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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

Nurses holding signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Ascension nurses call on U.S. bishops to hold Catholic hospital chain accountable to church directives

Registered nurses from Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. will rally in front of a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting on Nov. 12. They will highlight how Ascension has failed to follow USCCB directives to Catholic health care organizations to both serve and advocate for patients “at the margins of society” and “treat its employees respectfully and justly.”

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 7, 2024

• NNOC, • NNU

Larg group of nurses inside hospital wearing red, fists raised, holding banner "Strong Union, Strong Nurses, Strong Veterans"

Bronx VA Nurses caravan to the VA regional office to demand VA lift barriers to hiring

Nurses from the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx will be caravaning to Tarrytown, N.Y., on Thursday, Nov. 7, to call on the VA to lift barriers to hiring staff to fill RN positions to ensure safe patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 6, 2024

• NNU, • NNOC, • Veterans Affairs

Large group of nurses standing with Josh Stein outside Mission Hospital holding an NNOC banner. Some hold signs "Josh Stein for Governor"

North Carolina RNs celebrate Josh Stein election win

NNOC/NNU endorsed Stein because of his support for nurses and their patients, including but not limited to: his advocacy for Medicaid expansion and his defense of the Affordable Care Act in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, which protected millions of North Carolinians with preexisting conditions.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 5, 2024

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses rallying outside of Hemet Global Medical Center, holding signs "Our Community, Our Hospital"

Hemet Global Medical Center RNs successfully delay obstetrics closure

Hemet Global Medical Center registered nurses successfully prevented the planned Oct. 31, 2024 closure of the hospital’s obstetrics department. Nurses had previously warned that the hospital’s remaining staff would have neither the capacity nor the specialized training to adequately care for patients coming in for perinatal services.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 4, 2024

• CNA, • NNU