Texas

HCA nurses win new contracts

Registered nurses at 17 hospitals managed by HCA voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in October, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee.

Hard Reboot

When a cyberattack took down their computer systems, Ascension nurses relied on their most valuable infrastructure: themselves.

By Lucy Diavolo

Austin nurses ratify first union contract

In March, registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center (ASMCA) in Austin, Texas voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a three-year contract. This is the first-ever union contract at ASCMA, which is the largest private-sector hospital in Texas to form a nurses union.

Austin nurses vote resounding yes to NNOC

In January, registered nurses in the resident and fellow programs at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, (ASMCA) voted overwhelmingly, with 96 percent in favor, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.

Holy Hypocrites

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