Nurses from Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin TX demonstrating

Nurses in Texas and Kansas to strike, resisting Ascension union-busting tactics

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals are moving forward with historic one-day strikes on Wednesday, December 6, to protest unsafe conditions management has failed to remedy.

Joyous Saint Agnes nurses with fists raised

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore vote to join NNOC/NNU

RNs at Saint Agnes voted, on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, marking the first time in Baltimore history that registered nurses have unionized a hospital!

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NNU condemns CDC committee for voting to finalize draft infection control guidance for health care settings

NNU condemns the unanimous vote by the HICPAC of the CDC to finalize a draft of infection control guidelines before giving the public ample time to review the draft or before seeking input from health care workers and patients whose health and safety will be directly impacted by this guidance.

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Nurse holding sign "NNU: Newborns deserve a better beginning" and shirt "Patients before profits"

Management at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Block Nurse from Safely Staffing NICU

RNs at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin in Texas reported today that Day Supervisor, Leighan Graham and Perinatal Director, Rachelle LaBonte, would not allow a nurse to work her shift in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) this morning in anticipation of the nurses’ one-day strike on Dec. 6.
Nurses from Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin TX demonstrating

Nurses in Texas and Kansas to strike, resisting Ascension union-busting tactics

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals are moving forward with historic one-day strikes on Wednesday, December 6, to protest unsafe conditions management has failed to remedy, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
Maine nurses taking action for safe staffing, holding banner that reads "Bedside nurses support ratios!"

Maine nurses to hold community forum on nurse staffing crisis and public health

Members of the Maine State Nurses Association will hold a community forum on Tuesday, December 5, on the current nurse staffing crisis and what can be done about it. The forum is co-sponsored by the Muskie School of Public Service, the Maine Women’s Lobby, and Maine People’s Alliance.
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Registered nurses and graduate students demand University of Chicago provide the highest quality of care for patients and uphold the highest educational standards

Registered nurses and graduate student workers at the University of Chicago will hold an early morning press conference on Monday, Dec. 4, to demand that the university respect its workers and settle their contracts quickly without unnecessary delays and deliberate stalling.
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By the Numbers: New York City nurses win unprecedented contract enforcement of safe staffing standards

Mount Sinai RNs blaze trail to better staffing enforcement

Not only did nurses win new ratios in their contract, but they also won strong new staffing enforcement language.

VA registered nurses sign three-year contract

Nurses call for schedule flexibility and passage of VA Employee Fairness Act

Maine’s safe staffing bill moves forward

Nurses speak out for enforceable RN-to-patient ratios

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