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Tucson nurses rally for safe patient care at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital, protest staffing crisis

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., will hold a rally on Monday, July 1, to highlight troubling patient safety concerns and chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 28, 2024

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Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital nurses in Tucson ratify new contract

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 28, 2023

Tucson nurses to hold rally and media availability for patient safety

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Joseph’s in Tucson, Ariz. will hold a rally to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing and management attempting to silence RNs who advocate for safer standards

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

March 10, 2023

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Carondelet St. Mary’s nurses to hold press conference advocating for safe patient care in their hospital, community

Registered nurses from Tenet-owned Carondelet St. Mary’s in Tucson will hold a press conference on Wednesday, July 14 to speak out on unsafe staffing in their facility.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 12, 2021

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Carondelet St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s nurses to hold car procession to urge hospitals to provide optimal staffing

NNOC/NNU-represented registered nurses will hold a car procession honk-a-thon on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 8:15 a.m., to urge their hospitals to provide optimal staffing and alert the community of the current public health crisis in Arizona.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

January 11, 2021

Large group of nurses outside hold signs "Standing for our patients"

Historic first contracts for Tucson nurses

Registered nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. voted overwhelmingly in July to approve their first contracts with NNOC/NNU, a move that made history as the first collective bargaining contracts ever for registered nurses in the state of Arizona.

September 18, 2020