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Nurses on picket line hold signs "Trust Nurses, Not A.I."

Nurses applaud passage of critical A.I. bills out of committee

Union nurses applauded the progress of two CNA-sponsored bills out of committee to establish guardrails on the use of A.I. in health care. These bills would protect patient safety and privacy, maintain the integrity of nursing practice, and ensure that technology companies and health care corporations cannot escape accountability amidst the onslaught of untested and unproven A.I. tools.

California Nurses Association
April 23, 2026

Student nurses looking at work together.

Bill that helps transition ADN nurses to employment moves forward

Union nurses with California Nurses Association celebrated the forward movement of a bill they sponsored that would diversify and expand the nursing profession as well as ensure communities across California have nurses to provide care through establishment of a state program to help new nurse graduates of Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs find jobs.

California Nurses Association
April 23, 2026

Nurse speaking at podium with banner behind "Red Alert: Save Our Hospitals Tour"

Nurses put Oroville Hospital on ‘RED ALERT’ status

Oroville Hospital registered nurses, who are members of California Nurses Association and its parent union National Nurses United, will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, April 25 to demand long-term solutions to keep Oroville Hospital open and advance their Vision for a Healthy Society.

National Nurses United
April 22, 2026

Nurses marching holding CalCare banner

Nurses condemn California Assembly’s failure to advance CalCare

California Nurses Association members condemn the California State Assembly’s failure to advance A.B. 1900, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, also known as CalCare, at a time when health care is needed more urgently than ever before. CalCare is a comprehensive, high-quality single-payer program that would be many Californians’ only lifeline for care.

California Nurses Association
April 20, 2026

Large group of people outisde, holding CalCare signs and banner

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

Large group of nurses on picket line, holding signs "Some Cuts Don't Heal" and "Recruit, Respect, Retain RNs"

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

Tenet nurses holding signs and shirt "Safe staffing now" "Safe staffing saves lives"

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

Nurses speaking out in front of UCI Health Fountain Valley sign

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

Nurse speaking at podium in front of Red Alert tour bus

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

Rep. Ro Khanna (6th from left) with Purge Palantir coalition members at press conference at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara (Feb 21, 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