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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

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