Press releases

Affinity Nurses Cheer Order to Delay Possible Affinity Closure

RNs to Quorum: Hospital must stay fully operational until new operator secured

Affinity Medical Center registered nurses applauded the decision by a Stark County Judge today issuing a tem

Nurses Oppose Trump Administration Plan to Discriminate Against Patients Under Cover of ‘Moral Objection’

Today, National Nurses United criticized the Trump Administration's plan to create a new division within the Health and Human Services Department that would promote discrimination by medical worker

Nurses Press Quorum with a Demand to Stop Affinity Closure

Affinity Medical Center registered nurses will meet directly with officials of Quorum Health Care which runs the Massillon, Oh., hospital demanding that it keep the hospital open, or at least until a new operator can take over.

Nurses to Villaraigosa: Stop Misleading Public on SB 562 Federal Actions Make Action Now for Real Reform Urgent

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today criticized gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa for “deliberate and repeated misrepresentations” about critical legislation, SB 562.

Single Payer Supporters, Nurses and Patients to Converge on State Capitol to Protest Legislators Delaying Healthy California Act SB 562

Members of California Nurses Association (CNA) and the Healthy California campaign will converge from throughout the state for a rally and a public hearing on healthcare in California in Sacramento, Wednesday, January 17, to urge legislators to move forward with SB 562.

Supporters Urge Legislators to Advance Single Payer Bill SB 562 at Public Hearing

Members of California Nurses Association (CNA) and the Healthy California campaign will converge at a public hearing on healthcare in California in Sacramento, Wednesday, January 17, to urge legislators to move forward with SB 562.

Nurses Opposes Trump Administration Deportation Threats Against Salvadorans, other Immigrants Living in the U.S.

In the wake of the Trump Administration decision this week to end the temporary protected status for over 200,000 Salvadorans living in the U.S., National Nurses United said today that it opposes t

Affinity RNs to Describe Impact on Public Health Posed by Hospital Closure Threat Pledge to Work with Elected Leaders, Community to Save Hospital

Registered Nurses who work at Affinity Medical Center in Massillon, Oh.

RNs Warn: Public Health Crisis in Threat to Close Affinity Hospital Pledge to Work with Elected Leaders, Community to Save Hospital

The sudden announcement today by one of the nation’s biggest hospital chains that it plans to close Affinity Medical Center of Massillon, OH, in less than a month could cause a dangerous medical crisis for thousands of residents

Nurses Catch Assembly Speaker in Lie About Healthy California Bill

The nearly 100,000 registered nurses of the California Nurses Association (CNA)—co-sponsors of SB 562, the Healthy California Act, which would guarantee healthcare to all Californians—strongly condemn California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon’s statement that SB 562 sponsors have “sat on their hands and done nothing the past six months.”