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

Registered nurses at 17 hospitals managed by HCA have voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in recent weeks, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by nurses, and including measures to improve patient care, patient safety, nurse retention, and working conditions at their hospitals.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 22, 2024

Group of nurses outside hospital smiling, holding signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Nurses at two Kansas City-area hospitals ratify new contract with HCA management

Registered nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., voted to ratify new three-year contracts last week, winning measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 14, 2024

Large group of nurses in blue scrubs outside hospital with raised fists holding signs "HCA Put Patients Over Profits"

Kansas City nurses to hold informational pickets at two local HCA hospitals

Nurses at HCA hospitals in the Kansas City area will hold two informational pickets on July 16 and July 17 to protest management’s refusal to address RNs’ concerns about patient care and safe staffing in on-going contract negotiations.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 12, 2024

Nurses in front of Ascension Via Christi hospital, listening to nurse speaking through megaphone

Wichita nurses at Ascension Via Christi to hold rally for patient safety and demand reinstatement of SICU seven

Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi hospitals, in Wichita, Kan., will hold a rally tomorrow, June 19, to highlight their patient safety concerns including short-staffing and protest the unjust firing of seven surgical intensive care unit (SICU) registered nurses.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 18, 2024

Nurses on picket line, one holds sign "Ascension, we can see your greedy side"

Ascension nurses call for urgent changes after Catholic chain named in “Dirty Dozen” employer list

Ascension nurses continue to call for urgent changes at the sprawling hospital chain after the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health named Ascension to its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of employers who put workers and communities at risk due to unsafe practices.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 25, 2024

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Wichita nurses ratify first-ever union contracts at Ascension hospitals

At Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, nurses voted 96 percent yes in favor of ratifying their new contract. At Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph, nurses voted 100 percent yes in favor of ratification.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 15, 2024

Nurse on picket line holds sign "Ascension Be Better"

Leading Catholic health system has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery departments in past decade

Ascension has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery units in the past decade amidst a nationwide rise in pregnancy- and childbirth-related mortality, according to new analysis released today by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses.

National Nurses United
January 8, 2024

Group of nurses outside hospital holding picket signs

RNs who held strikes in Austin and Wichita now locked out by Ascension

Nurses at three Ascension-owned facilities in Austin, Texas, and Wichita, Kan., condemn Ascension management for proceeding with a three-day lockout following the RNs’ one-day strike at their hospitals on Dec. 6.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 7, 2023

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Wichita nurses to host gift drive on Friday after Ascension cancels Christmas concert

Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph’s in Wichita, Kansas, will host a gift drive for toys and school supplies on Friday, December 8, in response to Ascension management canceling the Christmas concert scheduled to take place on that day at the Christi Child Development Center.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 6, 2023

Nurses from Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin TX demonstrating

Nurses in Texas and Kansas to strike, resisting Ascension union-busting tactics

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals are moving forward with historic one-day strikes on Wednesday, December 6, to protest unsafe conditions management has failed to remedy, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 4, 2023