Press releases

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

UC Davis Medical Center Nurses to Hold Rally on Workplace Violence Prevention on Dec. 3

Nurses at UC Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) will hold a rally on Tuesday, Dec.

California Nurses Association

November 28, 2019

UCSF Medical Center Nurses to Hold Rally on Workplace Violence Prevention on Dec. 3

Nurses at UCSF Hellen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights will hold a rally on Tuesday, Dec.

California Nurses Association

November 28, 2019

UCMC Nurses Ratify Four-year Contract Strengthening Patient Care Protections

Registered nurses at University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) voted overwhelmingly this evening to ratify

National Nurses Organizing Committee

November 27, 2019

Registered Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement with UCMC One-day Strike Cancelled

After negotiating throughout the night, registered nurses reached a tentative agreement with the University of Chicago Medical Center early this morning, announced National Nurses Organizing Commit

National Nurses Organizing Committee

November 22, 2019

Centinela Hospital Medical Center Nurses to Picket Monday, Nov. 25

Registered nurses at Centinela Hospital Medical Center will be holding an informational picket, Monday, Nov. 25 to highlight con­cerns about patient safety, unsafe staffing and overall poor working conditions, the California Nurses Association announced today.

California Nurses Association

November 22, 2019