National Nurses Organizing Committee

A national movement for RNs

We are a national union and professional organization for RNs who are pursuing an ambitious agenda of patient advocacy that promotes the interests of patients, direct-care nurses, and RN professional practice. Read more »

NNOC 101

Your guide to joining the RN movement. Learn more about our program, our history, and how we are organized.

Veterans Affairs

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United represents 13,500 Veterans Health Administration RNs at 23 Veterans Affairs hospitals in 12 states and Washington, D.C.

Press releases

MedStar Washington Hospital Center exterior

MedStar Washington Hospital Center nurses to hold press conference to protest maternal health cuts at D.C.’s largest hospital

Registered nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington will hold a press conference and protest on Thursday, June 18, 2026, to highlight critical community and patient safety concerns about management's planned cuts to postpartum services at their hospital.

June 16, 2026

Nurses on sidewalks in front of Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital emergency

Chicago nurses return to work following one-day strike

Nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago returned to work today following their one-day strike against Prime Healthcare’s illegal firings of six nurses. After hundreds took to the strike line on June 11, nurses are back at the bedside ahead of next week’s election to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the country’s largest nurses union.

June 12, 2026

Group of nurses outside in cold weather clothes holding signs "Recruit, Retain, Respect RNs" and "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

Reno nurses to hold picket at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center

Registered nurses at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., will hold an informational picket on Thursday, June 11, to protest the hospital administration’s anti-union tactics and refusal to bargain a fair contract.

June 10, 2026

Large group of nurses wearing red, with raised fists, NNOC and NNU logos

Nurses at Washington D.C.’s largest hospital call on leadership to reverse planned cuts to maternal health

Union nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) in Washington, D.C. are demanding that management stop the planned closure of an entire postpartum unit. The hospital notified the union on May 26, 2026 of its intention to eliminate 11 maternal health beds and displace eight nurses by July 26, 2026, leaving MWHC with one postpartum unit.

June 3, 2026

All NNOC press releases

Organize with National Nurses Organizing Committee to improve workplace standards through collective bargaining, reform national health care legislation, and make a difference for you and your patients.