Press releases

New Team of RNRN Nurse Volunteers Arrives Today in Tucson to Provide Medical Aid to Migrants

A new team of nurse volunteers with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) will arrive today in Tucson to provide medical aid at the Casa Alitas shelter operated by Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona.

National Nurses United

April 26, 2019

• RNRN, • NNU

Johns Hopkins Hospital Named to “2019 Dirty Dozen List of Employers Who Put Workers and Communities at Risk”

he National Council for Occupational Safety and Health has named Johns Hopkins Hospital to the “2019 Dirty Dozen List of Employers Who Put Workers and Communities at Risk.” The list is published each year to mark Workers’ Memorial Week, observed around the world, honoring those who have been injured, suffered illnesses or lost their lives at work.

National Nurses United

April 24, 2019

Historic Nevada Workplace Violence Prevention Bill Passes Major Hurdle

Health care workers with National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1107 are excited to announce the state’

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 24, 2019

Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital ratify new three-year contract

The California Nurses Association is pleased to announce that the tentative agreement reached between the union’s RN bargaining team and Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has been overwhelmingly approved

California Nurses Association

April 19, 2019

Nurses volunteering medical services Easter weekend to migrants recently released from federal detention

Nurse volunteers with the Registered Nurse Response Network, a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, say they are providing medical care for unprecedented numbers of migrant families recently released from federal detention.

RN Response Network

April 19, 2019

• RNRN

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins Veterans and RNs to Demand Congress Protect Veterans Health Care

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will join veterans and registered nurses for an April 17 town hall discussion on protecting VA health care system from the threat of privatization. Nurses and veterans are calling for an immediate end to the administration’s attacks on the VA health care

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 15, 2019

• Veterans Affairs

Nevada healthcare workplace violence bill passes committee, heads for floor vote

Nevada’s health care unions, National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) and Service Employees International (SEIU) Local 1107 today celebrated the passage of health care workplace violence prevention bill A.B. 348 out of the Nevada Assembly’s Committee on Commerce and Labor—with the next step being a floor vote.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 12, 2019

RNs caring for migrant families in Tucson condemn negative health impact of detention, after already arduous journey

Nurse volunteers with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) — a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation (CNF) and National Nurses United (NNU) — who are providing medical

RN Response Network

April 11, 2019

• RNRN

Largest U.S. Nurses’ Union Praises Sen. Sanders’ for His Medicare for All Bill

Today, National Nurses United (NNU) stood with Senator Bernie Sanders as he reintroduced his updated Medicare for All bill, with backing from several other Senators.

National Nurses United

April 10, 2019

Nurses from Alameda, San Leandro Hospitals picket for safe patient care conditions

RNs Demand Alameda Health System Bargain in Good Faith and Not Balance Its Budget on Backs of Nurses, Patients
 

California Nurses Association

April 2, 2019