National Nurses Organizing Committee

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A national movement for RNs

We are a national union and professional organization for RNs who are pursuing an ambitious agenda of patient advocacy that promotes the interests of patients, direct-care nurses, and RN professional practice. Read more »

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NNOC 101

Your guide to joining the RN movement. Learn more about our program, our history, and how we are organized.

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Where we are

NNOC and CNA now represent more than 150,000 RNs in about 300 facilities throughout the nation, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Press releases

CNA/NNU/NNOC nurses in front of capitol with signs Our Patients, Our Union, Our Voice

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee Statement re: New Orleans New Year's Tragedy

As registered nurses who fight every shift to keep patients safe, we condemn the tragedy that took place in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year's Day.
Large group of nurses dressed in red, outside hospital, holding signs "No More Broken Promises: Respect and Safety for All NOW"

Atlanta VA Nurses to speak out against VA budget crisis

Nurses at Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center in Decatur, Ga., will hold a protest on Thursday, Nov. 14, outside their facility to speak out about their concerns regarding the VA budget, especially its impacts on short staffing, nurse retention, and nurses’ moral distress.
Nurses holding signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Ascension nurses call on U.S. bishops to hold Catholic hospital chain accountable to church directives

Registered nurses from Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. will rally in front of a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting on Nov. 12. They will highlight how Ascension has failed to follow USCCB directives to Catholic health care organizations to both serve and advocate for patients “at the margins of society” and “treat its employees respectfully and justly.”
Larg group of nurses inside hospital wearing red, fists raised, holding banner "Strong Union, Strong Nurses, Strong Veterans"

Bronx VA Nurses caravan to the VA regional office to demand VA lift barriers to hiring

Nurses from the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx will be caravaning to Tarrytown, N.Y., on Thursday, Nov. 7, to call on the VA to lift barriers to hiring staff to fill RN positions to ensure safe patient care.
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Organize with National Nurses Organizing Committee to improve workplace standards through collective bargaining, reform national health care legislation, and make a difference for you and your patients.

National Nurse Magazine

National Nurse magazine July-August-September issue cover

Shot in the Arm: NNU nurses inject values of care, compassion, community into presedential election, endorse Harris-Walz

VA nurses across country fight for safe staffing, protest hiring freeze

RNs at Veterans Affairs hospitals around the country held a national week of action in August. 

Permanent Damage

Because our government and employers failed to protect nurses, thousands of us will struggle to live with Long Covid for the rest of our lives, jeopardizing our livelihoods and careers.

Winning Big

How UCLA’s PPC stopped the practice of doubling patients in single-occupancy rooms

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