Press releases

Union nurses across U.S. convene, call for ending Covid, advancing society based on care

Registered nurse delegates to the virtual NNU convention came together online October 12 to 14 to strategize on ending Covid-19 and to outline the kind of society nurses want to see emerge from this crisis—a society based on care.

National Nurses United

October 15, 2021

Registered nurses at San Francisco’s Chinese Hospital reach tentative agreement on first union contract

Registered nurses at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco are proud to have reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 12, 2021

It’s official – Doctors Hospital of Manteca RNs are now unionized

Today the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certified CNA/NNU to be the collective bargaining representative for registered nurses at Doctors Hospital of Manteca.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 12, 2021

California nurses condemn potential end of Bay Area indoor mask mandate, call for multiple measures of infection control

CNA/NNU today condemned the announcement by health officers for nine Bay Area jurisdictions that indoor masking rules may soon be lifted in most public spaces.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 7, 2021

Central Coast nurses to hold press conference at Sierra Vista Hospital to advocate for safe staffing

Central Coast registered nurses will gather on Thursday, Oct. 7 to express their outrage and respond publicly to a recent New Times-SLO article that quoted Rep. Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) advocating for hospitals to be given waivers on California’s landmark safe nurse-to-patient staffing law (or “ratios”)—claiming that assigning nurses far too many patients to safely care for at once, during the deadly Delta surge, is good for hospitals.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 6, 2021

Sutter Solano Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Demand Safe Working Environment for Patients and Staff

Nurses say chronic short staffing and a lack of resources has contributed to moral injury on the job while Sutter Health continues to turn a profit.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 5, 2021

• CNA

Sutter Roseville nurses to hold candlelight vigil at shift change to demand safe staffing

Nurses say chronic short staffing and a lack of resources has contributed to moral injury on the job while Sutter Health continues to turn a profit.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 5, 2021

• CNA

California nurses welcome signing of bill to tackle implicit bias in nursing education as step forward on racial health disparity

CNA welcomed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature enacting landmark legislation to require implicit bias education and training for nursing students and new graduates in California, an important step in addressing persistent racial disparities, particularly in health care.

California Nurses Association

October 4, 2021

Nurses praise President Biden’s leadership on Build Back Better agenda bill essential for improving lives of women workers and their families

NNU strongly endorsed efforts by President Biden, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and the vast majority of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses to pass the reconciliation and infrastructure legislation in tandem.

National Nurses United

October 4, 2021

Doctors Medical RNs picket Oct. 5 to protest unsafe staffing

RNs demand that the medical center step up its efforts to recruit and retain registered nurses.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 4, 2021

• CNA