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Orange County Global nurses ratify first, new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention   

Registered nurses at Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, Calif. voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying their inclusion into the existing union contract covering KPC Health registered nurses represented by California Nurses Association. This first contract for Orange County Global nurses secures them important new protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 15, 2026

Nurse holding/shading herself with sign "RNs Against Crime Health"

Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states

Registered nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in Nevada and California, as well as nurses and health care workers at an additional hospital in California, will hold a sympathy strike for one day on September 15 in solidarity with nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Illinois who are striking on the same day to protest the suspension of six nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 13, 2026

Large group of nurses outside CA State Capitol building, CNA and NNU logos

Nurses say it is time for SEIU’s Dave Regan to resign

California Nurses Association called on SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West President Dave Regan to resign following media allegations of inappropriate, aggressive behavior and threats targeting other labor staff to support the Prop. 40 billionaire tax initiative.

California Nurses Association
September 11, 2026

Group of nurses holding signs "Trust Nurses Not A.I." and "Patients are NOT algorithms"

Nurses celebrate final passage of landmark A.I. bills, urge Gov. Newsom to sign

Union nurses with California Nurses Association celebrated the final passage through both houses of the California Legislature of two CNA-sponsored bills (AB 1979, AB 2575) with landmark guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in health care, now awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom's signature.

California Nurses Association
September 10, 2026

Ventura County RN union leader Susana Macias-Robles speaking to board about Santa Paula hospital closure. 

Ventura County RNs to protest elimination of emergency and acute care services at Santa Paula Hospital

On Tuesday, Sept. 8, nurses and health care professionals at Santa Paula Hospital and Ventura County Medical Center will protest county leaders’ decision to reduce life-saving health care options in the Santa Clara River Valley.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 4, 2026

Nurses on strike line holding signs "Prime RNs United for our Patients"

Nurses announce sympathy strikes, pickets on Sept. 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states

RNs at two Prime Healthcare hospitals in Nevada and California and nurses and health care workers at a Prime facility in California gave notice that they will hold a sympathy strike for one day on September 15 in solidarity with striking nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Nurses at another Chicago hospital and at a hospital in Lewiston, Maine, will hold informational pickets in solidarity with Olympia Fields RNs on the same day.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 3, 2026

Nurses on picket line

Nurses fight back against Prime Healthcare’s egregious union busting, unsafe staffing in four states

Nurses at West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, Calif.; Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, N.V.; Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago, Ill.; and nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, Calif. will hold one-day strikes starting Thursday morning, Sept. 3, to protest the administration’s refusal to address deep concerns about patient care and safe staffing

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 2, 2026

Watsonville nurse, staff, community, holding sign "Some cuts don't heal"

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses rally to save NICU

Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) in Watsonville, California, will hold a rally on Monday, Aug. 31, to protest the Watsonville Community Hospital Administration and Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board of Supervisor’s closure of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) services.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
August 28, 2026

Group of nurses outside, with raised fists, holding banner "Kaiser! Trust Nurses, Not A.I."

Kaiser nurses to hold informational pickets at 22 California hospitals

Nurses at Kaiser Permanente facilities across the state of California will hold informational pickets on Sept. 1 to protest the Kaiser management’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing and AI protections.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
August 28, 2026

Group of sixe nurses inside hospital, side-by-side, smiling, holding signs "Union Nurse Power"

Stockton nurses to rally for patient safety, condemn layoffs proposed by CommonSpirit

Registered nurses at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, Calif., will hold a rally and press conference on Wednesday, Aug. 26, to condemn proposed layoffs of critical support staff.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
August 24, 2026