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Nurses holding signs "Don't burn the burn unit" and "Burns need care too"

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital nurses, community members intensify pressure on hospital to keep burn unit open

Registered nurses, community members, labor advocates, and local supporters will hold a press conference on Friday, May 1 outside Bakersfield Memorial Hospital to demand hospital leadership reverse plans to close the hospital’s burn unit.

California Nurses Association
April 29, 2026

Large group of nurses outside CA State Capitol building, CNA and NNU logos

UCSF nurses to hold rally for safe patient care at Birth Center at Mission Bay

Registered nurses at UCSF Mission Bay in San Francisco, Calif., will hold a rally on Friday, May 1, to highlight patient safety concerns in the UCSF Birth Center. Nurses say they are deeply concerned about patient safety due to a revolving door of management, coupled with chronic and severe understaffing.

California Nurses Association
April 28, 2026

Nurses on picket line hold signs "Trust Nurses, Not A.I."

Nurses applaud passage of critical A.I. bills out of committee

Union nurses applauded the progress of two CNA-sponsored bills out of committee to establish guardrails on the use of A.I. in health care. These bills would protect patient safety and privacy, maintain the integrity of nursing practice, and ensure that technology companies and health care corporations cannot escape accountability amidst the onslaught of untested and unproven A.I. tools.

California Nurses Association
April 23, 2026

Student nurses looking at work together.

Bill that helps transition ADN nurses to employment moves forward

Union nurses with California Nurses Association celebrated the forward movement of a bill they sponsored that would diversify and expand the nursing profession as well as ensure communities across California have nurses to provide care through establishment of a state program to help new nurse graduates of Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs find jobs.

California Nurses Association
April 23, 2026

Nurse speaking at podium with banner behind "Red Alert: Save Our Hospitals Tour"

Nurses put Oroville Hospital on ‘RED ALERT’ status

Oroville Hospital registered nurses, who are members of California Nurses Association and its parent union National Nurses United, will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, April 25 to demand long-term solutions to keep Oroville Hospital open and advance their Vision for a Healthy Society.

National Nurses United
April 22, 2026

Nurses marching holding CalCare banner

Nurses condemn California Assembly’s failure to advance CalCare

California Nurses Association members condemn the California State Assembly’s failure to advance A.B. 1900, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, also known as CalCare, at a time when health care is needed more urgently than ever before. CalCare is a comprehensive, high-quality single-payer program that would be many Californians’ only lifeline for care.

California Nurses Association
April 20, 2026

Large group of people outisde, holding CalCare signs and banner

Nurses urge California Assembly to advance CalCare

The failure to advance A.B. 1900 shows a lack of leadership and a capitulation to corporate health care interests. CalCare is a comprehensive, high-quality single-payer program that would be many Californians’ only lifeline for care. Nurses remain relentless in their pursuit to guarantee health care as a human right in the state.

California Nurses Association
April 17, 2026

Large group of nurses on picket line, holding signs "Some Cuts Don't Heal" and "Recruit, Respect, Retain RNs"

Contra Costa Health nurses demand Board of Supervisors stop drastic budget and service cuts

Registered nurses with the California Nurses Association will speak out at the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, April 14, to demand that the board stop drastic budget cuts to save the Contra Costa Health system, maintain services, and retain nurses in the wake of the significant projected financial losses created by H.R. 1.

California Nurses Association
April 13, 2026

Tenet nurses holding signs and shirt "Safe staffing now" "Safe staffing saves lives"

3,000 registered nurses from six California Tenet hospitals ratify new three-year contract

Registered nurses at six California Tenet facilities voted overwhelmingly, with 93 percent in favor, to ratify a new three-year contract.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
March 27, 2026

Nurses speaking out in front of UCI Health Fountain Valley sign

CNA nurses demand UCI Health-Fountain Valley reopen pediatric units that serve hundreds of children annually

Registered nurses at UCI Health-Fountain Valley in Fountain Valley, Calif., are demanding that management immediately reopen the pediatric department and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), which were closed without warning on Monday, March 23.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
March 27, 2026