Press releases

NNU President Nancy Hagans, RN, to testify in support of federal ratios legislation at Senate field hearing

NNU and New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans, RN, will testify at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Friday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. ET in support of federal legislation supporting mandatory minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios.

National Nurses United/New York State Nurses Association

October 26, 2023

• NNU, • NYSNA

San Benito County report bolsters RNs’ assertion that Hazel Hawkins "does not need to be in bankruptcy or sold"

RNs at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital plan to address the San Benito County Board of Supervisors at their Oct. 24, 2023, meeting as the county’s hired consultant will present its report, including findings and recommendations on the future of the hospital to the board.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 20, 2023

• CNA

Redding nurses and health care workers to protest Shasta Regional Medical Center’s safe staffing law violations

Registered nurses and health care workers at Prime Healthcare’s Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, Calif., will picket on Tuesday, Oct. 24, to protest management’s proposed staffing scheme because it violates California’s safe staffing law and jeopardizes patient care.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union

October 20, 2023

• CNA, • CHEU

Jackson Park Hospital nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Ill., voted unanimously in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on Friday, Oct. 13, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

October 14, 2023

• NNU

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee announce new Council of Presidents for 2023-2026 term

CNA/NNOC is celebrating the union’s newly elected 2023-2026 Council of Presidents. The new leaders took office on Oct. 8, 2023 at the CNA/NNOC convention in San Francisco, Calif.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

October 10, 2023

• CNA, • NNOC

Global Nurses United celebrates successful meeting on pandemic policy and climate change

More than 250 nurses from 33 countries across six continents gathered to discuss the ongoing impacts the Covid-19 pandemic has had in their countries, as well as their current and future concerns about health impacts of the pervasive problem of understaffing in hospitals and clinics around the world and the climate crisis.

Global Nurses United

October 10, 2023

• GNU

California Nurses Association: Gov. Newsom betrays nurses and CalCare movement by signing S.B. 770

Sandy Reding, RN and president of California Nurses Association – the state’s largest union of registered nurses and fiercest advocates for single-payer health care – issued the following statement denouncing the signing of S.B. 770.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 7, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

California Nurses Association celebrates new workplace protections from surgical smoke in hospitals signed into law by Gov. Newsom

California Nurses Association celebrates Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of A.B. 1007, a bill that requires the development and adoption of enforceable workplace health and safety protections from surgical smoke in California hospitals, authored by Assemblymember Liz Ortega and sponsored by CNA.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 7, 2023

• CNA

Apple Valley RNs ratify new contract with improvements for patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new three-year union contract with hospital management, the culmination of a campaign persuading Providence management to invest in patient care improvements at the hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

September 30, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

San Pedro nurses ratify a new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and staff retention

In a resounding victory for patient care, nurses at Providence Little Company Mary Medical Center in San Pedro, Calif., have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year union contract with hospital management.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

September 30, 2023

• CNA, • NNU