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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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