Nurses picketing outside hospital holding signs "Patients over Profits"

Nurses at 17 HCA facilities in six states ratify new union contracts

The new agreements bring improvements in staffing practices and patient care.

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AHMC Whittier Hospital Medical Center and San Gabriel Valley Medical Center nurses and health care workers ratify new contract

RNs and health care workers ratified a four-year contact with strong measures to improve patient safety and staff retention.

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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We can organize and win — anywhere

Hear from nurses in Maine, North Carolina, and North Dakota on how and why they organized their hospitals.

The Power of a Union Contract

Union contracts are legal binding documents that protect patients, nurses, and the community.

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National Nurse Magazine

National Nurse magazine July-August-September issue cover

Shot in the Arm: NNU nurses inject values of care, compassion, community into presedential election, endorse Harris-Walz

NNU endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for president

Harris backs nurses, patients, unions, reproductive rights, working people

Albany Med nurses fight to protect patient care

Hospital critical not only for capital region but across state

MNA welcomes upwards of 700 nurses into union so far this year

Workers now join their 22,000 MNA union siblings as they begin the process of bargaining

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