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Six nurses standing outside hospital smiling, holding signs "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" and "Respect TCMC Patients and Nurses"

Sharp Tri-City Medical Center nurses to hold informational picket demanding accountability to Measure H promises

Nurses at Sharp Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to protest Sharp HealthCare’s broken promises to their patients and community.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 21, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

Group of nurses outside St. Joseph Health holding banner "Don't Mess With Texas Nurses"

College Station nurses call out chronic understaffing in NICU

Registered nurses at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital in College Station, Texas, will hold a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Nurses plan to commemorate neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) awareness month and celebrate the dedication that NICU nurses demonstrate to the babies in their care, as well as raise concerns about issues in the St. Joseph NICU.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 21, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

3 nurses outside hospital smiling, wearing red

Ascension St. Agnes nurses ratify first-ever union contract

Registered nurses at Ascension St. Agnes in Baltimore, Md., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a three-year contract on Saturday, winning their first-ever collective bargaining agreement in a watershed moment for nurses across Baltimore.

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

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses rallying holding signs "Prime Health: Reinstate Patient Advocates"

Maine nurses condemn Prime Healthcare’s illegal firings and suspensions at Central Maine Medical Center

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate for National Nurses United (NNU), released the following statement today in response to illegal discipline against nurses by Prime Healthcare.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 18, 2026

• MSNA, • NNOC, • NNU

NNU and NYSNA lohos

New York State Nurses Association and National Nurses United co-endorse three New York congressional candidates

New York State Nurses Association and National Nurses United announced a co-endorsement of Claire Valdez for New York’s 7th, Brad Lander for New York’s 10th, and Darializa Avila Chevalier for New York’s 13th congressional districts. Together, these three candidates represent nurses’ values of caring and compassion.

New York State Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 18, 2026

Large group of nurses inside conference room holding banner "National Nurses United"

MedStar Franklin nurses to hold rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, in Baltimore, Md. will hold a rally on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 to highlight unaddressed patient safety concerns — including short-staffing and lack of equipment and supplies — that have driven them to unionize.

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

• NNOC, • NNU

Picture of Red Alert tour bus against city backdrop

Nurses put Maine hospitals on ‘RED ALERT’ status

Registered nurses will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, Sept. 19 in Bangor, Maine to highlight the patient care impacts of federal health care cuts on Maine hospitals. Nurses will also use the event to discuss their Vision for a Healthy Society, a set of broad political demands that require taking back health care, democracy, and society from billionaire and corporate control.

September 17, 2026

• MSNA, • NNOC, • NNU

Six nurses inside, side-by-side, smiling, with raised arms/fists

Orange County Global nurses ratify first, new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention   

Registered nurses at Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, Calif. voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying their inclusion into the existing union contract covering KPC Health registered nurses represented by California Nurses Association. This first contract for Orange County Global nurses secures them important new protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 15, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

Sign "NNU RNs Against Crime Health"

NLRB blocks union election due to Prime Healthcare’s illegal interference with nurses’ right to unionize

The National Labor Relations Board’s Region 13 Office in Chicago moved to block the originally scheduled Sept. 17 NLRB union election at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., in light of credible allegations that a free and fair election is not possible at this time due to Prime Healthcare’s substantial and flagrant violations of the National Labor Relations Act.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 14, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses on picket line outside of hospital, holding signs "Kaiser: Put Patients Over Profits"

Nurses from Kaiser and Sutter systems plan joint protest in Oakland

Registered nurses from the Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health systems will hold an joint protest on Sept. 16 to rally for strong contracts to improve patient care at two of the Bay’s biggest hospital systems. Combined at both systems, more than 35,000 nurses are represented by CNA/NNU in active contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 14, 2026