Nurses are the heart of patient care"

Santa Clarita nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on July 9, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 10, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Group of nurses outside, smiling, holding signs "Safe Staffing Now"

RNs at HCA’s Good Samaritan Hospital ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at HCA’s Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., voted overwhelmingly this week in favor of ratifying a new five-year contract. This contract includes significant wins including protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 9, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Health care workers and Congressman Chuy Garcia holding a press conference outside hospital

National Nurses United RNs, veterans, and federal unions denounce U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing administration to move ahead with massive federal layoffs

Registered nurses with NNOC/NNU, along with other federal unions and veterans groups, are holding an urgent rally on Weds. July 8 to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling, which overrides a lower court’s order that temporarily froze massive federal employee layoffs.

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

• NNU, • NNOC, • Veterans Affairs

Group of nurses outside Chinese Hospital holding signs "Union Nurses Build Healthy Communities"

Chinese Hospital nurses overwhelmingly ratify contract

Registered nurses at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco, Calif., voted to ratify a three-year contract on June 27. Nurses are celebrating their victory on key demands related to patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 3, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses marching, holding banner "Fund Care NOT Billionaires"

Nation’s largest nurses union condemns Republican budget bill

NNU today condemned the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump is expected to sign into law. Nurses across the United States believe the legislation is likely to be remembered as one of history’s most harmful, least popular, and deadliest laws that steals from everyday people and overwhelmingly benefits billionaires.

National Nurses United
July 3, 2025

UMC nurses on strike line

New Orleans nurses to hold two-day strike against management retaliation

Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) in New Orleans, La., have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike to protest LCMC Health’s retaliation against nurses for their union activity and patient advocacy. Nurses at UMCNO today delivered notice of their upcoming strike, which will be held for two days starting July 15.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 2, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC

UCSD nurses hold signs in support of union rights and patient safety.

UCSD Health nurses to detail patient care disruptions following hospital layoffs

Registered nurses at UC San Diego Health will hold a press conference on Thursday, July 3 to denounce the disruptions caused by management’s abrupt decision to lay off more than 200 employees.

California Nurses Association
July 1, 2025

• CNA

Seven nurses standing in front of U.S. capitol building, smiling, with raised fists, holding signs "Some Cuts Don't Heal"

Registered nurses to rally against Medicaid cuts in reconciliation package at Congressional district offices

On July 1, nurses across the country will rally against proposed Medicaid cuts at the district offices of U.S. representatives and senators.

National Nurses United
June 27, 2025

• NNU

Demonstrators holding signs that read "Protect federal workers, protect VA nurses."

Victory for working people as judge blocks Trump’s efforts to bust federal employee unions

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction after ruling that the Trump administration likely violated the law by stripping nearly a million federal government employees of their union rights.

National Nurses United
June 25, 2025

• NNU

Nurses in front of U.S. Capitol holding banner "Strong Union, Nurses, Veterans"

Jesse Brown VA nurses to speak out against scheduling changes that will negatively impact veteran care

Registered nurses at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., will hold a rally on Friday, June 27, to highlight patient safety concerns caused by the facility’s plans to change RNs’ schedules, making it more difficult to retain and recruit nurses.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 25, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC, • Veterans Affairs