Press releases

Nurses launch Medicare for All ‘barnstorm’ actions in 150 U.S. locations Feb. 9-13

The grassroots Medicare for All movement will ramp up like never before Feb. 9-13, during the Medicare for All Week of Action, as volunteers across the U.S. host 150 Medicare for All “barnstorm” mass organizing meetings to kickstart canvassing and grassroots lobbying in local communities throughout the country.

California Nurses Association

February 11, 2019

RNs to Deploy to Tucson, Arizona to Provide Care to Migrants and Asylum Seekers

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United,is sending a team of volunteer nurses to Tucson

RN Response Network

February 8, 2019

• RNRN

RNs to Deploy to El Paso, Texas to Provide Care to Migrants and Asylum Seekers

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, is sending a team of volunteer nurses to El Paso, Texas to as

RN Response Network

February 1, 2019

• RNRN

RNs Criticize Proposed New VA Rules Charging they Pave the Way to Eroding Care for Veterans

National Nurses United (NNU), which represents 11,000 registered nurses who work at the Veterans Affairs hospitals, today criticized the latest steps by this administration to push privatization of the Veterans Affairs health system through proposed rules unveiled by VA Secretary Robert Wilkie for implementing the VA Mission Act.

National Nurses United

January 31, 2019

• Veterans Affairs

NLRB Moves Forward With Complaint that Johns Hopkins Hospital Violated Registered Nurses Labor Rights

Registered nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital welcome the National Labor Relations Board Office of General Counsel's decision to move forward with a complaint against the hospital citing numerous alleged labor violations, National Nurses United announced today.

National Nurses United

January 23, 2019

Nurses congratulate L.A. teachers on huge victory reached through collective action, worker solidarity

Registered nurses with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) applaud news that—as the result of a historic strike—30,000 educators represented by United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) have reached an agreement, ratified in voting last night, with the L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD).

California Nurses Association

January 23, 2019

National Nurses Statement on Proposals for Limited Health Care Reform as Opposed to Medicare for All

Efforts to pre-empt the growing mass movement for an expanded and improved Medicare for All by substituting instead a patchwork Medicare for some will only exacerbate the ongoing health care crisis for tens of millions of Americans.

National Nurses United

January 23, 2019

Nurses rally in solidarity with striking teachers, present $30,000 donation

Stressing the common fight of teachers and nurses in protecting our public education system and other public institutions from defunding and corporate privatization, the California Nurses Association and Minnesota Nurses Association announced today that they are donating $30,000 to help support children, parents, and teachers during the historic strike by tens of thousands of educators working for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

California Nurses Association

January 22, 2019

Largest U.S. Registered Nurses Union to Champion Women Workers’ Rights at Women’s Marches

On Jan. 19, registered nurses from National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of RNs in the country, will converge at Women’s Marches across the United States to highlight the importance of unions to women and working people, NNU announced today.

National Nurses United

January 17, 2019

Nurses Condemn Policy that Led to Deaths of Children from Families Seeking Asylum

"Nurses, whose life work is to protect and heal, are appalled at the lack of humane treatment for vulnerable children, and their families, who are seeking refuge and safety in the U.S."

National Nurses United

December 26, 2018