Press releases

UCLA Ronald Reagan nurses to hold candlelight vigil at shift change to demand COVID-19 protections for nurses everywhere

To celebrate the steps that have been made at UCLA Ronald Regan Medical Center in protecting nurses’ health and safety during COVID-19, and to call on further action from the federal government, nu

Kaiser Modesto & Kaiser Manteca Nurses To Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With Covid-19 

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Kaiser Modesto and Kaiser Manteca are holding an act

Sutter Roseville Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shift Change To Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

Nurses will be hosting a candlelight vigil to highlight the lack of a staffing plan along with inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE), for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19

National Nurses United is Stepping Up Pressure On Hospital Employers Across the United States to Provide Safer Facilities

National Nurses United is stepping up pressure on hospital employers across the U.S.

Unions Demand Decisive Action From Cook County Criminal Justice System to Protect Workers Against Threat of Covid-19

SEIU Local 73 and National Nurses United demand Cook County drastically reduce jail population

SEIU Local 73 and the National Nurses United (NNU) represent nearly 300 workers in the Cook

UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Noon to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at the University of California San Diego (Hillcrest) are holding an action

National Nurses United condemns congressional inaction on protecting nurses, other health care workers from COVID-19

National Nurses United today condemned the United States Senate for failing to mandate protections for health care workers in the COVID-19 stimulus package that passed the Senate on Wednesday night.

Nurses Send Petition to Congress Demanding Immediate Protections During COVID-19 Outbreak

National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses, sent a petition to the US Congress today with a quarter of a million signatures demanding that Congress ensure that nurses and health care workers are immediately given the protections they need to avoid exposure to COVID-19.

Union Workers in the Building Trades Donate Masks to Nurses Amidst Government Inaction

Today, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), an alliance of fourteen affiliated unions collectively representing over 3 million skilled craft professionals in the building and constructio

Nurses: California Needs to Do More on Protective Gear

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials to sharply escalate steps to get immediately personal protective equipment to nurses and other health care workers.