Colorado press releases

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Three nurses smiling and holding ballot box

Longmont United nurses ratify their first union contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at CommonSpirit Longmont United Hospital (LUH) in Longmont, Colo., made history today by voting overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention. This is the first union contract for the nurses at LUH and the first private-sector contract for RNs in the state of Colorado.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 9, 2025

Large group of nurses outside smiling, some with raised fists, some holding signs "No Cuts: A Healthy VA = Healthy Vets"

Denver VA nurses to rally to protest staffing crisis due to hiring freeze

Nurses at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, will hold a rally on Thursday, June 27, to protest the ongoing hiring freeze by the Department of Veteran Affairs and host a bake sale to raise money to hire nursing staff.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 25, 2024

Three nurses holding signs calling for safety from workplace violence

Rocky Mountain Regional VA registered nurses demand management address epidemic of workplace violence

RNs at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., are planning to hold a rally to demand that management address the epidemic of violence at the facility and take meaningful steps to provide a safe workplace for health care professionals and a safe place of healing for veterans.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 13, 2023

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National Nurses United condemns deadly violence and rightwing groups targeting trans and LGBTQ+ patients and community 

As advocates for patients and a just, healthy society, the registered nurses of National Nurses United mourn in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ siblings targeted in Saturday’s deadly Colorado Springs shooting.

National Nurses United
November 21, 2022

Group of four nurses outside Longmont Hospital hold signs "Patients First"

It’s official – federal labor board certifies union win for Longmont United Hospital registered nurses

Official certification by the federal labor board followed the final count in late March of remaining ballots from a secret ballot election conducted by the NLRB last July.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 7, 2022

Group of four nurses outside Longmont Hospital

Vote count complete – Longmont Hospital nurses win their union

Overcoming months of delay from hospital management seeking to block the outcome, registered nurses at Longmont United Hospital in Longmont, Colo. have won their union representation.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 28, 2022

Nurses stand and speak in front of news crew

National Labor Relations Board rules to open final six ballots in Longmont nurse union election

Regional Office 27 (Denver) of the NLRB rejected Longmont United Hospital’s appeal to challenge the validity of a union election ballot.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 10, 2021

Exterior of Longmont United Hospital

Longmont United Hospital RNs to hold speak-out on unsafe conditions

Registered nurses at Longmont United Hospital are hosting a speak-out event on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. to address unsafe conditions at the hospital.

National Nurses United
November 30, 2021

National Nurses Organizing Committee

Longmont Hospital RNs lead in union election vote count

Overcoming intensive anti-union pressure from the hospital’s management and its hired anti-union consultants, with some contested ballots still to be resolved registered nurses at Longmont United Hospital in Longmont, Colo. have voted for union representation by 52.5 percent among ballots counted Wednesday.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 8, 2021

Sign "VA Nurses Deserve Respect Now"

RNs at Rocky Mountain VA rally to alert public to patient safety concerns, short staffing, and intimidation of nurses exercising their union rights

Registered nurses at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado will hold a rally Friday, Nov. 20 to alert the public about patient safety issues as a result of chronic short staffing, to denounce hospital management’s decision to implement widespread shift changes, and to employ overt intimidation tactics as an attempt to deny the nurses their collective bargaining rights.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 19, 2020