Press releases

South Lake Tahoe RNs Vote by 88% to Join CNA

Capping a banner year of union organizing for California’s largest organization of Registered Nurses, RNs at Barton Memorial and Lake Tahoe Surgery Center in South Lake Tahoe, Ca. voted by 88 percent to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.

California Nurses Association

November 16, 2017

Nurses Hold Press Conference to Say, “Keep Community Hospital, Long Beach Open!”

On Tuesday, November 14, nurses and community members will hold a press conference on the public health threat of the proposed closure of Community Hospital, Long Beach (CHLB), the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today.

California Nurses Association

November 13, 2017

Nurses Blast Nomination of Top Pharma Exec as HHS Secretary

National Nurses United today condemned the nomination of former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.

National Nurses United

November 13, 2017

RNS Plan Nurse Recruitment Action at Osceola Regional Medical Center Nov. 8

Registered nurses at Oceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee will hold a recruiting action Wednesday Nov. 8 to lend a helping hand to hospital officials who say they plan to hire 50 additional RNs.

National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida

November 7, 2017

Sunday Nov. 5 Stroller Brigade and Rally in Berkeley to Save Alta Bates Medical Center - Birthplace of the East Bay

On Sunday Nov. 5, community members, elected officials and registered nurses will hold a rally and march led by a brigade of strollers, on Sunday, Nov. 5, in Berkeley to protest Sutter Health's proposed closure of Alta Bates Medical Center.

California Nurses Association

November 2, 2017

RN Leader, Back from 2-Week Puerto Rico Mission, to Testify to Congress Thursday on Public Health Crisis

A registered nurse leader, recently returned from spending two weeks coordinating teams of healthcare professionals in a disaster response mission in Puerto Rico, will testify before Congress Thursday on the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the island and the need for more help.

RN Response Network

November 1, 2017

• RNRN

Kaiser Nurses to Hold Information Pickets Across CA Thursday for Safer Care

With what nurses say is a growing erosion of care conditions in Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics—especially egregious, according to nurses, in light of Kaiser’s $2.5 billion in profits in the last six months—Kaiser registered nurses and nurse practitioners will hold informational pickets at 22 medical centers across California on Thursday, November 2.

California Nurses Association

October 31, 2017

California Nurses Association Opposes Antelope Valley Healthcare District (AVHD) Measure H

The California Nurses Association /National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today announced its opposition to Antelope Valley Healthcare District (AVHD) Measure H.

California Nurses Association /National Nurses United

October 27, 2017

Maine Legislature's Failure to Consider Bill to Protect Rural Healthcare Will Have Devastating Impact on Rural Communities Say Nurses

Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United (MSNA/NNU) say that the Legislative Committee’s failure to allow a critical bill to be taken up in the 2018 session, "An Act to Protect Rural Maine Healthcare," will have a very harmful impact on patients in rural Maine.

Maine State Nurses Association

October 27, 2017

Community Health Systems faces up to $4.5 million in fines over alleged unfair labor practices toward nurses

One of the country’s largest for-profit hospital chains, Community Health Systems (CHS), and its affiliated hospital management arm Quorum Health Corporation, are facing projected fines of up to $4.5 million to settle more than 30 charges of unfair labor practices against registered nurses in West Virginia, Ohio, and California.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

October 26, 2017

• NNOC