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Group of nurses outside, holding lights and signs "Nurses Demand Justice for Patients and Workers Everywhere" and "Count Every Vote"

In nationwide protests, nurses demand health care employers protect free and fair elections

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, one week before the midterms, registered nurses in six U.S. cities demanded the country’s major hospital groups do their part to protect free and fair elections.

National Nurses United
October 28, 2026

News

NNU Executive Director, Bonnie Castillo, RN at bill introduction

It's time for legislators to prove democracy exists by passing Medicare for All

We nurses know and believe that this is the best bill at the right time for moving America forward. Jayapal’s legislation is the most comprehensive to date, including all primary care, hospital and outpatient services

NNU Executive Director, Bonnie Castillo, RN, Contributing to The Hill
March 4, 2019

Blog

Group of nurses in march holding signs "Union women are powerful women"

We won’t let them ban our stories

When future students read about the Covid-19 pandemic, nurses want our stories to be emblazoned on those pages. We want our grandchildren to understand the righteous anger we felt, rushing between far too many patients at once — some of them our own dying colleagues — while our employers cut corners on staffing and posted record profits.

February 24, 2024