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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

Nurses on strike line holding signs

Redding nurses, health care workers to hold strike vote and picket for safe staffing

Registered nurses and caregivers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, Calif., will hold a strike vote and picket on Thursday, June 11, to protest management’s refusal to address patient care and safe staffing issues. Nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional, a Prime Healthcare facility.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
June 9, 2026

Group of nurses outside, at night, smiling, with raised fists

RNs at Orange County Global Medical Center vote overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association

Registered nurses at KPC Health’s Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, Calif. voted overwhelmingly on Thursday, June 4 to join California Nurses Association (CNA), an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest and fastest-growing registered nurse (RN) union. The nurses voted 91 percent in favor of joining the union.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
June 5, 2026

Group of nurses outside California State Capitol building holding signs "Hands Off Our Ratios"

California Nurses Association registered nurses celebrate their victory in implementing long-awaited safe staffing ratios for state’s acute psychiatric hospitals

California nurses are celebrating today, June 1, the historic implementation of long-awaited safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in the state’s acute psychiatric hospitals (APH) that should dramatically improve the care behavioral health patients receive and that RNs can provide.

California Nurses Association
June 1, 2026

Nurses marching in Sacramento holding "Patients not profits," signs

May 19: California Nurses Association RNs to protest hospital industry greed and lobby lawmakers in support of bills to promote and protect patient, nurse safety

Hundreds of the state’s union registered nurses represented by California Nurses Association will converge in Sacramento on Tuesday, May 19 to protest hospital industry greed and lobby lawmakers in support of bills to promote and protect the safety of their patients and health care workers.

California Nurses Association
May 15, 2026

Large group of nurses outside hospital holding signs "Defend DACA Nurses" and "Protect DACA Nurses Now!"

Union RNs succeed in forcing Kaiser to back off of firing DACA nurse colleague

With only hours to spare, union nurses represented by California Nurses Association successfully forced Kaiser to back off from firing a DACA nurse colleague because the federal government has been extraordinarily slow to renew her work authorization.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 14, 2026

Large group of nurses outside hospital holding signs "Defend DACA Nurses" and "Protect DACA Nurses Now!"

Nurses demand Kaiser protect DACA colleagues

Registered nurses at Bay Area Kaiser facilities will hold a rally at Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center on Monday, May 11, to protest Kaiser’s plan to terminate nurses who are DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, recipients waiting for the federal government to renew their work documents.

California Nurses Association
May 8, 2026

Large group of nurses posing, smiling, wearing red.

UCLA nurses, health care workers, interns, and residents to protest use of tents and hallway beds at Westwood emergency department

Registered nurses, residents,  interns, and other health care workers at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., will hold a rally on Wednesday, May 6, outside the UC Board of Regents meeting to highlight their patient safety concerns.

California Nurses Association
May 4, 2026

Two nurse leaders posing, smiling with Tom Steyer

Union nurses, Tom Steyer united for bold, structural change in California

California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer and California Nurses Association (CNA), will hold a press conference in Oakland, Calif. on Tuesday, May 5. Speakers from the elected leadership of CNA will outline why Steyer is registered nurses’ top choice to lead the state in progressive reform, as well as  the nurses’ “get out the vote” mobilization of its 125,000 members.

California Nurses Association
May 1, 2026

Nurses holding signs "Don't burn the burn unit" and "Burns need care too"

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital nurses, community members intensify pressure on hospital to keep burn unit open

Registered nurses, community members, labor advocates, and local supporters will hold a press conference on Friday, May 1 outside Bakersfield Memorial Hospital to demand hospital leadership reverse plans to close the hospital’s burn unit.

California Nurses Association
April 29, 2026