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Group photo of Wichita nurses outside of Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph hospitals.

Wichita nurses deliver petition demanding safe staffing to Ascension management

Nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph hospitals in Wichita, Kansas, delivered a petition demanding a reversal of staffing cuts degrading patient care and safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 15, 2023

• NNU, • NNOC

WHHS nurses gathered holding signs in support of safe staffing.

Fremont nurses to protest unsafe patient care proposals and cuts to health care benefits

Registered nurses at Washington Hospital in Fremont, California, will hold an informational picket on Monday, November 13 to protest unsafe and disrespectful proposals put forward by management during contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 10, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

Watsonville nurses holding signs "Staff UP for safe care. End Crisis Care Now"

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses to picket Monday for patient safety, retention, and recruitment

Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital will hold an informational picket on Monday, Nov. 13, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing, patient safety, retention, and recruitment.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 10, 2023

• CNA

Joyous Saint Agnes nurses with fists raised

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore vote to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland voted, on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United marking the first time in Baltimore history that RNs have unionized a hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 4, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

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Los Angeles nurses demand Nursing Executive Officer accountability to protect patients

Registered nurses who work at Dignity Health’s California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., will hold a rally and speak-out to demand accountability and immediate course correction of the Chief Nursing Executive Officer.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 3, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

Four nurses inside hospital

NNU condemns CDC committee for voting to finalize draft infection control guidance for health care settings

National Nurses United condemns the unanimous vote by the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to finalize a draft of infection control guidelines before giving the public ample time to review the draft or before seeking input from health care workers and patients whose health and safety will be directly impacted by this guidance.

National Nurses United
November 3, 2023

• NNU

Ady barkan talking to NNU Executive Director Bonnie Castillo and Medicare for All event

National Nurses United grieves the passing of our friend, brother, and health care hero, Ady Barkan

Registered nurses know that it takes extraordinary strength, courage, compassion, and commitment to fight to save the lives of others when you are a patient fighting a terminal illness yourself. But that is what made our dear friend and fellow health care activist Ady Barkan truly special.

National Nurses United
November 2, 2023

• NNU

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NNU calls out CDC/HICPAC for planning to vote on infection control guidance before public review and comment

National Nurses United calls out the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for planning to vote today to approve the draft Isolation Precautions Guideline without getting input from frontline health care workers, patients, industrial hygienists, research scientists, ventilation engineers, or experts in occupational health and respiratory protection.

National Nurses United
November 2, 2023

• NNU

RNs at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., were joined by community supporters as they delivered a petition

New Orleans nurses delivered petition calling on management to allow union election

RNs at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., were joined by community supporters as they delivered a petition to demand that LCMC Health management agree to a union election that nurses are seeking.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 30, 2023

• NNOC

NNU and NYSNA President Nancy Hagans in front of microphone

NNU and NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN, testifies in support of federal ratios legislation at Senate field hearing

National Nurses United and New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans, RN, testified today at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in support of federal legislation supporting mandatory minimum nurse to patient ratios.

National Nurses United
October 27, 2023

• NNU, • NYSNA