CNA press releases

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Contra Costa nurses with signs: "Union nurse power" "Nurse solidarity builds strong communities" "Union nurses build healthy communities" "Our patients our union our rights""

Contra Costa Health nurses demand County Board of Supervisors prevent drastic budget cuts, stop imminent cuts to services

RNs will hold a picket outside the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 19, to demand hospital and county leaders move funding to save our health system, maintain services, and reverse the dangerous dismantling of the enhanced care management program.

California Nurses Association
February 17, 2026

Nurses marching holding signs "RNs on strike for safe patient care" "Hands off our health care"

USC Keck and Norris nurses to start strike on Feb. 19

Nurses at USC Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center in Los Angeles, Calif. will begin a seven-day strike on Thursday, Feb. 19 over USC’s proposal to restructure employee health care plans, potentially overloading an already strained network, leading to longer wait times and delayed care for both employees and existing patients.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 17, 2026

Group of nurses in scrubs marching holding "CalCare"

Assemblymember Ash Kalra, California Nurses Association reintroduce CalCare legislation

Act. AB 1900, also known as CalCare, would enact a comprehensive framework for a single-payer health care coverage system in California at a time when California voters are ready to champion transformational changes in health care.

California Nurses Association
February 12, 2026

Nurses holding signs "Nurses demand a fair contract now!"

LA nurses to hold strikes beginning Feb. 19

More than two thousand registered nurses in Los Angeles, Calif. will be on strike beginning Thursday, Feb. 19. Nurses at USC Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center will be on strike for seven days. Centinela Hospital Medical Center nurses will be on strike for one day.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 10, 2026

Nurses on picket line

West Anaheim Medical Center nurses to hold three-day strike for patient safety

Registered nurses at West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, Calif. gave notice to their employer that they will hold a three-day strike starting on Tuesday, Feb. 17, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about patient care, retention and recruitment of nurses, and safe staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 6, 2026

Large group of nurses outside CA capitol building, CNA/NNU logo

Redding nurses and health care workers announce Feb. 19 strike

Shasta Regional staff have been in negotiations since August, 2025 for a new contract with little to no movement on key issues. The staff urges management to agree to a contract that provides safe staffing and a commitment to practices that recruit and retain workers.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 6, 2026

Three nurses outside hospital holding signs "Fair Conract Now" and "Safe Staffing Now"

MarinHealth Medical Center nurses announce one-day strike for safe staffing and patient safety

Nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., gave notice to their employer today that they will hold a strike for one day on Wednesday, Feb. 18, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about nurse retention, patient care, and safe staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 6, 2026

Hands holding signs "ICE not welcome here" and "Abolish ICE"

Nurses, community allies to highlight connection between ICE violence and Palantir

Registered nurses and community allies in Palo Alto, Calif. will hold a vigil on Thursday, Feb. 5 to honor the lives lost to federal immigration agents, including that of Alex Pretti, a fellow RN who was killed while observing immigration forces in Minneapolis, Minn.

National Nurses United
February 5, 2026

Photo of Tom Steyer: Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons

California Nurses Association endorses Tom Steyer for governor of California

CNA today endorsed Tom Steyer for governor of California. Nurses say their endorsement is fueled by Steyer’s unequivocal support for a national and state single-payer health care system; for ending corporate control over politics and working people’s lives; for taxing billionaires and corporations; and for protecting democracy.

California Nurses Association
February 3, 2026

Group of nurses in front of hospital smiling, with raised fists

RNs at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula vote in a landslide to join California Nurses Association

In an overwhelming landslide vote, nearly 500 nurses elected to join CNA. Registered nurses say union protections will lead to improved patient care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
January 30, 2026