Missouri press releases

Submitted by ADonahue on December 12, 2022
Group of nurses outside holding signs "Nurses Outside = Somethings Wrong Inside"

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses set to hold one-day strike for patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., will hold a strike for 24 hours from Sept. 25 to Sept. 26 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about patient care, safe staffing, and workplace violence.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 22, 2023

Nurses in front of Saint Louis University Hospital holding signs like "Staff up for safe care!"

Saint Louis University nurses give notice for historic one-day strike for patient safety

Nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (SLU) in St. Louis, Mo., gave notice today to their employer that they will hold their first-ever strike to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about patient care, safe staffing, and workplace violence.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 15, 2023

Group of four nurses outside Saint Louis University Hospital holding signs calling for patient safety

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses overwhelmingly vote to authorize strike

RNs at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., voted yesterday 94 percent in favor of authorizing a strike if the issues nurses have been raising remain unresolved.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 2, 2023

Nurses on picket line

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses to hold informational picket to protest staffing crisis

Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., will hold an informational picket to demand that management address the staffing crisis at the facility and its impact on patient safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 17, 2023

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Research Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center nurses rally to protest HCA’s failure to address chronic patient safety issue

Nurses from HCA’s Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Mo., will hold a rally on Tuesday, June 14.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 13, 2022

Three masked nurses inside hospital

Nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital to hold rally to protest chronic understaffing

Registered nurses will hold a rally on Friday, June 3 at 8:00 a.m. to voice their deep concerns about patient safety, chronic understaffing, and the alarming drop in the number of staff nurses hired by the facility.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 1, 2022

Group of four nurses inside hospital wearing stickers saying "Save Lives"

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses vote “no confidence” in administration

In a vote conducted by the union between April 20 and April 24, 93 percent of participants, and a majority of all eligible nurses, voted “no confidence” in the leadership of Chief Nursing Officer Rita Fowler and Human Resources Director Chris Greenley.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 27, 2022

Research Medical Center RN's outside of hospital

Kansas City area RNs approve new HCA contracts

Registered nurses at Kansas City area HCA hospitals have overwhelmingly approved new collective bargaining contracts.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 23, 2021

Nurses hold sign with various demands from HCA

Kansas City area RNs reach agreement with HCA on new collective bargaining contract

RNs at Research Medical Center and Research Psychiatric Center in Kansas City, Mo. and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. have reached a tentative agreement Friday night on a new collective bargaining contract

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 16, 2021

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From Florida to Nevada, HCA RNs to hold actions to alert public to escalating patient safety concerns

Thousands of registered nurses at seven HCA hospitals from five states will hold socially distanced public actions in the Kansas City region and Nevada on Friday June 18 and in Florida and Texas on

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 17, 2021