Press releases

New Report – Johns Hopkins hounding thousands of patients with medical debt lawsuits, seizing wages

Despite its reputation as one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the U.S. Johns Hopkins Hospital has a shocking record of hounding low income patients for medical debt – filing thousands of lawsuits, garnishing wages and seizing bank accounts.

National Nurses United / AFL-CIO

May 14, 2019

• NNU

Nation’s Largest Nurse's Union Calls for Ouster of Wayne T. Smith, CEO of Community Health Systems Hospital Chain

New report tracks CHS’ pattern of eroding patient care conditions, price gouging, and corporate mismanagement.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

May 13, 2019

RNs to Mark Mother’s Day Providing Critical Medical Care to Asylum Seekers

Registered nurses with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) will spend this Mother’s Day weekend caring for children, mothers, and families as they provide critical medical aid to asylum seekers in Tucson, Ariz.

National Nurses United

May 10, 2019

• NNU, • RNRN

RNs Applaud Reintroduction of Federal Safe Staffing Bills Mandating Nurse-to-Patient Ratios

National Nurses United applauds the reintroduction of the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act sponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown in the Senate and Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the House. This important legislation addresses an epidemic of deliberate understaffing in our nation’s hospitals that puts patients and the public at risk, said National Nurses United.

National Nurses United

May 8, 2019

• NNU

El Paso Nurses To Hold Medicare for All Rally at Offices of Rep. Will Hurd (TX-23)

El Paso-area registered nurses will rally Wednesday afternoon to demand Texas Rep. Will Hurd support HR 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019, National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) announced today.

National Nurses United

May 7, 2019

National Nurses: Federal "Conscience Rule" Poses Significant Threat to Patient Safety, Choice

National Nurses United today condemned the Trump administration’s proposed final “conscience rule” in health care delivery that it said will pose a significant threat to women’s health and the fundamental principle of patient choice.

National Nurses United

May 6, 2019

Registered Nurses Tell California Lawmakers: Honor National Nurses Week by Improving Patient Safety Protections

Hundreds of registered nurses with the California Nurses Association (CNA) are gathering in Sacramento, Tuesday, May 7, 2019 to meet with state legislators to urge the passage of a number of signat

California Nurses Association

May 6, 2019

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