Missouri press releases

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

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