Press releases

RNs rally to demand HCA maintain life-saving trauma, stroke, and heart attack services at Regional Medical Center

Registered nurses at HCA’s Regional Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., will hold a rally to demand that HCA maintain life-saving trauma, stroke, and heart attack services at the facility. HCA, the Nashville-based health care giant, announced earlier this year it intended to close the services in August.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

March 25, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

City of Hope nurses to hold rally for patient safety and safe staffing

RNs at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., will hold a protest on March 27 to highlight their concerns about patient safety and chronic short staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

March 25, 2024

• CNA

Concord nurses to hold informational picket for improved patient safety, a major factor in recruiting and retaining nurses

Registered nurses at John Muir Health, in Concord, Calif., will hold an informational picket to highlight their serious patient safety concerns, including staffing challenges and workplace violence issues.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

March 25, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

RNs applaud the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act

NNU applauds Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act this week. The bill, which grants full collective bargaining rights to RNs and other clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration is an essential part of ensuring that our nation’s heroes receive the highest quality care possible.

National Nurses United

March 22, 2024

• Veterans Affairs

Registered nurses are deeply gratified after court dismisses Hazel Hawkins bankruptcy claim

RNs at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, Calif. are deeply gratified that Judge Stephen Johnson, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern California District of California, has agreed with the nurses represented by CNA and dismissed the San Benito County Health Care District’s assertion of bankruptcy.

California Nurses Association

March 21, 2024

New Orleans nurses to rally as first union contract negotiations begin at University Medical Center

Nurses say they’re prepared to negotiate a first contract that will set new standards for patient care and nurses’ working conditions across their city and entire state.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

March 21, 2024

• NNOC, • NNU

Ventura County per diem registered nurses, health care professionals ratify five-year contract

Ventura County Health System’s per diem registered nurses and health care professionals voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a five-year contract which includes strong measures to improve patient safety and staff retention, including historic improvements in standards for per diem nurses.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

March 19, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

Texas nurses condemn attorney general’s attacks on Annunciation House

Nurses from El Paso, across Texas, and nationwide stand with Annunciation House. We condemn attacks on this group by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, as well as his attempt to shutter the organization without due process.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

March 18, 2024

• NNOC, • NNU

RNs at UChicago Medicine vote overwhelmingly to ratify new four-year agreement

Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, voted overwhelmingly to approve a new four-year agreement that addresses numerous patient safety concerns.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

March 15, 2024

• NNU, • NNOC

San Francisco nurses join board of supervisors Monday to demand answers from UCSF about acquisitions

Registered nurses from San Francisco hospitals will hold a rally and then provide testimony at a San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing to demand that UCSF Medical Center answer major questions about its plans for maintaining or cutting key services and access to care at two hospitals it has recently acquired.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

March 14, 2024

• CNA