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Nurse holding sign "Patient and nurse safety before profit"

MountainView Hospital RNs approve new contract with HCA they say will improve patient care protections

Registered nurses at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas have overwhelmingly approved a new collective bargaining contract with HCA that includes important new provisions for infectious disease control protections.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 7, 2021

• NNOC

Nurse in hospital hold signs "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

UCSF Medical Center nurses to hold a virtual press conference to demand UC provide safe staffing and stronger workplace protections

Registered nurses from UCSF Medical Center will hold a virtual press conference to demand the university address ongoing staffing and patient safety issues.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 3, 2021

• CNA

Group of Maine Medical Center nurses in the hospital

Nurses urge Maine Medical Center to maintain Covid protections for caregivers

Maine Medical Center registered nurses urged their employer to maintain the Covid-19 protections it put in place last year.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 1, 2021

• MSNA, • NNOC

Nurses holding signs "Save Lives: Safe Staffing Now"

Asheville nurses to hold action for patient safety

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a socially distanced public action on Thursday, Sept. 2 to highlight their patient safety concerns.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 1, 2021

• NNOC

Nurses on strike on street, one with mask "Save Lives"

More than 14,000 nurses reach tentative agreement with Dignity Health on four-year contract

Registered nurses at Dignity Health facilities reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract, covering more than 14,000 RN members in California and Nevada.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association
August 27, 2021

• CNA, • NNOC

Nurse holding toddler with sign "Protect My Mommy"

MountainView Hospital RNs Announce Tentative Pact with HCA to Improve Patient Care Protections

Registered nurses at HCA’s MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining contract with HCA.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 27, 2021

• NNOC

Red scrub with button "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

National Nurses United sets the record straight on nurse staffing

National Nurses United asserts that the United States is not experiencing a nursing shortage, only a shortage of nurses willing to risk their licenses or the safety of their patients by working under the unsafe conditions the hospital industry has created.

National Nurses United
August 26, 2021

Research Medical Center RN's outside of hospital

Kansas City area RNs approve new HCA contracts

Registered nurses at Kansas City area HCA hospitals have overwhelmingly approved new collective bargaining contracts.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 23, 2021

• NNOC

Liz Shuler with NNU contingent at Women's Day march

Nurses Congratulate Liz Shuler on Historic Election As First Woman President to Lead the AFL-CIO

NNU today welcomed the election of long-time labor leader Liz Shuler as president of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 12.5 million members.

National Nurses United
August 20, 2021

Nurses hold sign with various demands from HCA

Kansas City area RNs reach agreement with HCA on new collective bargaining contract

RNs at Research Medical Center and Research Psychiatric Center in Kansas City, Mo. and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. have reached a tentative agreement Friday night on a new collective bargaining contract

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 16, 2021

• NNOC