NNOC press releases

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Staff UP for safe care. End crisis care now.

Miami VA nurses demand management resolve patient safety issues and critical staffing crisis

RNs at Miami's Bruce W. Carter VA Medical will hold an action on Thur. Jan. 27 to demand that management invests in nurse staffing to provide optimal veteran care following years of short staffing.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
January 25, 2022

Staff up! For safe care. End crisis care now.

Nurses to hold national day of action Jan. 13 to demand employers, Biden administration protect RNs, health care workers

NNU nurses will hold actions across the country on Thur., Jan. 13 to demand the hospital industry invest in safe staffing, and to demand that President Biden follow through on his campaign promise to protect nurses and prioritize public health.

National Nurses United
January 11, 2022

Nurses stand and speak in front of news crew

National Labor Relations Board rules to open final six ballots in Longmont nurse union election

Regional Office 27 (Denver) of the NLRB rejected Longmont United Hospital’s appeal to challenge the validity of a union election ballot.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 10, 2021

Exterior of Longmont United Hospital

Longmont United Hospital RNs to hold speak-out on unsafe conditions

Registered nurses at Longmont United Hospital are hosting a speak-out event on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. to address unsafe conditions at the hospital.

National Nurses United
November 30, 2021

Nurses outside Community First Medical Center hold signs calling for safety

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center reach tentative agreement

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago are proud to have reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 26, 2021

Nurses outside mission hospital hold signs "Save Lives: Safe Staffing Now"

Mission nurses to hold socially distanced action to demand safe staffing for safe patient care

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. will hold a socially distanced action to demand the hospital address chronic short-staffing issues that nurses say put patients and RNs at risk.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 20, 2021

Nurses outside Community First Medical Center hold signs calling for safety

RNs at Community First issue 10-day notice for 3-day strike

The nurses have filed unfair labor practice charges against the hospital, charging that management has failed to engage in good faith bargaining with the union.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 18, 2021

Nurses in hospital wearing stickers calling for safe staffing ratios

More than 14,000 nurses ratify agreement with Dignity Health on four-year contract

The agreement includes health and safety protections for nurses and patients.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 20, 2021

Nurse holding sign "Patient and nurse safety before profit"

MountainView Hospital RNs approve new contract with HCA they say will improve patient care protections

Registered nurses at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas have overwhelmingly approved a new collective bargaining contract with HCA that includes important new provisions for infectious disease control protections.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 7, 2021

Group of Maine Medical Center nurses in the hospital

Nurses urge Maine Medical Center to maintain Covid protections for caregivers

Maine Medical Center registered nurses urged their employer to maintain the Covid-19 protections it put in place last year.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 1, 2021