National Nurses Organizing Committee

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A national movement for RNs

We are a national union and professional organization for RNs who are pursuing an ambitious agenda of patient advocacy that promotes the interests of patients, direct-care nurses, and RN professional practice. Read more »

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NNOC 101

Your guide to joining the RN movement. Learn more about our program, our history, and how we are organized.

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Where we are

NNOC and CNA now represent more than 150,000 RNs in about 300 facilities throughout the nation, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Press releases

Three nurses on picket line wearing shirts "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

Ascension Seton nurses to hold rally for patient safety and to speak out against chronic short-staffing

Registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, will hold a rally and speak-out on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to protest management’s refusal to address chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient safety.
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Children’s Hospital New Orleans nurses to sound alarm on safety concerns, denounce LCMC spending millions to fight RN staff

Nurses at Children’s Hospital New Orleans in New Orleans, La., will hold a press conference on Friday, Sept. 27. At the press conference, nurses will detail their concerns about patient care conditions at the center of their unionization efforts.
Hundreds of nurses joined informational picket at UMC

University Medical Center nurses announce plans for strike vote, Children’s Hospital nurses denounce LCMC union busting

Registered nurses at University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, held an informational picket and rally this afternoon, during which they announced their plan to take a strike authorization vote. UMC nurses, who are members of NNOC/NNU, were joined by hundreds of union nurses from around the country in their demands for safe staffing and workplace violence prevention.
University Medical Center nurses pose with signs at info picket

University Medical Center nurses demand progress on contract negotiations, end to management’s delay tactics

Registered nurses at University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, September 24, to push for progress in contract negotiations. Since bargaining began in March, University Medical Center management has delayed negotiations, including postponing bargaining sessions and refusing to make meaningful responses to nurses’ proposals on key issues like workplace violence and safe staffing.
All NNOC press releases

Organize with National Nurses Organizing Committee to improve workplace standards through collective bargaining, reform national health care legislation, and make a difference for you and your patients.

National Nurse Magazine

National Nurse magazine July-August-September issue cover

Shot in the Arm: NNU nurses inject values of care, compassion, community into presedential election, endorse Harris-Walz

VA nurses across country fight for safe staffing, protest hiring freeze

RNs at Veterans Affairs hospitals around the country held a national week of action in August. 

Permanent Damage

Because our government and employers failed to protect nurses, thousands of us will struggle to live with Long Covid for the rest of our lives, jeopardizing our livelihoods and careers.

Winning Big

How UCLA’s PPC stopped the practice of doubling patients in single-occupancy rooms

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