Press releases

Nurses to Picket at University of Chicago Medical Center over Concerns about Patient Care and Safety

Registered nurses will hold an informational picket and rally Monday, July 22, 2019 at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) to inform the public of their concerns about patient care at the hospital, announced National Nurses United Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today.

National Nurses United / NNOC

July 18, 2019

• NNU

Nurses to Hold Rally for a Fair Contract at Down East Community Hospital

Registered nurses and hospital technicians at Down East Community Hospital (DECH) in Machias, Maine will hold a rally for a fair contract on July 18, to protest hospital mismanagement that makes it difficult...

Maine State Nurses Association / NNU

July 16, 2019

• NNU

Urgent Community Town Hall to Address Concerns about Patient Care with Impending Sale of Watsonville Community Hospital

Registered nurses, doctors, community activists, and residents are holding a town hall Sunday, July 14 to share concerns about patient care and strategize on action as Watsonville Community Hospital is up for sale, announced the California Nurses Association today.

California Nurses Association

July 12, 2019

RNs Applaud Signing of Hospital Inspection Bill that Protects Patients, Nurses

The California Nurses Association today applaud the decision by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign an important hospital inspection bill to protect the ability of registered nurses and other health care employees to speak privately with a state hospital inspector during ...

California Nurses Association

July 11, 2019

Huge Rally at Johns Hopkins Set July 20 to Protest JHH’s Aggressive Practice of Suing Patients with Medical Debt

Nurses will be joined by labor and community activists for a major rally outside Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Saturday, July 20 to press hospital officials to end their deplorable practice ...

National Nurses United

July 8, 2019

Nurses at Oroville Hospital Ratify Four-Year Contract with Protections to Improve Patient Safety

Registered nurses at Oroville Hospital in Oroville unanimously ratified a new four-year contract, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) today.

California Nurses Association

July 5, 2019

Nurses Urge HCA-Affiliated Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center in San Jose to Address Turnover to Ensure Optimal Patient Care

The California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today that registered nurses at HCA-affiliated Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center in San Jose will hold informational pickets Tuesday, July 9, 2019 to urge hospital management to address RN turnover rates and optimal staffing levels.

California Nurses Association

July 5, 2019

Nurses Redouble Commitment to Provide Critical Medical Aid to Migrants and Asylum Seekers as Details Emerge of Inhumane and Brutal Conditions in Federal Detention

As further details emerge about the deplorable conditions children separated from their families and loved ones at the border are facing in federal detention, registered nurses with the Registered Nurse Response Network are returning to a Tucson, Ariz. shelter to provide critical medical aid for asylum seekers.

National Nurses United

July 3, 2019

Napa County Nurses Call for Answers at St. Joseph Health/Adventist Health Public Meeting on Proposed Merger

At a series of upcoming public meetings held by the California State Attorney General’s office, registered nurses with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) will demand to know how the proposed merger ...

California Nurses Association

July 1, 2019

Nurses at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica Ratify Three-Year Contract with Protections to Improve Patient Safety

Registered nurses at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) today. The agreement is the result of a long and protracted fight that included more than a year of bargaining, a one-day strike in November 2018, and a picket.

California Nurses Association

June 27, 2019