Organizing

Nurses at Ascension Seton in Austin make history by winning their first union election

Hear from ASMCA nurses on their success in organizing what is now the largest private-sector hospital in Texas to form a union.

We can organize and win — anywhere

Hear from nurses in Maine, North Carolina, and North Dakota on how and why they organized their hospitals.

Safe staffing ratios

Safe staffing ratios protect patient and nurses

Safe RN ratios have been proven to improve the quality of care and nurse recruitment and retention in California hospitals.

California and beyond

California is the only state in the country that puts a legal limit on the number of patients a nurse can be made to care for at one time. National Nurses United fights for safe staffing ratios in our union contracts and for federal legislation for safe staffing ratios. 

Deadly Shame: Animated shorts

Care Penalty

Employers, lawmakers, and society at large have systematically devalued “care work,” labor that provides life-sustaining care to human beings and society.

Moral Distress

Nurses experience moral distress when we know the right thing to do, but institutional failure makes it impossible for us to do it.

Nurse Power

When we speak out and stand together as a union, using our collective strength, we prevail. This is the story of how our unity is our power.