Press releases

Labor Day - Celebrating Nurse Victories Across the Country

The Labor Day holiday has sadly become more about blow-out mattress sales and backyard barbecues than the original intent of recognizing the contributions of workers and labor unions in the United States.

National Nurses United

August 29, 2019

Recognition: Labor Meets Art in Explorations of Identity and Social Justice

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee is pleased to present “Recognition,” a group exhibition that explores the acknowledgment of a person’s existence, validity, identity, or legality within the context of gender, environmental, health care, and social equality—all issues to be discussed at the union’s 2019 Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly in September.

California Nurses Association / NNOC

August 20, 2019

RNs at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco Vote to Join California Nurses Association/NNU

Registered nurses at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to join the state’s largest RN union, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Unit

California Nurses Association

August 14, 2019

Ingalls Nurses to Hold Press Conference to Announce Their Demand for Union Recognition from University of Chicago Medical Center

Registered nurses at University of Chicago Medical Center and UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial are holding a press conference on Friday, August 9, to announce their demand that the University of Chicago Medical Center recognize the Ingalls nurses majority support to unionize with National Nurses Organizing Committee.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

August 9, 2019

Registered Nurses at Mee Memorial Hospital to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Alert Community to Patient Care Concerns

Registered nurses at Mee Memorial Hospital in King City, Calif.

California Nurses Association

August 8, 2019

Nurses at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago Reach Tentative Agreement on Three-Year Contract

Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Ill. have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining contract with the hospital, announced National Nurses United Organizing Committee/National Nurses United(NNOC/NNU) today.

National Nurses United / NNOC

August 8, 2019

National Nurses United Denounces Johns Hopkins Health System’s Use of Bogus Credential

National Nurses United (NNU) is disturbed to learn that the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation is once again using marketing gimmicks to bolster its image and to conceal its failure to put patients above profits.

National Nurses United / NNOC

August 5, 2019

RNs of National Nurses United Say Racism, Xenophobia Combined With Lax Gun Control Laws At Root of Mass Shooting Epidemic

The 150,000 registered nurses of National Nurses United (NNU) are sickened and angered as we bear witness to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; and Gilroy, Calif.

National Nurses United

August 4, 2019

Registered Nurses and Health Care Workers to Hold Candlelight Vigil Over Patient Care Concerns at AHMC San Gabriel Valley Medical Center

Registered nurses and health care workers at AHMC San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel, Calif. will hold a candlelight vigil on Friday, August 2, 2019 at 7 p.m.

Caregiver Healthcare Employees Union

July 31, 2019

• CHEU

Nurses to Hold Informational Picket at San Joaquin General Hospital for Patient Safety and Safe Staffing

Registered nurses at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, Calif. will hold an informational picket on July 31 to fight for safe patient staffing and a fair contract, announced California Nurses Association (CNA).

California Nurses Association

July 30, 2019