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Large group of nurses with raised fists, holding banner "Bedside Nurses Support Ratios"

Nurses rally and testify at Maine state capital for enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios

Registered nurse members of the Maine State Nurses Association held a rally in Augusta, Maine, and testified at a hearing before the state legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee in support of the Maine Quality Care Act, a bill that would create legally enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 4, 2023

• MSNA, • NNOC

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Nurses commemorate nurses week in lobbying blitz on Capitol Hill

Hundreds of bedside nurses from across the country began online lobbying visits in Washington, D.C. today with their federal members of Congress and senators, urging their legislators to confront the staffing crisis in hospitals across the country.

National Nurses United
May 3, 2023

• NNU

Sign: Fair Contract Now!

Hayward nurses strike averted as St. Rose Hospital RNs reach tentative agreement

RNs at St Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif., have reached a tentative agreement with management, averting a two-day strike that was set to begin on Tuesday, May 2.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 1, 2023

Four nurses hold signs "We will strike for our patients"

Concord nurses to hold one-day strike for fair contract

Registered nurses at John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif. will hold a one-day strike on May 3 to protest the hospital management’s refusal to address demands for fair contract. This notice follows a strike authorization vote by the Concord nurses, who want to see stronger contract measures to improve recruitment and retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 1, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

Three nurses inside hold signs "Staff Up for Safe Care"

AR Gould nurses deliver May Day basket on International Workers’ Day to demand improved staffing for patient safety

Union nurses at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital delivered a May Day basket today to AR Gould CEO Greg LaFrancois to demand movement at the bargaining table on issues involving safe staffing and staff retention in order to deliver patients the care our community deserves.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 1, 2023

• MSNA, • NNOC

Large group of nurses outside hold signs "Patients First"

Nurses urge lawmakers to reject efforts to facilitate ‘Home All Alone’ programs that allow patients requiring hospitalization to be treated at home

California Nurses Association is calling on California lawmakers to continue to reject any moves to facilitate Home All Alone programs, which permit hospitals to treat patients at home for conditions that require hospitalization for acute inpatient-level care.

California Nurses Association
April 28, 2023

• CNA

3 nurses hold signs "Ready for Change", "Our Patients Deserve Better", "Nurses Unite"

Ascension Via Christi St. Francis nurses to mark International Workers’ Day with an informational picket on May 1

Nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kan., will hold an informational picket on Monday, May 1, 2023, to urge management to agree to their bargaining table proposals regarding staffing and workplace violence prevention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 27, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Group of nurses inside hospital hold signs "Patients First in the Hospital"

Bay Area nurses to begin strikes on May 2

Nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif. and John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif. will hold two separate strikes to protest their respective managements’ refusal to address demands for fair contracts.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
April 24, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

Large group of people holding Stop Abortion Bans Rally in St. Paul, Minnesota

Nurses applaud Supreme Court decision rejecting restrictions on abortion pill access as Republicans continue class war on trans health care, gender justice

National Nurses United applauds the Supreme Court’s decision to reject restrictions on access to Mifepristone, commonly known as the abortion pill.

National Nurses United
April 21, 2023

• NNU

Nurses outside hold signs "RNs at Seton standing strong for our patients"

Nurses spotlight hypocrisy of Ascension at gala event

Nurses will be handing out informational flyers to call attention to the hypocrisy of Ascension: fundraising in the name of women’s and reproductive health services when Ascension has closed five such units nationwide over the last year.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 21, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU