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Nurses marching in front of California Capitol building holding signs "Patients Before Profits"

Nurses to lobby at state capitol on May 13 for California Nurses Association bills to protect patients, nurses

Registered nurses from across California will lobby state legislators in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, May 13, to discuss nurses’ priority legislation to protect patients and nurses, announced California Nurses Association.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 12, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses marching, holding signs "Global Nurses Solidarity"

New report explores dangers of and solutions to global nurse staffing crisis

Global Nurses United, the premier federation of international nurse unions representing more than 2.5 million nurses and other health care workers in 35 countries around the world, released Global Crisis, Collective Solution: Addressing the Worldwide Nurse Staffing Crisis, a groundbreaking report examining the nurse staffing crisis affecting healthcare systems across the planet.

Global Nurses United
May 12, 2025

• GNU

Nurses on picket line outside of hospital

Long Beach Memorial nurses announce one-day strike for patient safety

Registered nurses at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., gave notice to their employer that they will hold a one-day strike to protest the hospital’s refusal to engage in good faith negotiations over needed improvements to patient care, RN working conditions, and staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 10, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Nurse holding sign "Veterans need care not cuts"

Hines nurses denounce VA staffing cuts and attacks on federal workers, saying they will erode veteran care

Registered nurses at Hines VA Medical Center in Hines, Ill. will hold a rally on Saturday, May 10, to demand the administration abandon plans to cut some 80,000 workers from the VA and to reinstate VA workers’ full union rights.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 8, 2025

Large group of people in meeting room

100+ Maine nurses, community members protest Mount Desert Island Hospital obstetrics department closure

Local community members joined more than 100 nurses today in Bar Harbor, Maine to protest the closure of Mount Desert Island Hospital’s (MDIH) obstetrics department.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 8, 2025

• MSNA, • NNOC

Nurses in hallway holding signs "No Cuts: A Healthy VA = Healthy Vets"

National Nurses United applauds the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act Bill ensures full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other VA clinicians

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United applauds Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) on the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act, a federal bill that would ensure full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 7, 2025

• Veterans Affairs, • NNOC, • NNU

Nurses on picket line outside hospital holding signs "Hey HCA Put Patients Over Profit"

Asheville nurses rally Thursday to demand HCA restore MAHEC coverage

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a rally on Thursday, May 8, to demand HCA restore Mountain Area Health Education Center to their approved list of health providers.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 5, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses in front of U.S. capitol with signs "Love it! Improve it! Medicare For All!"

National Nurses United urges passage of Medicare for All Act

Registered nurses with NNU are reaffirming their support for the Medicare for All Act, following the bill’s reintroduction in Congress today by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the U.S. Senate and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

National Nurses United
April 29, 2025

Four nurses outside holding signs "Nurses Deserve a Fair Contract" and other signs in support of UMC nurses and patients

New Orleans nurses preparing for one-day strike against workplace violence

Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans are moving forward with their one-day strike on May 1. Gearing up for their third strike as they continue to fight for a first union contract with LCMC Health, nurses say workplace violence is the key issue of this strike. Nurses have given advance notice to the hospital for their work stoppage.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 29, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Three nurses stand side-by-side outside holding signs criticizing UMC/LCMC

New Orleans nurses unsurprised that LCMC Healthcare makes “Dirty Dozen” list of employers for 2025

Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans are unsurprised to see that their employer, LCMC Health, has been named a 2025 Dirty Dozen employer by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, a national organization dedicated to strengthening workplace health and safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 24, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU