Missouri press releases

Nurses to Hold an Informational Picket at Saint Louis University Hospital to Highlight Patient Safety Concerns

Registered nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) will hold an informational picket on Monday, Sept. 9, to make the public aware of their patient safety concerns, National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) announced today.

National Nurses United / NNOC

September 6, 2019

Nurses Overwhelmingly Vote to Ratify Contracts Covering 7,000 RNs at 17 HCA-Affiliated Hospitals in 5 States

Registered nurses at HCA-affiliated hospitals in Florida, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Nevada have voted overwhelmingly to ratify contracts featuring a number of innovations that will benefit both patients and nurses, the National Nurses Organizing Committee announced today.

National Nurses United

October 30, 2018

Registered Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement Covering 7000 RNs at 17 HCA-Affiliated Hospitals in 5 States

Registered nurses at HCA-affiliated hospitals in Florida, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Nevada, have reached tentative agreements featuring a number of innovations that will benefit both patients an

National Nurses Organizing Committee

October 11, 2018

7000 Registered Nurses at 15 HCA-Affiliated Hospitals in 5 States Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize Strike

Registered nurses at 15 HCA-affiliated hospitals in Florida, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Nevada, have voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize their nurse negotiators to call a strike, if the issues RNs have been raising in ongoing contract negotiations remain unresolved, the NNOC announced today.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

September 4, 2018

Citing Turnover Rates, Nurses Urge Research Medical Center in Kansas City to Take Active Measures to Ensure Optimal Patient Care

Registered nurses at the HCA-affiliated hospital, Research Medical Center, will hold an informational picket and rally on Friday, June 22, to urge that hospital management take active measures to reduce the hospital’s RN turnover rate and bring the hospital into consistent compliance with its own staffing grid.

National Nurses United

June 21, 2018

Nurses Welcome AFL-CIO Call for Medicare for All Resolution Pledges to Make Health Care for All a Reality

National Nurses United today hailed adoption of a resolution by the AFL-CIO at its convention in St. Louis, declaring that “we will support legislation that guarantees health care as a human right through an improved Medicare for All.”

National Nurses United

October 24, 2017

NNU Nurses' Petition Granted for National Standard to Prevent Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Today, on his last day in office, Assistant Secretary of Labor David Michaels announced that U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be granting National Nurses United's (NNU) petition for a standard to prevent workplace violence in healthcare settings.

National Nurses United

January 10, 2017

Registered Nurses at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital Vote Overwhelmingly to Approve New Contract

Registered nurses at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract covering 660 RNs.

National Nurses Organizing Committee - Missouri

September 26, 2016

Registered Nurses at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract

Registered nurses and hospital administrators have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract covering 660 RNs in the bargaining unit at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

September 16, 2016

St. Louis University Hospital RNs Hold Informational Picket To Highlight Consistent Understaffing

Registered nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) will hold an informational picket and rally at the hospital on Monday, July 11, National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) announced today—to highlight unsafe staffing conditions, which are leading to the loss of experienced RNs, due to nurse burnout.

National Nurses United

July 8, 2016