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Rush nurses hold rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago, Ill., will hold a rally on Thursday, Oct. 22, to highlight their staffing proposals to improve patient safety. The nurses, who are in negotiations for their first union contract, have proposed language to improve RN staffing, including enforceable protections that ensure staffing decisions are driven by patient care needs, and are demanding that bedside nurses have a meaningful voice in decisions affecting their patients.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 20, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

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National Nurses United condemns Trump’s unhinged political and racist attack on Rep. Omar

The nation’s largest union of registered nurses issued the following statement, in response to the federal government’s raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home, confiscating her possessions, and reports of attempting to strip her of her citizenship.

National Nurses United
October 17, 2026

• NNU

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

Union election at MedStar Franklin Square too close to call and marred by MedStar Health union busting

Registered nurses at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, Md. voted on whether to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United in an election held on Oct. 14 and 15, 2026. The results were inconclusive at the end of the night, with challenged ballots still to be resolved.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 16, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside hospital with raised fists, some holding signs "Charity Betrayed"

UMC New Orleans nurses to hold press conference on LCMC short-changing patients and nurses

In the wake of LCMC’s “Spirit of Charity Gala” last week, Registered Nurses from University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., will hold a press conference on Friday, Oct. 16, to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing, high turnover, and wage theft.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 16, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses in front of capitol holding NNU banner.

National Nurses United endorses Rep. Ramirez’s Reimagining Safety Act

National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members, is proud to endorse Representative Delia Ramirez’s Reimagining Safety Act to abolish ICE, reinvest in care.

National Nurses United
October 14, 2026

• NNU

Sign "Fair contract now"

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

Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph hospitals in Wichita, Kansas, voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract today, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

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

CNA/NNOC image with nurses in front of capitol and signs "Our Patients. Our Union. Our voice."

RNs in Tennessee, Arizona, Illinois, and California file petitions for union elections

Registered nurses across the country continue to build our union movement, asserting our collective power against a profit-driven health care system and a corporate-aligned federal government. CNA/NNOC announced today that nurses at four hospitals – which in total employ 4,500 nurses and serve more than 1.7 million patients annually – filed petitions over the past week with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for union elections.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 13, 2026

• CNA, • NNOC

CNA/NNOC image with nurses in front of capitol and signs "Our Patients. Our Union. Our voice."

CNA/NNOC welcomes new Council of Presidents following convention

CNA/NNOC has officially seated a newly elected Council of Presidents to serve a three-year term from 2026-2029. The new leaders took office on Oct. 1, 2026 at the CNA/NNOC convention in San Francisco, California, where nearly 1,500 nurses from around the country convened.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 12, 2026

• CNA, • NNOC

Child in hospital bed being passed by hospital staff

New report finds cost-cutting at MedStar Franklin Square puts patient care in jeopardy

A new report, “The Cost of Cutting Care: How MedStar Is Failing Franklin Square Nurses and Patients”, released by National Nurses United, finds chronic registered nurse (RN) understaffing by MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., puts patient care at risk and leads to numerous poor outcomes as measured by U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

National Nurses United
October 9, 2026

• NNU

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Nurses put D.C. hospitals on RED ALERT

Registered nurses will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, Oct. 10 in Washington, D.C. to demand that MedStar Washington Hospital Center reopen its shuttered postpartum unit in the midst of a Black maternal health crisis in the District. Following the rally, the nurses and allies in the community will make their way to the hospital where they will deliver a letter to management calling for the immediate reopening of the unit.

National Nurses United
October 7, 2026

• NNU