University Medical Center nurses vote yes to join NNOC/NNU in historic union election for New Orleans, Louisiana
Registered nurses at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., have voted in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United. Despite a disgusting union-busting effort from management, nurses voted 82% yes with over 90% turnout.
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!
RNs who held strikes in Austin and Wichita locked out by Ascension
Nurses at three Ascension-owned facilities in Austin, Texas, and Wichita, Kan., condemn Ascension management for proceeding with a three-day lockout following the RNs’ one-day strike at their hospitals on Dec. 6.
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