Press releases

Bay Area Nurses to Hold Rally Protesting Deportation of Extremely Ill Patient

Registered nurses from California Nurses Association (CNA) and other health care workers will protest the impending deportation of one of their severely ill patients on Friday, Sept. 6, announced CNA.

California Nurses Association

September 4, 2019

RN Response Network Sends Team of Nurse Volunteers to Provide Medical Assistance to Hurricane Dorian Victims

Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a national network of volunteer disaster-relief nurses sponsored by National Nurses United (NNU) and California Nurses Foundation, is deploying a team of nurses to Florida and potentially, The Bahamas, in conjunction with International Medical ...

National Nurses United / RNRN

September 2, 2019

• RNRN

Nurses Respond to Hopkins $40 Million Pediatric Malpractice Settlements

Johns Hopkins Health System’s (JHHS) recent settlement with two more families whose children were paralyzed after heart surgeries at their Tampa Bay facility brings the current tally resulting from malpractice there to $40 million. More multimillion-dollar settlements for patients and families harmed by the hospital’s conduct are expected in the coming months.

National Nurses United

August 31, 2019

Nurses at University of Chicago Medical Center Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize a Strike

Registered nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize their nurse negotiators to call a one-day strike if the issues RNs have been raising in ongoing contract negotiations ...

National Nurses United /NNOC

August 30, 2019

Health Care Workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center Win Key Gains in Patient Care with Historic First Contract

Health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, Calif. have ratified their first collective bargaining contract with important key improvements in patient care protections, training benefits, and enhanced economic standards that will help in the recruitment ...

California Nurses Association / CHEU

August 30, 2019

• CHEU

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