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MedStar Franklin nurses to hold rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, in Baltimore, Md. will hold a rally on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 to highlight unaddressed patient safety concerns.

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Demand Prime Healthcare reinstate the suspended nurses!

Nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Illinois are facing retaliation for speaking up and fighting for their patients. Send an email to Prime Healthcare to demand they stop union busting and reinstate the six suspended nurses immediately.

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RN Red Alert Save Our Hospitals Tour

Join our national Red Alert: Save Our Hospital Tour to build community power and to save vulnerable U.S. hospitals from cuts to care or closure.

Press releases

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate for National Nurses United (NNU), released the following statement today in response to illegal discipline against nurses by Prime Healthcare.
New York State Nurses Association and National Nurses United announced a co-endorsement of Claire Valdez for New York’s 7th, Brad Lander for New York’s 10th, and Darializa Avila Chevalier for New York’s 13th congressional districts. Together, these three candidates represent nurses’ values of caring and compassion.
Registered nurses at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, in Baltimore, Md. will hold a rally on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 to highlight unaddressed patient safety concerns — including short-staffing and lack of equipment and supplies — that have driven them to unionize.
Registered nurses will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, Sept. 19 in Bangor, Maine to highlight the patient care impacts of federal health care cuts on Maine hospitals. Nurses will also use the event to discuss their Vision for a Healthy Society, a set of broad political demands that require taking back health care, democracy, and society from billionaire and corporate control.

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

National Nurse Magazine

Speaking Truth to Power: NNU nurses share their vision of a healthy society with Congress

No Surrender

Despite hard conditions, Veterans Affairs nurses never stop fighting for their rights and their patients

Health care, not warfare

RNs fight for a nation that values Medicare for All over missiles

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Sign up for a CE class

As an NNU member, you have access to our diverse calendar of online and in-person continuing education classes. Check out our full course calendar »

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Red Alert: Save Our Hospitals Tour

Join our national Red Alert hospital tour to build community power and to save vulnerable U.S. hospitals from cuts to care or closure.

Join the Nurse Advocacy Network

Join our growing community of activists! The Nurse Advocacy Network is a network of nurses, other health care workers, patients, and community supporters who mobilize for patient care protections and health care justice. 

RN immigrants rights resources

The Trump Administration has changed the rules, no longer designating hospitals free from immigration enforcement. Nurses make a vow to care for all people, and we know hospitals should remain places of healing, where all people can receive care, without fear. See our resources page for guidance on advocating for all patients regardless of immigration status.