Missouri press releases

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses to hold informational picket to protest staffing crisis

Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., will hold an informational picket to demand that management address the staffing crisis at the facility and its impact on patient safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 17, 2023

Research Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center nurses rally to protest HCA’s failure to address chronic patient safety issue

Nurses from HCA’s Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Mo., will hold a rally on Tuesday, June 14.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 13, 2022

Nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital to hold rally to protest chronic understaffing

Registered nurses will hold a rally on Friday, June 3 at 8:00 a.m. to voice their deep concerns about patient safety, chronic understaffing, and the alarming drop in the number of staff nurses hired by the facility.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 1, 2022

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses vote “no confidence” in administration

In a vote conducted by the union between April 20 and April 24, 93 percent of participants, and a majority of all eligible nurses, voted “no confidence” in the leadership of Chief Nursing Officer Rita Fowler and Human Resources Director Chris Greenley.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 27, 2022

Kansas City area RNs approve new HCA contracts

Registered nurses at Kansas City area HCA hospitals have overwhelmingly approved new collective bargaining contracts.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 23, 2021

Kansas City area RNs reach agreement with HCA on new collective bargaining contract

RNs at Research Medical Center and Research Psychiatric Center in Kansas City, Mo. and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. have reached a tentative agreement Friday night on a new collective bargaining contract

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 16, 2021

From Florida to Nevada, HCA RNs to hold actions to alert public to escalating patient safety concerns

Thousands of registered nurses at seven HCA hospitals from five states will hold socially distanced public actions in the Kansas City region and Nevada on Friday June 18 and in Florida and Texas on

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 17, 2021

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses to hold rally to demand protections when treating patients with COVID-19

Registered nurses at SSM Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) are holding a rally to call attention to their concerns about patient safety and personal protective equipment (PPE), including nurses not being consistently provided with new, unused N95 respirators required to safely treat COVID-19 patients.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

September 15, 2020

HCA Nurses to Protest Unsafe PPE, Equipment, Staffing in Four States Tuesday

Registered nurses at HCA hospitals in Florida, Kansas, Missouri and Nevada will hold public actions Tuesday to highlight ongoing practices they say put nurses and other caregivers in jeopardy and increase the spread of COVID-19 to others.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 31, 2020

Nurses seek OSHA sanctions on HCA

National Nurses United (NNU) today called on the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to inspect all HCA-owned-and-operated hospitals and issue citations against the hospital giant for “willful violation” of workplace safety hazards, which NNU warns “could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm.”

National Nurses United

August 24, 2020