Press releases

Glendale Memorial Hospital health care workers ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and worker retention

Respiratory therapists, laboratory technicians, and many other health care workers at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and worker retention.

Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union/California Nurses Association

August 15, 2023

• CHEU, • CNA

Community First Medical Center nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new 40-month contract winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse recruitment and retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 9, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Queen of the Valley Medical Center nurses ratify new contract

RNs at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on August 2, 2023, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

August 3, 2023

• CNA

Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey nurses vote to authorize strike to protest management’s failure to retain nurses

Nurses at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital in Marina del Rey, Calif. voted 98 percent in favor of authorizing their nurse bargaining team to call a strike because the hospital has refused to address critical nurse recruitment and retention issues.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

July 31, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital nurses in Tucson ratify new contract

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 28, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Hazel Hawkins nurses to hold rally, call on San Benito County Health District to end takeaways, which jeopardize patient care

RNs and other health care workers at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, California, will hold a rally on Thursday, July 27 prior to the San Benito Health Care District meeting.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

July 26, 2023

Nurses to hold informational picket at Providence St. Mary Medical Center to demand safe staffing

RNs at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Apple Valley, Calif., will hold an info picket to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about unsafe staffing, poor working conditions, and management’s ongoing failure to retain nurses and adhere to the hospital’s own staffing standards.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

July 25, 2023

Nation’s largest nurses union stands with Rep. Casar in support of heat protections for all workers

NNU stands in solidarity with Texas workers and U.S. Representative Greg Casar, who stood vigil and went on thirst strike today for Texans affected by Governor Abbott’s recent decision to eliminate water break protections.

National Nurses United

July 25, 2023

Ascension nurses in Wichita and Austin to demand urgent improvements to patient safety

At a public action on July 26, registered nurses at Ascension via Christi St. Joseph Hospital, Ascension via Christi St. Francis Hospital, and Ascension Seton Medical Center will deliver petitions to hospital management demanding they take urgent action to improve patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 25, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses to hold informational picket at Jackson Park Hospital to demand safe staffing, protest management’s failure to retain nurses

RNs say management’s chronic short staffing creates delays in patient care, contributes to high turnover rates, and is an attempt to break the union.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 21, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU