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Nurses in front of Ascension Via Christi hospital, listening to nurse speaking through megaphone

Wichita nurses at Ascension Via Christi to hold rally for patient safety and demand reinstatement of SICU seven

Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi hospitals, in Wichita, Kan., will hold a rally tomorrow, June 19, to highlight their patient safety concerns including short-staffing and protest the unjust firing of seven surgical intensive care unit (SICU) registered nurses.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 18, 2024

Nurses on picket line, one holds sign "Ascension, we can see your greedy side"

Ascension nurses call for urgent changes after Catholic chain named in “Dirty Dozen” employer list

Ascension nurses continue to call for urgent changes at the sprawling hospital chain after the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health named Ascension to its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of employers who put workers and communities at risk due to unsafe practices.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 25, 2024

Group of seven nurses inside hospital smiling and wearing red

Wichita nurses ratify first-ever union contracts at Ascension hospitals

At Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, nurses voted 96 percent yes in favor of ratifying their new contract. At Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph, nurses voted 100 percent yes in favor of ratification.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 15, 2024

Nurse on picket line holds sign "Ascension Be Better"

Leading Catholic health system has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery departments in past decade

Ascension has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery units in the past decade amidst a nationwide rise in pregnancy- and childbirth-related mortality, according to new analysis released today by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses.

National Nurses United
January 8, 2024

Group of nurses outside hospital holding picket signs

RNs who held strikes in Austin and Wichita now locked out by Ascension

Nurses at three Ascension-owned facilities in Austin, Texas, and Wichita, Kan., condemn Ascension management for proceeding with a three-day lockout following the RNs’ one-day strike at their hospitals on Dec. 6.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 7, 2023

Articles

Group of seven nurses inside hospital smiling and wearing red

Wichita nurses win first union contract

Registered nurses at two Ascension-owned hospitals in Wichita, Kan., voted overwhelmingly in April in favor of ratifying their first union contracts, successfully winning protections for patient care. At Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, nurses voted 96 percent yes in favor of ratifying their new contract. At Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph, nurses voted 100 percent yes in favor of ratification.

June 5, 2024

Family on picket line holding signs encouraging Ascension to be fair and kind

Holy Hypocrites

Ascension, one of the country’s largest Catholic hospital chains, betrays its mission by dramatically slashing obstetrics services nationwide.

January 12, 2024

Nurse speaking into microphone holding sign "Ascension RNs On Strike". Other nurses with signs behind.

Ascension nurses strike in Austin and Wichita

Nearly 2,000 registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals held historic one-day strikes in June to protest management’s resistance to bargain in good faith with RNs for union contracts that would help correct the endemic staffing crisis.

January 12, 2024

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Another union victory in Wichita!

Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kan. voted in March by 62 percent, 179 to 108, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee.

June 2, 2023

Group of nurses outside holding signs showing enthusiasm for organizing

Union win in Wichita!

Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kan. voted by 66 percent, 378 to 194, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.

January 6, 2023