CNA press releases

Nurses mobilize to back Alameda County ICE free zones, immigration enforcement response plans

Responding to an escalating crisis of ICE violence, more than 150 registered nurse leaders from CNA/NNOC will march from the union’s headquarters in Oakland to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 27, to back several critical proposals to protect the community from ICE violence.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

January 26, 2026

Nurses at Providence Saint John’s ratify new three-year contract

Registered nurses at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract last night. The nurses, represented by CNA/NNU, won an agreement that prioritizes key issues, including expanding access to educational benefits, strengthening recruitment and long-term retention of RNs.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

January 24, 2026

Nurses put LA hospitals on ‘RED ALERT’ status

The nation’s largest union of registered nurses, National Nurses United, is bringing 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 budget bill passed last year. Nurses’ first stop on the ‘RED ALERT’ tour will be in Glendale, California on Saturday, January 24.

National Nurses United

January 21, 2026

California nurses to hold Sacramento march to protect strong RN-to-patient ratios

Registered nurses from across California will hold a march on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Sacramento. Nurses intend to highlight their concerns that new staffing standards being considered for acute psychiatric hospitals will be used by the hospital industry to weaken the state’s historic and first-of-their kind RN-to-patient ratios legislation.

California Nurses Association

January 16, 2026

Watsonville nurses to hold press conference to demand that Watsonville Community Hospital stop the temporary closure of the ICU

Registered nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital, in Watsonville, Calif. will hold a press conference ahead of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District special board meeting on Jan. 14 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including the proposed closure of the intensive care unit.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

January 13, 2026

Registered nurses of California Nurses Association strongly object to and call for corrections to major flaws in state’s proposal to set staffing ratios for acute psychiatric hospitals

Through this proposal, the state is attempting to fulfill the original requirements of A.B. 394, the law that CNA nurses fought for more than a decade to win so that patients could get safe, quality care and nurses could provide safe, quality care.

California Nurses Association

January 9, 2026

Registered nurses at Sutter CPMC Davies vote overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association

Registered nurses at Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center Davies in San Francisco, Calif., voted overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association. The election represents a significant milestone for San Francisco as well – Sutter CPMC Davies was the city’s last remaining nonunion hospital for RNs.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 18, 2025

MarinHealth Medical Center nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety

Registered nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Friday, Dec. 12, to protest the hospital’s refusal to address nurses’ concerns about staff retention and patient safety in ongoing contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 10, 2025

Santa Monica nurses to hold an informational picket to demand safe patient care

Registered nurses at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to protest the administration’s refusal to address nurses’ concerns during recent contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

November 26, 2025

UC registered nurses ratify contract

Registered nurses ratified a new four-year contract, with voting concluding Saturday, Nov. 22, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. The contract includes protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention and no takeaways.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

November 22, 2025