LCMC: Charity Betrayed
We are the nurses at LCMC Health’s University Medical Center (UMC), fighting for accessible, high-quality health care for our patients.
For too long, LCMC has betrayed the mission and legacy of Charity Hospital. Today, UMC is being operated more like a for-profit company than the community hospital it was meant to be. As nurses, we see the harmful impact this shift towards maximizing profits has had on our patients and the New Orleans community.
We are advocating for a UMC that truly honors the Spirit of Charity, where patients—not profits—come first.
LCMC: Fleecing Patients
Health care in Louisiana is expensive compared to the rest of the country. A major factor driving up health costs in Louisiana are the extremely high prices charged by hospitals like LCMC Health. In fact, data released by Medicare shows that LCMC on average charges its patients more than 5 times the cost of care, a higher charge-to-cost ratio than any other system in the New Orleans area.
Nurse Stories
Short staffing, rampant workplace violence, and lackluster benefits led UMC nurses to vote overwhelmingly to unionize, becoming the first nurses to do so at a private hospital in Louisiana. They are fighting for safe staffing and equitable health care in New Orleans.
The Issues
Attacking Workers’ Rights
Spending over $1 million on anti-union consultants, rather than investing in patient care.
Together, we can change LCMC’s profits-before-patients health care model. Get involved and take action in support of LCMC nurses and patients.
Videos
Charity Betrayed
Hear from UMC nurses on why LCMC needs to put patients over profits.
We Can Win Anywhere; Nola Nurses Know
Hear from nurses at UMC on why and how they voted to join NNOC/NNU.
Press releases
National Nurses United is the largest union of RNs in the United States, with a membership of more than 225,000 RNs in all 50 states. If you’re a nurse interested in organizing a union at your hospital, we can help.
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