North Carolina press releases

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Two nurses inside hospital wearing RNRN shirts and hats preparing clinic

Nurse volunteers deployed to Asheville to support Hurricane Helene recovery

Registered Nurse Response Network, in partnership with International Medical Corps, deployed two teams of nurse volunteers to Asheville, N.C. to support the Hurricane Helene recovery. The fourteen nurses who volunteered on the Asheville RNRN deployment cared for residents who had arrived at shelters and clinics in the immediate aftermath of the unprecedented storm.

RN Response Network/National Nurses United
November 13, 2024

Large group of nurses standing with Josh Stein outside Mission Hospital holding an NNOC banner. Some hold signs "Josh Stein for Governor"

North Carolina RNs celebrate Josh Stein election win

NNOC/NNU endorsed Stein because of his support for nurses and their patients, including but not limited to: his advocacy for Medicaid expansion and his defense of the Affordable Care Act in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, which protected millions of North Carolinians with preexisting conditions.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 5, 2024

Nurses with raised fists

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

Nurses picketing outside Mission Hospital

Mission Hospital nurses in Asheville ratify new contract with HCA management

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., voted in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract this week, winning measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 9, 2024

Nurses picketing outside hospital holding signs "Patients over Profits"

Nurses at Mission Hospital vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. voted 97 percent in favor to authorize their nurse bargaining team to call a strike, should they deem it necessary, as HCA has refused to address numerous patient safety issues.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 2, 2024

Five RNs at Mission Asheville holding signs "Nurses fighting for patients and safe staffing" "Mission nurses support safe staffing" "Patients over profits"

Asheville nurses to hold informational picket for safe staffing, patient safety

RNs at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold an informational picket on August 6 to protest management’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing and patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 30, 2024

RNs at Mission Asheville holding signs and banner "Patients' needs over HCA/FRIST greed" and "Hey HCA, put patients over profits"

Asheville nurses to protest HCA contract proposals that endanger patient care

Registered nurses at HCA-owned Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a rally on June 19 to protest HCA’s failure to seriously address nurses’ concerns in contract negotiations.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 17, 2024

Two nurses standing with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein holding signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Asheville nurses to hold rally for improved patient care and health care access with Attorney General Josh Stein

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, will hold a rally to highlight their contract campaign priorities to improve patient care and working conditions. Nurses will be joined by Attorney General Josh Stein who since 2018 has demanded that HCA meet its obligation to provide quality, affordable care to western North Carolina.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
June 3, 2024

Asheville nurses rally as they begin new union contract negotiations with HCA

Asheville nurses to rally as they begin new union contract negotiations with HCA

Nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, will hold a rally as they begin negotiations on a new union contract with HCA, the facility’s owner and largest health system in the United States.

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

Hannah Drummond testifying in front of Senate hearing

Union nurse speaks out at U.S. Senate field hearing on the dangers of corporate greed in health care

At this field hearing of the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, Hannah Drummond, RN, was featured among several witnesses speaking to the ways corporate greed endangers patient care and health care workers.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 3, 2024