Florida press releases

Nurses at Steward Health Care hospitals in South Florida vote resoundingly to ratify new contracts

The new contracts support improvements in patient care and will strengthen each hospitals’ capacity to retain and recruit registered nurses, which is a priority given the staffing crisis at each facility.

Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

October 12, 2022

RNs at Steward Health’s Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes to protest proposed shut down of emergency and in-patient services for psychiatric patients

After shutdown patients needing acute psychiatric care will be turned away.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 10, 2022

Coral Gables Hospital nurses vote to join nation’s largest RN union

Citing a desire for improved staffing and a strengthened voice in patient care protections, registered nurses at Coral Gables Hospital in South Florida voted by 57 percent to join National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida.

National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida/National Nurses United

July 29, 2022

Florida Medical Center nurses to hold informational picket for safe staffing, patient health and safety

Florida Medical Center nurses have been in negotiations since March 2022 for a new contract with little to no movement on key issues.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 27, 2022

Fawcett nurses to protest chronic short staffing and to demand safe patient care

RNs at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital will hold an outdoor action on Mon., July 25, to protest hospital management’s refusal to address chronic short staffing at the facility and the impact on patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 21, 2022

Brooksville’s Oak Hill Hospital nurses will rally for staff recruitment, retention, and patient safety

Oak Hill RNs say dangerous conditions in their hospital necessitate immediate action to protect patient care and safety, and safe staffing is the solution.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 6, 2022

Miami VA nurses demand management resolve patient safety issues and critical staffing crisis

RNs at Miami's Bruce W. Carter VA Medical will hold an action on Thur. Jan. 27 to demand that management invests in nurse staffing to provide optimal veteran care following years of short staffing.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

January 25, 2022

RNs at 10 HCA Florida Hospitals Approve New Pact

Registered nurses at 10 hospitals along Florida’s Gulf Coast and in Central Florida have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that they say includes important improvements in health and safety protections for nurses and patients and other substantial gains.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United,

July 12, 2021

RNs at 10 Florida Hospitals Reach Tentative Pact With HCA on New Collective Bargaining Contract

Registered nurses at 10 Central and Gulf Coast Florida hospitals have reached a tentative agreement with HCA on a new collective bargaining contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 6, 2021

HCA RNs in Florida and Texas to Hold Public Actions to Voice Alarm on Patient Safety Concerns

Registered nurses at four Florida HCA hospitals and one in Texas will hold socially distanced public actions Monday, June 21 to alert the public to ongoing, persistent problems with safe staffing and growing problems with retention at HCA facilities.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 20, 2021