Nurses picketing outside hospital holding signs "Patients over Profits"

Nurses at 17 HCA facilities in six states ratify new union contracts

The new agreements bring improvements in staffing practices and patient care.

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AHMC Whittier Hospital Medical Center and San Gabriel Valley Medical Center nurses and health care workers ratify new contract

RNs and health care workers ratified a four-year contact with strong measures to improve patient safety and staff retention.

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Large group of nurses dressed in red, outside hospital, holding signs "No More Broken Promises: Respect and Safety for All NOW"

Atlanta VA Nurses to speak out against VA budget crisis

Nurses at Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center in Decatur, Ga., will hold a protest on Thursday, Nov. 14, outside their facility to speak out about their concerns regarding the VA budget, especially its impacts on short staffing, nurse retention, and nurses’ moral distress.
Group of six nurses outside hospital, smiling, holding signs "Nurses are the hear of patient care"

Nurses at Antelope Valley Hospital give 10-day notice they plan to hold unfair labor practice strike

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., gave notice to their employer that they will hold a one-day unfair labor practice strike on Nov. 19 after management’s failure to bargain in good faith, retaliation against nurses, and excessive delays during contract negotiations.
Nurses holding signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Ascension nurses call on U.S. bishops to hold Catholic hospital chain accountable to church directives

Registered nurses from Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. will rally in front of a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting on Nov. 12. They will highlight how Ascension has failed to follow USCCB directives to Catholic health care organizations to both serve and advocate for patients “at the margins of society” and “treat its employees respectfully and justly.”
Larg group of nurses inside hospital wearing red, fists raised, holding banner "Strong Union, Strong Nurses, Strong Veterans"

Bronx VA Nurses caravan to the VA regional office to demand VA lift barriers to hiring

Nurses from the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx will be caravaning to Tarrytown, N.Y., on Thursday, Nov. 7, to call on the VA to lift barriers to hiring staff to fill RN positions to ensure safe patient care.
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We can organize and win — anywhere

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

The Power of a Union Contract

Union contracts are legal binding documents that protect patients, nurses, and the community.

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National Nurse Magazine

National Nurse magazine July-August-September issue cover

Shot in the Arm: NNU nurses inject values of care, compassion, community into presedential election, endorse Harris-Walz

NNU endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for president

Harris backs nurses, patients, unions, reproductive rights, working people

Albany Med nurses fight to protect patient care

Hospital critical not only for capital region but across state

MNA welcomes upwards of 700 nurses into union so far this year

Workers now join their 22,000 MNA union siblings as they begin the process of bargaining

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