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Save CHLB

Nurses & Community Leaders to Hold a Press Conference ahead of Special City Council Meeting to Save Community Hospital Long Beach

Nurses and community leaders will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon ahead of the Long Beach City Council’s special meeting to provide an updat

California Nurses Association
April 2, 2018

Workplace Violence Puts Everyone At Risk

Nurses to Highlight Landmark New Rules on Prevention of Workplace Violence in Hospitals – Model for National Regs

Registered nurses who have encountered workplace violence in hospital settings will speak out Tuesday, April 3 in a California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) press conference in Oakland to highlight the implementation of the strongest state workplace violence prevention rules in the nation.

California Nurses Association
March 29, 2018

Save Community Hospital Long Beach

Nurses Back Bill to Extend Seismic Deadline for Long Beach Hospital

Community Hospital Long Beach Registered Nurses will be on hand Tuesday afternoon at the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors to encourage support for a resolution by Supervisor Janice Hahn calling for stepped up public action on the threatened closure of Community Hospital Long Beach.

California Nurses Association
March 27, 2018

Community Hospital of Long Beach

Nurses Blast MemorialCare for Secret Moves to Ensure Closure of Community Medical Center Long Beach

RNs: MemorialCare Showing Disdain for Community and Patients

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Un

California Nurses Association
March 26, 2018

San Mateo County registered nurses celebrate new contract

San Mateo County Nurses Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract

San Mateo County registered nurses overwhelming approved a new four-year contract that RNs say includes significant improvements that will allow them to continue providing high-quality care to county patients, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced today.

California Nurses Association
March 23, 2018

Stop Gun Violence

RNs Welcome Student-Led Marches on Gun Violence

National Nurses United today welcomed marches Saturday across the country, sparked by student-led protests following the recent school shooting in Parkland, Fl., that are being held to call for action to stem the escalating crisis of gun violence.

National Nurses United
March 23, 2018

Bonnie Castillo, RN at AFL-CIO Executive Council

National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo Named to Top AFL-CIO Council

The AFL-CIO today elected National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN, to its top leadership bodies, the AFL-CIO Executive Council and Executive Committee.

National Nurses United
March 22, 2018

San Mateo victory pose

San Mateo County Nurses Reach Tentative Contract Agreement to Strengthen Safe Patient Care

San Mateo County registered nurses have reached a tentative new contract agreement, which RNs say will allow them to continue providing high quality care t

California Nurses Association
March 22, 2018

Kaiser nurses cheer over tentative agreement

Major Tentative Pact for 19,000 Kaiser RNs/NPs Rebuffing Contract Cuts with Patient Care Gains

Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners who work at 21 Kaiser Permanente medical centers and dozens of medical clinics and office buildings in Northern and Central California, have won tentative agreement with the giant health system.

California Nurses Association
March 19, 2018

Amy Vilela for Congress in Nevada's 4th District

National Nurses United Endorses Amy Vilela for Congress in Nevada's 4th District

National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, today announced its endorsement of Amy Vilela for Congress representing Nevada’s 4th district.

National Nurses United
March 16, 2018