Texas

Union victory in Texas

Registered nurses at CommonSpirit Health’s St. Joseph Health in Brazos Valley, Texas voted decisively in December to unionize with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU).

Being Visible

Member outreach is a key element of internal organizing, whether nurses have been unionized for a few years or for decades. “Visibility is our tool,” says Kristine Kittleson, RN and member of the Professional Practice Committee at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin in Austin, Texas. “Texas is a right-to-work state. The union is us. We have to be visible to keep our membership up, to keep up with recruitment.”

HCA nurses win new contracts

Registered nurses at 17 hospitals managed by HCA voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in October, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee.

Hard Reboot

When a cyberattack took down their computer systems, Ascension nurses relied on their most valuable infrastructure: themselves.

By Lucy Diavolo

Austin nurses ratify first union contract

In March, registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center (ASMCA) in Austin, Texas voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a three-year contract. This is the first-ever union contract at ASCMA, which is the largest private-sector hospital in Texas to form a nurses union.