Press releases

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

Nurses at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago Reach Tentative Agreement on Three-Year Contract

Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Ill. have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining contract with the hospital, announced National Nurses United Organizing Committee/National Nurses United(NNOC/NNU) today.

National Nurses United / NNOC

August 8, 2019

National Nurses United Denounces Johns Hopkins Health System’s Use of Bogus Credential

National Nurses United (NNU) is disturbed to learn that the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation is once again using marketing gimmicks to bolster its image and to conceal its failure to put patients above profits.

National Nurses United / NNOC

August 5, 2019

RNs of National Nurses United Say Racism, Xenophobia Combined With Lax Gun Control Laws At Root of Mass Shooting Epidemic

The 150,000 registered nurses of National Nurses United (NNU) are sickened and angered as we bear witness to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; and Gilroy, Calif.

National Nurses United

August 4, 2019

Registered Nurses and Health Care Workers to Hold Candlelight Vigil Over Patient Care Concerns at AHMC San Gabriel Valley Medical Center

Registered nurses and health care workers at AHMC San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel, Calif. will hold a candlelight vigil on Friday, August 2, 2019 at 7 p.m.

Caregiver Healthcare Employees Union

July 31, 2019

• CHEU

Nurses to Hold Informational Picket at San Joaquin General Hospital for Patient Safety and Safe Staffing

Registered nurses at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, Calif. will hold an informational picket on July 31 to fight for safe patient staffing and a fair contract, announced California Nurses Association (CNA).

California Nurses Association

July 30, 2019

NNU Statement on Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting: ‘Gun Violence is a Significant Public Health Issue’

National Nurses United today joined with millions of others in calling for meaningful action in response to yesterday’sshooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, as well as similar shootings across the United States this year alone.

National Nurses United

July 29, 2019

St. Joseph Eureka Nurses Demand Hospital Approve Workplace Violence Protections, After Multiple RNs Attacked

On the heels of multiple recent attacks against registered nurses at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, RNs will gather in front of the hospital Monday, July 29 to demand management approve a nurse-driven workplace violence prevention proposal, the California Nurses Association announced today.

California Nurses Association

July 26, 2019

Global Nurses United Leaders Unanimously Support Resolution on Justice For Immigrants

Leaders of an international federation of nurse and health care worker unions from 27 countries, Global Nurses United (GNU), voted unanimously to pass a resolution supporting climate and immigrant justice –– and condemning U.S. immigration policy that violates the human rights of migrants seeking asylum.

Global Nurses United'

July 26, 2019

• GNU