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Registered nurses in Austin, Texas pose on strike line

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas announce second strikes at Ascension hospitals

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals gave notice today to their employer that they will hold one-day strikes on Wednesday, December 6 to protest unsafe conditions management has failed to remedy.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 22, 2023

• NNU, • NNOC

Global Nurses United delegates meeting in San Francisco

Nurse union leaders from around the world speak up on the growing health impacts of the climate crisis

Global Nurses United will host a virtual press briefing for members of the global press on Wednesday, November 29. Nurse union leaders will detail the growing health impacts of the climate crisis in their respective countries in advance of the beginning of COP28.

Global Nurses United, National Nurses United
November 22, 2023

• GNU, • NNU

Nurses picketing outside of Ascension via Christi St. Francis Hospital

Ascension nurses in Wichita to march on management

Registered nurses at Ascension via Christi St. Francis Hospital and Ascension via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kan., will confront hospital management on Wednesday, Nov. 22 to protest management’s failure to bargain for fair contracts that protect patient safety and retain staff.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 20, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Group of Seton nurses stands outside hospital facing down security not allowing them to enter

Ascension Seton nurses to march on management

Registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas will confront hospital management on Wednesday, Nov. 22 to protest management’s failure to bargain for fair contracts that protect patient safety and retain staff.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 20, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

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Hazel Hawkins RNs and health care workers to deliver community petition to San Benito County Health Care District

Registered nurses at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, California, will present the San Benito County Health Care District a community petition with more than 1,500 signatories at the district’s scheduled meeting on Thursday, November 16.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 15, 2023

• NNU, • CNA

Group photo of Wichita nurses outside of Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph hospitals.

Wichita nurses deliver petition demanding safe staffing to Ascension management

Nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph hospitals in Wichita, Kansas, delivered a petition demanding a reversal of staffing cuts degrading patient care and safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 15, 2023

• NNU, • NNOC

WHHS nurses gathered holding signs in support of safe staffing.

Fremont nurses to protest unsafe patient care proposals and cuts to health care benefits

Registered nurses at Washington Hospital in Fremont, California, will hold an informational picket on Monday, November 13 to protest unsafe and disrespectful proposals put forward by management during contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 10, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

Watsonville nurses holding signs "Staff UP for safe care. End Crisis Care Now"

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses to picket Monday for patient safety, retention, and recruitment

Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital will hold an informational picket on Monday, Nov. 13, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing, patient safety, retention, and recruitment.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 10, 2023

• CNA

Joyous Saint Agnes nurses with fists raised

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore vote to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland voted, on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United marking the first time in Baltimore history that RNs have unionized a hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 4, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

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Los Angeles nurses demand Nursing Executive Officer accountability to protect patients

Registered nurses who work at Dignity Health’s California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., will hold a rally and speak-out to demand accountability and immediate course correction of the Chief Nursing Executive Officer.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 3, 2023

• CNA, • NNU