Press releases

Nurses Condemn Community Medical Center Long Beach for Hasty Move to Divert ER, Forcing Delay in Care for Patients

Registered nurses are condemning the hasty decision by the MemorialCare Health System chain to begin an immediate emergency room diversion this week at Community Medical Center Long Beach well in advance of its plan to close the hospital.

California Nurses Association

March 8, 2018

Nurses Applaud Introduction of H.R. 5223 - Federal Legislation to Prevent Workplace Violence in Health Care Facilities

National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, announced its support for the Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act, introduced today by Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17).

National Nurses United

March 8, 2018

Nurses Applaud Keith Ellison as New Sponsor of Medicare for All Bill, Welcome New Chapter in Movement for Guaranteed Health Care for All

National Nurses United today commended Congressman Keith Ellison after he took over the lead sponsorship of HR 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. Ellison asked for unanimous consent to become the lead sponsor on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon.

National Nurses United

March 7, 2018

National Labor Relations Board Moves Forward with Charges Against Barstow Community Hospital

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has again found merit with charges brought by registered nurses against Barstow Community Hospital and its corporate parent Quorum, for policies that have harmed the hospital’s ability to staff the hospital safely.

California Nurses Association

March 7, 2018

Transformative NNU Leader RoseAnn DeMoro Retiring, Piloted Nurses Union to Historic Growth and Influence

Bonnie Castillo, RN, who has led in every phase of the organization’s work after a career as a nurse activist, succeeds DeMoro as executive director of both NNU and the CNA and its affiliate National Nurses Organizing Committee in what the two, who have worked together for years, emphasizes will be a seamless transition.

National Nurses United

March 6, 2018

Nurses Testify in Support of Maryland Single-Payer Bill

The Co-President of National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, testified today in the Maryland House of Delegates Health and Government Operations Committee in support of the Healthy Maryland Act HB1002/SB1516), a bill that would institute Medicare-for-all, single-payer health care legislation in the state.

National Nurses United

March 5, 2018

18,000 Kaiser RNs Vote to Authorize Possible Strike at Kaiser Medical Facilities throughout California

The California Nurses Association, representing 18,000 registered nurses at 21 Kaiser Permanente medical centers and dozens of medical clinics and office buildings in California, announced today that RNs voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize their nurse negotiators to call a strike, if needed.

California Nurses Association

March 5, 2018

Nurses Pay Tribute to Seminal Leader, Former CNA President Kay McVay, RN on Her Passing

The California Nurses Association and National Nurses United are paying tribute this week to the life and legacy of one of its foremost leaders Kay McVay, RN, the president emeritus of CNA who died Saturday at age 84 after a lengthy illness.

National Nurses United

February 26, 2018

Nation’s Premiere Nurses Union Endorses Carina Driscoll for Mayor of Burlington – ‘She Shares Nurses Values’

The National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the nation’s premiere union and professional association of registered nurses, today announced its endorsement of Carina Driscoll to become the next mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

National Nurse Magazine

February 26, 2018

RNs Warn of Threat to Patient Care as Court Begins To Hear Corporate Attack on Workers, Union Rights

Concurrent with the Supreme Court hearing today on a corporate-pushed case that would sharply erode worker and union rights, National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and profe

National Nurse Magazine

February 26, 2018