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Group of masked nurses inside hospital

Centinela Hospital Nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety

Registered nurses at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, Calif. will hold an informational picket to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about unsafe staffing conditions

California Nurses Association
August 15, 2021

• CNA

Kids in classroom wearing masks

Nurses demand we protect the nation’s children from Covid, warn of needless deaths and illness among youngest

National Nurses United’s pediatric nurses emphasized that the entire country must now be practicing all the multiple measures of infection control we know work well to limit spread of the virus

National Nurses United
August 13, 2021

National Nurses United logo, nurses outside capitol building

National Nurses United Applauds Passage of Senate Budget Resolution

NNU specifically applauded Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders for paving the way for the reconciliation package to include critical Medicare improvements and expansion.

National Nurses United
August 11, 2021

Nurses outside hold sign "Nurses won't stop fighting to protect their patients"

MountainView Hospital RNs Set Action Tuesday, Voice Safety Concerns Labor and Delivery Patients

Voicing alarm at what they say is often unsafe conditions for laboring patients and babies, registered nurses will hold a socially distanced public action.

National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United
August 9, 2021

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses holding signs "Patients Firsts" and "Save Lives: Hands Off Our Ratios"

Corpus Christi, Brownsville RNs Approve New Pact With HCA that Strengthens Covid Protections

By unanimous votes, Texas registered nurses at HCA hospitals in Brownsville and Corpus Christi have ratified new collective bargaining contracts that they say will strengthen health and safety prot

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 6, 2021

• NNOC

Richard Trumka speaking at outdoor podium in front of nurses

National Nurses United registered nurses honor and remember longtime friend and champion of workers, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

For National Nurses United and our registered nurse members, President Trumka was a longtime friend.

National Nurses United
August 5, 2021

Nurses hold signs "Patients First" in front of TV camera

MountainView Hospital Nurses to Picket Wednesday, Call on HCA to Invest in RN Staff and Patient Care

Registered nurses will hold an informational picket on Wednesday morning Aug. 4, at HCA’s MountainView Hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United
August 3, 2021

• NNOC

RNs outside hospital hold signs calling for safety measures

El Paso RNs Ratify New Contract Cite Important Health, Safety, and Economic Gains

In membership meetings August 1 and August 2, registered nurses at Del Sol Medical Center and Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso have approved by an overwhelming margin a new collective bargaining contract with HCA.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 3, 2021

• NNOC

Nurses outside mission hospital hold signs calling for safe staffing

San Jose RNs Reach Agreement with HCA to Tackle Long-Term Safe Staffing Concerns

Registered nurses at two San Jose hospitals have reached an agreement with HCA officials that nurses say will help address serious staffing problems that have plagued the hospitals for months.

California Nurses Association
August 2, 2021

• CNA

Nurses inside hospital

El Paso Nurses Reach Agreement with HCA on New Collective Bargaining Contract

Registered nurses at Del Sol Medical Center and Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Texas reached agreement Thursday night on a new collective bargaining contract with HCA.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 30, 2021

• NNOC