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Nurses in front of California state capitol building holding banners and signs: "Insist on an RN"

Salinas Valley Health nurses overwhelmingly ratify new contract with precedent-setting gains

RNs at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center in Salinas, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract that features key gains to ensure retention and recruitment of nurses, enhance patient care and nursing practice, and includes new provisions for health and safety, prevention of workplace violence, and dedicated break relief protections.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 18, 2024

Four nurses inside hospital

Santa Clarita Valley nurses to hold solidarity candlelight vigil as they begin contract negotiations

Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, in Valencia, Calif., will hold a solidarity candlelight vigil on Monday, Dec.16, as they begin negotiations for a new union contract. RNs say their priorities for a new contract are improving patient care and working conditions at the hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 13, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses outside, holding signs "Enloe Nurses United"

Enloe Health nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Enloe Health in Chico, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on Monday, Nov. 18, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 21, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

Group of nurses walking outside holding banner "AVH Nurses Union Strong" and signs "Nurses are the heart of patient care"

Antelope Valley Medical Center nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on Nov. 19, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 21, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside holding signs "Safe Staffing NOW", "Recruit, Retain, Respect RNs", and "Nurses are the heart of patient care"

San Joaquin County nurses to hold informational picket for safe staffing

Registered nurses across San Joaquin County will hold an informational picket at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 19. They will protest management’s failure to meaningfully address their contract demands for improved patient safety and recruitment and retention of experienced nurses.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 15, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

AVMC nurses at informational picket

Antelope Valley Medical Center nurses strike averted

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, California, will not move forward with a planned November 19 strike, as nurses reached a tentative agreement yesterday with AVMC management on a new union contract.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 14, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

Four nurses inside hospital, smiling, holding signs "Patients Before Profits" and "Our Community, Our Hospital"

Registered nurses vow to hold Tenet accountable after passage of Measure AA

Registered nurses who are employed at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif. and members of California Nurses Association issued a statement in response to the passage of Measure AA.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 13, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

Two nurses inside hospital wearing RNRN shirts and hats preparing clinic

Nurse volunteers deployed to Asheville to support Hurricane Helene recovery

Registered Nurse Response Network, in partnership with International Medical Corps, deployed two teams of nurse volunteers to Asheville, N.C. to support the Hurricane Helene recovery. The fourteen nurses who volunteered on the Asheville RNRN deployment cared for residents who had arrived at shelters and clinics in the immediate aftermath of the unprecedented storm.

RN Response Network/National Nurses United
November 13, 2024

• RNRN, • NNU

Large group of nurses dressed in red, outside hospital, holding signs "No More Broken Promises: Respect and Safety for All NOW"

Atlanta VA Nurses to speak out against VA budget crisis

Nurses at Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center in Decatur, Ga., will hold a protest on Thursday, Nov. 14, outside their facility to speak out about their concerns regarding the VA budget, especially its impacts on short staffing, nurse retention, and nurses’ moral distress.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 12, 2024

• NNOC, • Veterans Affairs, • NNU

Group of six nurses outside hospital, smiling, holding signs "Nurses are the hear of patient care"

Nurses at Antelope Valley Hospital give 10-day notice they plan to hold unfair labor practice strike

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., gave notice to their employer that they will hold a one-day unfair labor practice strike on Nov. 19 after management’s failure to bargain in good faith, retaliation against nurses, and excessive delays during contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 11, 2024

• CNA, • NNU