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Babies at press event podium above sign "Protect Patients Trust Nurses" with banner in back "Safe staffing saves lives"

Nurses from Maine Medical Center and Eastern Maine Medical Center combine forces for patient safety and fair contracts

Today, registered nurses from Maine Medical Center (MMC) in Portland and Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) in Bangor gathered in Augusta, Maine, to hold a press conference announcing that they are standing together for better conditions for their patients and fair contracts for nurses working in those facilities.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 21, 2025

USC Keck, Norris nurses holding signs "Union Nurse Power" and "Our Patients, Our Union, Our Rights"

USC nurses announce 1-day strike

Nurses at University of Southern California Keck Hospital (USC Keck) and Norris Cancer Center (USC Norris) in Los Angeles, Calif. gave notice to their employers that they will hold a strike for one day on Thursday, Oct. 30.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 21, 2025

• CNA

Maine nurses holding banner "Bedside nurses support ratios"

Nurses from Maine Medical Center and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center to hold press conference for patient safety

RNs at Maine Medical Center (MMC) in Portland and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) in Bangor will hold a joint press conference on Oct. 21 in Augusta, Maine, to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing, workplace violence prevention, and improved recruitment and retention.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 20, 2025

• MSNA

Nurse marching in street holding banner "Nurses for Democracy"

San Francisco joins nation in defiance of Trump regime’s authoritarianism

On Saturday, Oct. 18, approximately 100,000 people joined the No Kings Day of Defiance march and rally in downtown San Francisco, jointly organized by Indivisible San Francisco, 50501SF, and National Nurses United. The peaceful mobilization was one of 2,700 events taking place around the Bay Area, across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., and around the globe.

National Nurses United
October 18, 2025

• NNU, • CNA

San Diego nurses hold flyers in support of prop. 50

California nurses canvass, phonebank for Prop. 50

With just a few weeks left until the special election on November 4, California union nurses are knocking on doors and calling voters across the state to vote Yes on Proposition 50.

California Nurses Association
October 15, 2025

• CNA

Large group of nurses holding signs "Keep care in Oakland"

UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland nurses to hold rally and speak-out calling on UC to rescind layoff notices

Registered nurses at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (CHO) will hold a rally and speak-out on Friday, Oct. 17, to demand UCSF rescind layoff notices sent to nurses on Oct. 6.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 15, 2025

• CNA

Group of nurses outside, holding signs "Our Patients Rights Have No Borders"

San Francisco’s No Kings march and rally expected to be one of largest in country

The second No Kings Day of Defiance march and rally in San Francisco on Saturday, October 18 will be one of the largest in the country. Tens of thousands of concerned Americans from the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding regions are expected to mobilize against authoritarianism and demand accountability from those in power.

National Nurses United
October 15, 2025

Large group of nurses in front of capitol building in Sacramento, CNA and NNU logos

Union nurses celebrate Governor Newsom signing new worker protection law

California Nurses Association applauds Governor Gavin Newsom for taking action to protect workers from employers’ use of predatory debt contracts and signing Assembly Bill 692 into law on Monday, Oct. 13. A.B. 692 prohibits employers from requiring workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty if the workers wants to leave their job, expressly making these kinds of exploitative workplace debt arrangements unlawful.

California Nurses Association
October 13, 2025

• CNA

Large group of nurses marching, holding banner "Democracy is NOT for Sale"

Nurses from around the globe take part in “Democracy Is Not for Sale” march

Registered nurses from across the United States and 28 other countries will take part in the “Democracy Is Not for Sale” march in San Francisco on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The march is intended to highlight the international resistance to billionaire agendas that deprive tens of millions of people across the world from access to health care, educational and employment opportunities, and safe environments to live and raise families.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 6, 2025

• NNU, • GNU, • CNA

Nurse marching with sign "End Genocide in Gaza"

National Nurses United and UE call for end to military operations, blockade in Palestine

National Nurses United (NNU) and the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) — together representing over a quarter million union members — sent a letter today to President Trump to demand that “the Israeli government permanently end its military operations and blockade in Palestine, and that the United States immediately recognize the sovereignty of Palestine.”

National Nurses United
October 2, 2025

• NNU