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Nurses at 17 HCA facilities in six states ratify new union contracts

Registered nurses at 17 hospitals managed by HCA have voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in recent weeks, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by nurses, and including measures to improve patient care, patient safety, nurse retention, and working conditions at their hospitals.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

October 22, 2024

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Nurses at two Kansas City-area hospitals ratify new contract with HCA management

Registered nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., voted to ratify new three-year contracts last week, winning measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

October 14, 2024

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Kansas City nurses to hold informational pickets at two local HCA hospitals

Nurses at HCA hospitals in the Kansas City area will hold two informational pickets on July 16 and July 17 to protest management’s refusal to address RNs’ concerns about patient care and safe staffing in on-going contract negotiations.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 12, 2024

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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

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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

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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

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Holy Hypocrites

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

January 12, 2024

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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

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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