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Nurses outside Community First Medical Center hold signs calling for safety

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center reach tentative agreement

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago are proud to have reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 26, 2021

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

On Wednesday, Oct. 27, registered nurses from UC Irvine Medical Center will hold a virtual press conference to demand the university address critical, ongoing staffing and patient safety issues highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 26, 2021

Nurse in sunglasses wearing mask "Save lives"

RNs at HCA’s Regional Medical Center of San Jose demand hospital adhere to California safe-staffing laws

Registered nurses at HCA’s Regional Medical Center of San Jose, will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Oct. 26 to demand safe patient staffing and the adherence to the state-mandated nurse-to-patient laws.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 25, 2021

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National Nurses United applauds White House plans to roll out Covid vaccine doses for ages 5 to 11

NNU applauded an announcement by the White House of plans to distribute Covid-19 vaccine doses to 28 million children aged 5 to 11.

National Nurses United
October 22, 2021

Salt Lake City capitol

Nurses ask FTC to investigate sale of Salt Lake hospitals they say could lead to higher prices and adversely impact quality of care

In a letter to the FTC, NNU urged it to investigate the proposed sale of five Salt Lake-area hospitals to HCA Health which could create monopoly conditions that result in higher prices and a decline in the quality of care for residents.

National Nurses United
October 21, 2021

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Registered nurses at Emanate’s Queen of the Valley and Intercommunity Hospitals ratify new four-year contract

RNs say new agreement will increase patient safety and improve infectious disease protocols.

California Nurses Association
October 20, 2021

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Watsonville Community Hospital nurses to hold informational picket Friday, Oct. 22, to protest Prospect Medical Holdings’ dangerous short-staffing, erosion of patient care standards, deteriorating working conditions

Nurses also say they are facing reprisals for speaking out, and that nurses with vital experience are making the hard choice to leave their community hospital due to the unsafe conditions.

California Nurses Association
October 20, 2021

Nurses outside mission hospital hold signs "Save Lives: Safe Staffing Now"

Mission nurses to hold socially distanced action to demand safe staffing for safe patient care

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. will hold a socially distanced action to demand the hospital address chronic short-staffing issues that nurses say put patients and RNs at risk.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 20, 2021

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Nurses applaud OSHA for acting to enforce Covid health care standard in noncompliant states Arizona, Utah, South Carolina

NNU today applauded OSHA for taking a critical step in protecting health care workers in Arizona, South Carolina, and Utah who had been left behind when their states failed to adopt the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Covid-19 in Health Care issued in June.

National Nurses United
October 19, 2021

Nurses outside Community First Medical Center hold signs calling for safety

RNs at Community First issue 10-day notice for 3-day strike

The nurses have filed unfair labor practice charges against the hospital, charging that management has failed to engage in good faith bargaining with the union.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 18, 2021

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