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Large group of nurses outside hospitals holding various signs calling for nurse and patient safety

Ascension nurses in Wichita and Austin to demand urgent improvements to patient safety

At a public action on July 26, registered nurses at Ascension via Christi St. Joseph Hospital, Ascension via Christi St. Francis Hospital, and Ascension Seton Medical Center will deliver petitions to hospital management demanding they take urgent action to improve patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 25, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Four nurses inside hospital with arms around each other

Nurses to hold informational picket at Jackson Park Hospital to demand safe staffing, protest management’s failure to retain nurses

RNs say management’s chronic short staffing creates delays in patient care, contributes to high turnover rates, and is an attempt to break the union.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 21, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses and care givers outside hospital

Registered nurses and caregivers vote overwhelmingly to ratify new contracts at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Members of California Nurses Association and Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
July 21, 2023

• CNA, • CHEU

Graphic: Nurses Support SAG AFTRA Members on Strike!

Nation's largest nurses union stands in solidarity with striking actors

National Nurses United and affiliates across the country stand in fierce solidarity with the striking members of SAG-AFTRA. Nurses know firsthand the importance of saying ‘Enough!’ to greedy employers, who refuse to respect the workers without whom their industries could not exist.

National Nurses United
July 20, 2023

• NNU

Nurses on picket line

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses to hold informational picket to protest staffing crisis

Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., will hold an informational picket to demand that management address the staffing crisis at the facility and its impact on patient safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 17, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

arge group of nurses in front of camera holding signs "Protect Patients, Trust Nurses"

Portland nurses and clinicians demand removal of management team to protect patients

Registered nurses and clinicians who work for MaineHealth Care at Home (MHCAH) in Portland, Maine, held a rally and speak-out today to demand the removal of the management team at the home health services agency.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
July 14, 2023

• MSNA, • NNOC

Three nurses holding signs calling for safety from workplace violence

Rocky Mountain Regional VA registered nurses demand management address epidemic of workplace violence

RNs at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., are planning to hold a rally to demand that management address the epidemic of violence at the facility and take meaningful steps to provide a safe workplace for health care professionals and a safe place of healing for veterans.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 13, 2023

• Veterans Affairs, • NNOC

Group of four nurses inside hospital hold signs "Save Our Community Hospital: Save Hazel Hawkins"

Hazel Hawkins nurses invite community to join informational picket

Following a standing-room only town hall to inform the public of how the Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital bankruptcy filing is deteriorating patient care, registered nurses are inviting the community to join an informational picket on Monday, July 10.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 7, 2023

• CNA

Four nurses with raisded fists hold signs in support of safe staffing ratios

Northern Light AR Gould nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety, RN retention

Registered nurses at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle, Maine, voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
July 7, 2023

• MSNA, • NNOC

Three nurses hold signs "Save Our Community Hospital: Save Hazel Hawkins"

Hazel Hawkins nurses to host town hall meeting following hospital’s bankruptcy filing and RNs no confidence vote in the health district

Nurses at county's only acute-care hospital demand Hazel Hawkins remain fully open, pointing to robust financial statements.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 5, 2023

• CNA, • NNU