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Group of four nurses inside hospital hold signs "Save Our Community Hospital: Save Hazel Hawkins"

Hazel Hawkins nurses invite community to join informational picket

Following a standing-room only town hall to inform the public of how the Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital bankruptcy filing is deteriorating patient care, registered nurses are inviting the community to join an informational picket on Monday, July 10.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 7, 2023

• CNA

Four nurses with raisded fists hold signs in support of safe staffing ratios

Northern Light AR Gould nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety, RN retention

Registered nurses at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle, Maine, voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
July 7, 2023

• MSNA, • NNOC

Three nurses hold signs "Save Our Community Hospital: Save Hazel Hawkins"

Hazel Hawkins nurses to host town hall meeting following hospital’s bankruptcy filing and RNs no confidence vote in the health district

Nurses at county's only acute-care hospital demand Hazel Hawkins remain fully open, pointing to robust financial statements.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 5, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

Group of nurses arm-in-arm outside

GWUH RNs vote yes to the union

George Washington University Hospital nurses voted overwhelmingly to elect the District of Columbia Nurses Association as their collective bargaining representative. Nurses voted 310-207 in favor of the union, making clear their desire to be represented by DCNA.

District of Columbia Nurses Association
July 1, 2023

• DCNA

The front of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

National Nurses United condemns Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, LGBTQIA+ discrimination

This Supreme Court actively promotes inequality, oppression, and discrimination. As nurses, we are advocates for our patients, communities, and ourselves.

National Nurses United
June 30, 2023

• NNU

Large group of nurses outside hospital with raised fists

Wichita nurses to return to work after biggest nurses strike in Kansas history and Ascension’s three-day lockout

After the biggest nurses strikes in Kansas history nurses will march on the boss, showing their commitment to win strong contract for safe staffing and improvements to patient care conditions.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 30, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside hospital with raised fists

Austin nurses to return to work after historic one-day strike and three-day lockout by Ascension

After Tuesday’s historic one-day strike at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin that brought unprecedented numbers of nurses, elected representatives, union workers, and community supporters to the picket line, nurses will be returning to their patients’ bedsides.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 30, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

VA nurses picketing outside hospital

Cincinnati VA Medical Center nurses to hold informational picket due to staffing crisis, warning of patient endangerment

Registered nurses at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio will hold an informational picket to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about the VA’s dangerous plan to put high-level ICU and progressive care unit patients on medical-surgical units.

Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 28, 2023

• Veterans Affairs, • NNOC

Nurse being confronted by management at entrance to hospital

RNs who staged historic TX and KS strikes now locked out by Ascension

Nearly 2,000 nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin and Wichita’s Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph hospitals who held the largest nurses strikes ever in both states and are now facing punitive attempts by management at union-busting by prohibiting them from returning to work.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 28, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

Three nurses outside holding signs "Save Our Staff", "Fair Contract Now", "Fair Bargaining"

Nurses in Texas and Kansas move forward with historic strikes, resisting Ascension union-busting tactics

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals are moving forward with historic one-day strikes to protest management’s resistance to bargain in good faith with RNs for union contracts that would help correct the endemic staffing crisis.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 23, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU