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Nurse holding sign "United we win"

National Nurses United RNs join Unite for Veterans, Unite for America rally in Washington, D.C.

On Friday, June 6, the anniversary of D-Day, dozens of union nurses will join Sen. Tammy Duckworth (IL), veterans, federal workers, military families, and allies in Washington, D.C., for the Unite for Veterans, Unite for America rally.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 3, 2025

• Veterans Affairs, • NNOC

Nevada nurses lobby for safe staffing in March.

Union nurses celebrate Nevada legislature’s passage of safe staffing bill

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the country, is celebrating the passage of Nevada Senate Bill 182. The new legislation will set maximum nurse-to-patient ratios in Nevada hospitals, improving patient care and safety and likely bringing nurses back to the bedside.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 3, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC

Group of nurses outside hospital at night, holding signs and banner "Our Patients, Our Union, Our Rights"

San Jose nurses to rally for fair contracts, safe patient care

Registered nurses at HCA Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., will hold a rally on Wednesday, June 4 to highlight their solutions for patient safety.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
June 3, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

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Nurses horrified by antisemitic murders in Washington, D.C.

The largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States, National Nurses United, issued this statement in response to learning of the murders of couple Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, two Israeli Embassy aides, in Washington, D.C.

National Nurses United
May 30, 2025

Three nurses standing, smiling with Nevada State Sen. Rochelle Nguyen

Nevada nurses celebrate advancement of safe-staffing ratios bill

Registered nurses across the Silver State are celebrating today as new legislation, which would set maximum legal limits for the number of patients a nurse can be assigned, advances from the Nevada State Senate to the Nevada Assembly. The legislation has the potential to completely alter the landscape of nursing in the state.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 22, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC

nurses at a rally to stop Medicaid cuts

Nation’s largest union of registered nurses denounces House vote to gut Medicaid and other safety net programs

The more than 225,000 union registered nurses of National Nurses United denounce and vow to fight the more than $715 billion cuts and changes to Medicaid approved by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives today.

National Nurses United
May 22, 2025

• NNU

National Nurses United logo

Nurses and public health advocates join to strongly oppose new U.S. surgeon general nomination

National Nurses United and Defend Public Health are joining together to condemn the nomination of Casey Means for U.S. surgeon general, saying her unscientific, anti-vaccine rhetoric poses a serious threat to public health.

National Nurses United
May 22, 2025

• NNU

Nurses in hallway holding signs "No Cuts: A Healthy VA = Healthy Vets"

Cincinnati nurses denounce VA staffing cuts and attacks on federal workers, saying they will erode veteran care

Registered nurses at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center will hold a rally on Wednesday, May 21, to demand the administration abandon plans to cut some 80,000 workers from the VA, to reinstate VA workers’ full union rights, and to stop attacks on nurse benefits.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 19, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC, • Veterans Affairs

Nurses on strike line outside Alhambra Hospital Medical Center

Long Beach and Alhambra nurses to hold one-day strikes on May 22

Registered nurses at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., and Alhambra Hospital Medical Center in Alhambra, Calif., will strike on Thursday, May 22 to protest issues impacting patient care and safe staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 19, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses and community outside holding signs "MDIH OB: Cancel The Closure"

Mount Desert Island Hospital RNs denounce CEO Maguire’s disciplinary threats

Mount Desert Island Hospital (MDIH) registered nurses are refusing to back down from their efforts to save Bar Harbor’s obstetrics unit, despite intimidation tactics by the hospital’s CEO and attorneys.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 15, 2025