Press releases

MarinHealth Medical Center Nurses Hold Informational Picket for Patient Safety

Registered nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif. will hold an informational picket on Friday, Dec. 20 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. to call on the hospital to take the necessary steps to recruit and retain experienced nurses to ensure patient safety, announced California Nurses Association (CNA).

California Nurses Association

December 19, 2019

California Nurses Association policy expert appointed to Healthy California for All commission

When Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the launch of the Healthy California for All Commission—a group working to advance guaranteed health care coverage in California—his appointees included Carmen Comsti.

California Nurses Association

December 17, 2019

Rally and Public Hearing on Major Non-profits PILOT Agreement

The Coalition for a Humane Hopkins will hold a rally in front of City Hall Thursday, Dec. 19, calling on Mayor Young to reopen and renegotiate the city’s 2016 “Non-profit Assessment Agreement” with 15 of Baltimore’s major non-profit hospitals, colleges and universities, including Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center.

National Nurses United & Coalition for a Humane Hopkins

December 16, 2019

Nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital Ratify New Contract with Protections to Improve Patient Safety

Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) overwhelmingly ratified a new three-and-a-half-year contract, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses U

National Nurses Organizing Committee

December 13, 2019

Overwhelming Victory for Nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago

Today, registered nurses at Community First Medical Center (CFMC) in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

National Nurses Organizing Committee

December 12, 2019

Citing an Agreement to Improve Staffing Nurses Postpone Informational Picket Dec. 13 at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley

Registered nurses at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (SNMH) in Grass Valley have postponed the informational picket scheduled for Friday, Dec. 13

California Nurses Association

December 12, 2019

Veterans and RNs Demand Congress Protect Veterans’ Health Care

Veterans and RNs are holding a town hall on Wednesday, Dec. 11 to educate the public on the current attacks on the VA health care system and strategize on how best to protect this vital institution for future veterans.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

December 6, 2019

• Veterans Affairs

Nurse leader to testify on Medicare for All Act (H.R. 1384) at hearing scheduled in powerful House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee

National Nurses United (NNU) President Jean Ross, RN will testify in support of the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (H.R. 1384) before the Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives at a critical hearing on Medicare for All on Dec. 10.

National Nurses United

December 5, 2019

Nurses to Hold Informational Picket Dec. 13 at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley

Registered nurses at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (SNMH) in Grass Valley will hold an informational picket on Friday Dec. 13, California Nurses Association/ National Nurses United announced today. The goal of the picket is to let the public know that the hospital’s drastic cuts in nursing, and nurses aide staff are eroding the quality of patient care.

California Nurses Association

December 3, 2019

Nurse volunteers donate medical care in Guatemala this Giving Tuesday

A team of registered nurses and nurse practitioners will be making a special gift this Giving Tuesday: the donation of their time, energy, and professional medical expertise when they travel to Guatemala to provide free medical care in rural, underserved health clinics as part of Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of National Nurses United and the California Nurses Foundation.

RN Response Network

December 2, 2019

• RNRN