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Four nurses inside holding signs "Support Our Nurses"

Nurses at two Maine hospitals vote to authorize strikes

Registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, Maine, and at Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, Maine, announced today that they have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their nurse bargaining teams to call a strike if the issues RNs have been raising in ongoing contract negotiations remain unresolved.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 4, 2025

• MSNA, • NNOC

Large group of nurses in front of Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., smiling, with raised fists

Nurses Condemn Labor Department Rules to Further Strip Workers’ Rights

National Nurses United today submitted formal objections to four Department of Labor regulations that would escalate sweeping multiple Trump administration attacks on workers’ and union rights and protections.

National Nurses United
September 3, 2025

• NNU

CNA nurses at capitol raising fists and banner "Insist on an RN"

Union nurses celebrate S.B. 81’s passage, urge signing bill into law to protect patients

CNA today celebrates the passage of Senate Bill 81 (S.B. 81) and urges Governor Gavin Newsom to sign it. Nurses say this critical legislation is an essential check on the power of immigration authorities in health care settings.

California Nurses Association
September 2, 2025

• CNA

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at podium

Nation’s largest RN union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go

the wake of the latest scandal he has perpetuated, National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union and professional organization, today called for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be fired by President Donald Trump or to resign.

National Nurses United
August 28, 2025

Nurses on strike line outside hospital

New Orleans nurses to host Labor Day rally

Nurses from University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) in Louisiana will be joined by community members, labor allies, and union leaders as they hold a rally at 7 p.m. on Labor Day (Monday, Sept 1.) as they continue to bargain for a first contract with LCMC Health, their employer.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 27, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

NNU web header

Nurses denounce latest strikes on Gaza hospital and ongoing starvation of Palestinians by Israel

National Nurses United condemned Israel for its ongoing starvation of the Palestinian people in Gaza and its latest bombings of Nasser Hospital, strikes that have killed scores of medical and rescue workers, patients, and journalists. Nurses call these actions by Israel tantamount to war crimes and a genocide against Palestinians, and demand an immediate ceasefire as well as a stop to all U.S. funding of Israel’s military.

National Nurses United
August 27, 2025

• NNU

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C. with raised fists

National Nurses United blasts Trump administration for trying to bust the union of U.S. Health and Human Services federal employees

National Nurses United (NNU) today blasted the Trump administration for trying to strip U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) federal employees of their collective bargaining rights, much like it has attempted to do with NNU’s members who work for the Veterans Health Administration (VA).

National Nurses United
August 27, 2025

• NNU

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C., National Nurses United logo

National Nurses United hosts town hall demanding protections for Social Security

Nurses with NNOC/NNU will host a town hall meeting in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 28, to discuss strategies to protect Social Security, including the passage of the Social Security Expansion Act to guarantee a dignified retirement for all people.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 26, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Hands holding signs "Transgender Rights Are Human Rights" and "Nurses Care for All People"

Union nurses condemn Trump’s latest attack on transgender people

National Nurses United today condemns one of President Donald Trump’s latest moves against transgender people: Ending coverage of gender-affirming care in federal workers’ health benefits.

National Nurses United
August 22, 2025

• NNU

California nurses hold signs that read "Protect Democracy."

CNA/NNOC statement on redistricting efforts in Democratic-held states

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee fully supports efforts by Governor Gavin Newsom to counterbalance President Trump and the Republican Party’s election-rigging schemes ahead of the 2026 midterms and encourages leaders of Democratic-held states to respond similarly with effective redistricting plans.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
August 18, 2025

• CNA, • NNOC