Missouri press releases

Kansas City Area RNs Set to Protest Staffing Cuts Called Threat to Patients

Registered Nurses at HCA’s Research Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center RNs will protest together Wednesday to warn the public about reductions in safe staffing they say put patients in danger in major hospital areas, including critical care and COVID-19 care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 16, 2020

RNs at 15 HCA Hospitals Plan Protest Over Demand for Layoffs, Pay Cuts

Registered nurses at 15 HCA hospitals in six states will participate in actions Thursday and Friday to protest demands by the nation’s largest hospital chain for widespread layoffs and economic cuts that nurses say will also put patients in danger.

National Nurses United

May 26, 2020

SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at SSM Health St.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

May 6, 2020

Kansas City nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

Research Medical Center, Research Psychiatric Center, and Menorah Medical Center nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with shift change actions calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 30, 2020

Kansas City RNs to Hold Vigil in Memory of Research Medical RN Who Died of COVID-19

Registered nurses from across the region will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday night at HCA’s Research Medical Center (RMC) in Kansas City in memory of Celia Yap Banago, a longtime RMC RN who died this week of COVID-19 after caring for an infected patient at the hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 22, 2020

RNs at 15 HCA Hospitals to Protest Lack of COVID-19 Preparedness

Registered nurses at 15 HCA Healthcare hospitals in seven states will hold actions Wednesday and Thursday, April 1 and April 2, to protest a lack of preparedness by th

National Nurses United

April 1, 2020

Nurses Vote to Unionize at Research Psychiatric Center in Kansas City

Today, registered nurses at Research Psychiatric Center (RPC) in Kansas City voted to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU).

National Nurses Organizing Committee

January 31, 2020

Nurses to Rally at Women’s Marches Across the Nation

On Jan. 18, registered nurses from National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of RNs in the country, will join together at Women’s Marches across the United States to highlight the importance of unions to women and working people, NNU announced today.

National Nurses United

January 17, 2020

Nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital Ratify New Contract with Protections to Improve Patient Safety

Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) overwhelmingly ratified a new three-and-a-half-year contract, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses U

National Nurses Organizing Committee

December 13, 2019

Saint Louis Hospital Nurses Demand SSM Health Put Patient Care Over Profits

Registered nurses from Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) will call on SSM Health to address the erosion of patient care at the hospital due to chronic short staffing, workplace violence, and high turnover, outside the SSM Health Foundation Gala tonight, National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) announced today.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

October 19, 2019