Press releases

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

Registered nurses and caregivers vote overwhelmingly to ratify new contracts at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Members of California Nurses Association and Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union

July 21, 2023

• CNA, • CHEU

Nation's largest nurses union stands in solidarity with striking actors

National Nurses United and affiliates across the country stand in fierce solidarity with the striking members of SAG-AFTRA. Nurses know firsthand the importance of saying ‘Enough!’ to greedy employers, who refuse to respect the workers without whom their industries could not exist.

National Nurses United

July 20, 2023

• NNU

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses to hold informational picket to protest staffing crisis

Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., will hold an informational picket to demand that management address the staffing crisis at the facility and its impact on patient safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 17, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Portland nurses and clinicians demand removal of management team to protect patients

Registered nurses and clinicians who work for MaineHealth Care at Home (MHCAH) in Portland, Maine, held a rally and speak-out today to demand the removal of the management team at the home health services agency.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

July 14, 2023

• MSNA, • NNOC

Rocky Mountain Regional VA registered nurses demand management address epidemic of workplace violence

RNs at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., are planning to hold a rally to demand that management address the epidemic of violence at the facility and take meaningful steps to provide a safe workplace for health care professionals and a safe place of healing for veterans.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 13, 2023

• Veterans Affairs, • NNOC