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

UCI Health Irvine nurses to hold rally protesting unsafe staffing, elimination of night-shift ICU support

Registered nurses at UCI Health Irvine in Irvine, California, will hold a rally and picket on Wednesday, October 28, to highlight their increasing concerns about unsafe working conditions and the removal of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) from ICU night shifts.

California Nurses Association
October 23, 2026

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

Monterey nurses to rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP), in Monterey, California will hold a rally on Monday, October 26 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing and ongoing workplace violence issues.

California Nurses Association
October 23, 2026

Nurse outside, holding sign "Nurses for Democracy"

Union nurses, municipalities, and voter democracy groups successfully block Trump’s fascist Department of Homeland Security from harassing and intimidating voters in nine states

Just weeks before the November midterm elections, a federal judge in California ordered on Oct. 21 a preliminary injunction that stops the Trump administration in nine states from weaponizing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to harass and intimidate voters by having armed agents go door to door to question their eligibility to vote.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 22, 2026

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

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses plan town hall about threatened labor and delivery, postpartum, and NICU shutdowns

Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) in Watsonville, California, will hold a Care Not Cuts Town Hall on Saturday, October 24, to warn community members about the potential decision to close the neonatal intensive care, labor and delivery, and postpartum units, a major shutdown of all birthing care services at the facility.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 22, 2026

CNA/NNOC image with nurses in front of capitol and signs "Our Patients. Our Union. Our voice."

RNs in Tennessee, Arizona, Illinois, and California file petitions for union elections

Registered nurses across the country continue to build our union movement, asserting our collective power against a profit-driven health care system and a corporate-aligned federal government. CNA/NNOC announced today that nurses at four hospitals – which in total employ 4,500 nurses and serve more than 1.7 million patients annually – filed petitions over the past week with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for union elections.

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

Large group of nurses outside holding signs "Kaiser: Put Patients Over Profit" and "Nurses at the Bedside, Kaiser at the Bank"

Nurses celebrate massive, historic victory against disgusting Kaiser wage theft

Registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals across California are celebrating a historic victory against wage theft committed by their employer. California Nurses Association successfully won an arbitration agreement that mandates Kaiser pay stolen wages dating back to at least 2021, potentially totalling a sum in the tens of millions of dollars to be paid out to more than 1,000 nurses.

California Nurses Association
October 5, 2026

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

Nurses celebrate historic victory as Gov. Newsom signs landmark A.I. protection into law

Union nurses with California Nurses Association celebrated a hard-fought victory today as Governor Gavin Newsom signed a CNA-sponsored bill, AB 1979 authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta (AD-18), into law. The new law establishes landmark protections for patients and health care workers against the unsafe use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in health care.

California Nurses Association
September 30, 2026

Group of nurses hold signs and banner "Palantir Out" and "Patients Over Palantir"

Thousand nurses in SF to protest A.I. giant’s work with ICE, CBP

In San Francisco on Wednesday, Sept. 30, more than a thousand nurses, along with community members, will mobilize against the notorious artificial intelligence giant, Palantir. Palantir has a track record of building A.I. tools for large-scale data collection and mass surveillance that threaten human rights.

National Nurses United/California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 25, 2026

Six nurses standing outside hospital smiling, holding signs "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" and "Respect TCMC Patients and Nurses"

Sharp Tri-City Medical Center nurses to hold informational picket demanding accountability to Measure H promises

Nurses at Sharp Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to protest Sharp HealthCare’s broken promises to their patients and community.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 21, 2026

Six nurses inside, side-by-side, smiling, with raised arms/fists

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