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Group of four nurses outside hold signs "Staff up for safe care"

Registered Nurses to hold rally Nov. 29 protesting HCA Florida Osceola Hospital scheme to slash birthing services to parents and newborns

The scheme is officially scheduled to begin Dec. 12, but the hospital started making operational changes in units providing birth care this past summer, including reassigning nurses to the NICU without adequate training.  

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 28, 2022

• NNOC, • NNU

Two nurses outside, one holds sign "There's No Kaiser Without Nurses"

Los Angeles Kaiser nurses ratify five-year contract with strong health and safety measures

1,000 union nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center voted to ratify new contract with infectious disease protections and workplace violence safety measures.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 23, 2022

• CNA, • NNU

Group of nurses outside hospital with thumbs up

Providence Saint John’s nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 22, 2022

• CNA, • NNU

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National Nurses United condemns deadly violence and rightwing groups targeting trans and LGBTQ+ patients and community 

As advocates for patients and a just, healthy society, the registered nurses of National Nurses United mourn in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ siblings targeted in Saturday’s deadly Colorado Springs shooting.

National Nurses United
November 21, 2022

• NNU

Nurse outside holds sign "There's no Kaiser without nurses"

Los Angeles Kaiser nurses strike averted as RNs reach a tentative agreement

RNs at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC) have reached a tentative agreement today, averting a two-day strike that was set to begin on Monday, Nov. 21.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 17, 2022

• CNA

Kaiser nurses holding signs "Safe staffing now!" and "There's no Kaiser without nurses!"

Largest private-sector nurses strike averted as 21,000 Northern California Kaiser nurses reach a tentative agreement

More than 21,000 RNs and NPs at 21 Kaiser Permanente facilities in Northern California, have reached a tentative agreement with management today, averting a two-day strike which would have made this the biggest private-sector nurses strike in U.S. history.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 17, 2022

• CNA

Three Millinocket nurses

Millinocket nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

RNs at Millinocket Regional Hospital in Millinocket, Maine, voted in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on Nov. 1, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
November 17, 2022

• MSNA, • NNOC, • NNU

Four nurses inside hospital hold signs "Patients First"

Reno Saint Mary’s nurses to hold silent vigil to honor patients, community, colleagues

The vigil comes less than a week after Saint Mary’s announced its plans to terminate Maternal Child Health services, displacing patients who need those vital services and nurses who work in the units caring for those patients.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
November 16, 2022

• NNOC

2 nurses outside hold signs "Safe Staffing Now"

Tri-City nurses to hold press conference to protest critical short staffing levels and patient care concerns

Nurses have been demanding that hospital administrators address the chronic and widespread problem of short staffing that causes delays in care and potentially puts patients at risk.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 16, 2022

• CNA

Large group of nurses outside hold sign "Don't mess with Texas nurses"

RNs at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin to begin contract negotiations

Nurses at ASMCA will hold a rally Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, as they prepare to begin negotiations for a first contract with hospital management. Nurses say safe patient care is the primary focus of the first contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 15, 2022

• NNOC