CNA press releases

Nurses urge California Assembly to advance CalCare

The failure to advance A.B. 1900 shows a lack of leadership and a capitulation to corporate health care interests. CalCare is a comprehensive, high-quality single-payer program that would be many Californians’ only lifeline for care. Nurses remain relentless in their pursuit to guarantee health care as a human right in the state.

California Nurses Association

April 17, 2026

Contra Costa Health nurses demand Board of Supervisors stop drastic budget and service cuts

Registered nurses with the California Nurses Association will speak out at the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, April 14, to demand that the board stop drastic budget cuts to save the Contra Costa Health system, maintain services, and retain nurses in the wake of the significant projected financial losses created by H.R. 1.

California Nurses Association

April 13, 2026

3,000 registered nurses from six California Tenet hospitals ratify new three-year contract

Registered nurses at six California Tenet facilities voted overwhelmingly, with 93 percent in favor, to ratify a new three-year contract.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

March 27, 2026

CNA nurses demand UCI Health-Fountain Valley reopen pediatric units that serve hundreds of children annually

Registered nurses at UCI Health-Fountain Valley in Fountain Valley, Calif., are demanding that management immediately reopen the pediatric department and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), which were closed without warning on Monday, March 23.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

March 27, 2026

National Nurses United identifies Alameda Hospital at risk of service cuts, closure due to federal cuts in Medicaid and Medicare

The nation’s largest union of registered nurses is sounding a “RED ALERT” warning to hundreds of communities nationwide that face a drastic reduction in quantity and quality of health care services as a result of H.R. 1, the Republican bill passed last year. Nurses condemn these cuts to health care funding and denounce the funnelling of this money into Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol.

National Nurses United

March 19, 2026

Registered nurses applaud Rep. Ro Khanna donating $49K in Palantir contributions

National Nurses United and Silicon Valley Rising Action announced that U.S. Representative Ro Khanna has rescinded all contributions received to date from Palantir Technologies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s top technology contractor. He has donated the $49,000 to community groups and publicly refused future donations from the company, whose mass surveillance technology has enabled deadly immigration raids.

National Nurses United

March 18, 2026

Kaiser nurses to hold 24-hour sympathy strike March 18 in solidarity with Kaiser mental health workers

More than 23,000 Kaiser nurses across Northern California will hold a 24-hour sympathy strike in solidarity with National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) on Wednesday, March 18. Nurses will sympathy strike with NUHW mental health therapists from 6 a.m. on March 18 to 6 a.m. on March 19 and join picket lines in solidarity at several locations.

California Nurses Association

March 16, 2026

National Nurses United endorses Dr. Aisha Wahab for California’s 14th District

National Nurses United today announced its endorsement of Dr. Aisha Wahab for California’s 14th Congressional District. As a California State Senator, Dr. Wahab brought her experience in public health and social work to fight for a single-payer health care system. Nurses are ready to work with Dr. Wahab to deliver on a progressive agenda that will improve the lives of our patients, immigrant neighbors, and all working people.

National Nurses United

February 20, 2026

RNs who held one-day strike now locked out by MarinHealth

Registered nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, California, condemn management for proceeding with a two-day lockout following the RNs’ one-day strike at their hospital on February 18.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU)

February 19, 2026

Nurses put Tri-City Medical Center on “RED ALERT” status

National Nurses United is sounding a “RED ALERT” warning to hundreds of communities nationwide that face a drastic reduction in quantity and quality of health care services as a result of H.R. 1, the Republican bill passed last year. Nurses condemn these cuts to health care funding and denounce the funnelling of this money into ICE and Customs and Border Patrol.

National Nurses United

February 19, 2026