Registered nurses at CommonSpirit Longmont United Hospital (LUH) in Longmont, Colo., made history today by voting overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention. This is the first union contract for the nurses at LUH and the first private-sector contract for RNs in the state of Colorado.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nurses at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, will hold a rally on Thursday, June 27, to protest the ongoing hiring freeze by the Department of Veteran Affairs and host a bake sale to raise money to hire nursing staff.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
RNs at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., are planning to hold a rally to demand that management address the epidemic of violence at the facility and take meaningful steps to provide a safe workplace for health care professionals and a safe place of healing for veterans.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Official certification by the federal labor board followed the final count in late March of remaining ballots from a secret ballot election conducted by the NLRB last July.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Overcoming months of delay from hospital management seeking to block the outcome, registered nurses at Longmont United Hospital in Longmont, Colo. have won their union representation.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Veterans Affairs nurses have been speaking out about patient safety and the nurse staffing crisis throughout the VA, holding pickets, rallies, and other actions.
Overcoming months of delay from hospital management seeking to block the outcome, registered nurses at Longmont United Hospital in Longmont, Colo. finally won their union representation in March.
