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Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital nurses to protest CommonSpirit layoffs and reduction in services

RNs at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, a CommonSpirit hospital in Grass Valley, California, will hold a rally on Aug. 6, 2026, to protest the hospital’s planned layoffs of seven nurses who work at the hospital. Nurses are also extremely concerned that hospital management is proposing to cut the patient care hours of the Ambulatory Treatment Center.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
August 5, 2026

Large group of nurses outside hospital holding signs calling for patient safety and other measures

Registered nurses to protest layoffs at 17 CommonSpirit Health hospitals in California

Registered nurses will hold a press conference and rally at California Hospital Medical Center, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 3, to protest owner and operator CommonSpirit Health’s planned layoffs at 17 hospitals in California. Nurses say layoffs will jeopardize patient care and harm communities.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 31, 2026

Group of nurses inside, in front of sign "Adventist Health", smiling, wearing red, and with raised fists

Registered nurses at Adventist Health St. Helena vote overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association

Registered nurses at Adventist Health St. Helena in St. Helena, Calif. voted overwhelmingly this week to join California Nurses Association (CNA), an affiliate of National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing registered nurse (RN) union. In an overwhelming landslide vote, 250 nurses elected to join CNA.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 24, 2026

Nurses outside holding signs calling a halt of burn unit closure

Bakersfield nurses to hold informational picket over proposed layoffs that jeopardize patient care

Registered nurses will hold an informational picket on Thursday, July 16 in Bakersfield, Calif., to protest proposed health care staffing reductions and service cuts at CommonSpirit Health’s Dignity Health Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and Dignity Health Mercy Hospitals that will jeopardize patient care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 14, 2026

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

Kaiser nurses protest CEO’s appearance at AHA Leadership Summit

Registered nurses from Kaiser Permanente facilities across California protested today outside the American Hospital Association (AHA) Leadership Summit in Denver, Colo., where Kaiser CEO Greg A. Adams is scheduled to speak this week.

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

Group of nurses and physicians outside hospital holding banner "UCSF Workers Demand Safe Staffing"

San Francisco nurses, doctors to hold protest at UC regents meeting for patient safety

Registered nurses and resident physicians at University of California San Francisco will protest a UC Regents meeting on July 15 to highlight their patient safety concerns about boarding in the emergency department. Combined with existing unsafe staffing, the boarding has created unsafe conditions caused by providing patient care in waiting rooms and hallways.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 13, 2026

Large group of nurses outside, picketing, with signs "Union nurses build healthy communities"

Registered nurses at Dominican Hospital to protest proposed staffing cuts that jeopardize patient safety

Registered nurses at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, June 30, to alert the community about CommonSpirit Health’s (CommonSpirit) proposed staffing cuts that jeopardize patient safety and undermine quality care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
June 26, 2026

Group of eight nurses inside hospital, side-by-side, in blue scrubs

Los Angeles nurses to hold an informational picket for patient safety and protest imminent closure of pediatric unit

Registered nurses at California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Monday, June 29, to protest the administration’s decision to lay off essential unit support staff throughout the facility and to close the pediatric unit.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
June 26, 2026

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

St. Rose Hospital nurses plan informational picket to demand fair contract

Nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif., will hold an informational picket to demonstrate mounting opposition among staff and community to stalling in contract negotiations with Alameda Health System. Nurses and patients are particularly outraged about St. Rose management attempting to sub-contract out of the fifth floor at the hospital to Stanford Medicine, potentially creating two tiers of health care for patients in Hayward.

California Nurses Association
June 23, 2026

Nurses on picket line hold signs "Recruit, Retain, Respect RNs"

Contra Costa County nurses to hold informational picket to preserve patient services and nurse retention

Registered nurses with Contra Costa Health and Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, in Martinez, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Thursday, June 25, to protest the county’s failure to commit to preserving patient care and nursing staff, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
June 23, 2026