Press releases

Answering the Call- RNRN Nurse Volunteers Return to Tucson to Provide Critical Medical Aid to Migrants

“These are people, who through no fault of their own, are in horrific situations and trying to survive,” said Nancy Rudner, a registered nurse from Florida who is returning to Tucson for a second deployment at the shelter. 

National Nurses United

May 3, 2019

• RNRN, • NNU

First Senate Hearing on Nevada Workplace Violence Prevention Bill

Health care workers with National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1107 will appear before Nevada senators on Friday, May 3, 2019 to call for the passage of the state’s first workplace violence prevention bill, A.B. 348.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

May 2, 2019

Nurses Call Congressional Budget Office Report “an Important Step Forward in the Process of Achieving Medicare for All”

“Coming off of yesterday’s historic House Rules Committee hearing on Medicare for All, and a newly announced, impending hearing in the Ways and Means Committee, nurses are excited to see Congress further taking this life-saving legislation seriously by releasing a CBO report on Medicare for All.

National Nurses United

May 1, 2019

Largest U.S. Nurses’ Union Rallies Outside of PhRMA Headquarters in Support of Medicare for All

Today, National Nurses United (NNU), along with a broader coalition of pro-Medicare for All organizations rallied outside of the national headquarters of PhRMA in support of Medicare for All.

National Nurses United

April 30, 2019

May Day March, Rally and Action - Workers Demand University of Chicago End Unfair Labor Practices and Stop Union Busting Efforts

Registered nurses will join with other members of the University of Chicago Labor Council, and South Side community members for a May Day march to protest the university’s unfair labor practices, and union busting efforts, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today. 

National Nurses United

April 29, 2019

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