National Nurses Organizing Committee

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A national movement for RNs

We are a national union and professional organization for RNs who are pursuing an ambitious agenda of patient advocacy that promotes the interests of patients, direct-care nurses, and RN professional practice. Read more »

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NNOC 101

Your guide to joining the RN movement. Learn more about our program, our history, and how we are organized.

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Veterans Affairs

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United represents 13,500 Veterans Health Administration RNs at 23 Veterans Affairs hospitals in 12 states and Washington, D.C.

Press releases

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Nevada nurses celebrate advancement of safe-staffing ratios bill

Registered nurses across the Silver State are celebrating today as new legislation, which would set maximum legal limits for the number of patients a nurse can be assigned, advances from the Nevada State Senate to the Nevada Assembly. The legislation has the potential to completely alter the landscape of nursing in the state.
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Cincinnati nurses denounce VA staffing cuts and attacks on federal workers, saying they will erode veteran care

Registered nurses at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center will hold a rally on Wednesday, May 21, to demand the administration abandon plans to cut some 80,000 workers from the VA, to reinstate VA workers’ full union rights, and to stop attacks on nurse benefits.
Nurse holding sign "Protect federal workers. Protect VA nurses"

VA nurses to detail impact of administration’s drastic cuts and anti-worker policies on veterans health care

In a congressional briefing on Tuesday, May 20, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration (VA) facilities across the country will share their stories about the state of veterans health care as a result of harmful actions by the current administration.
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100+ Maine nurses, community members protest Mount Desert Island Hospital obstetrics department closure

Local community members joined more than 100 nurses today in Bar Harbor, Maine to protest the closure of Mount Desert Island Hospital’s (MDIH) obstetrics department.
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Organize with National Nurses Organizing Committee to improve workplace standards through collective bargaining, reform national health care legislation, and make a difference for you and your patients.

Videos

We can win anywhere; Nola nurses know

Here from nurses at University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on why and how they voted to join NNOC/NNU. 

Nurses at Ascension Seton in Austin make history by winning their first union election

National Nurse Magazine

Nurses at rally holding signs "Fund Care Not Billionaires"

Saving Lives: NNU Nurses challenge dealy Medicaid cuts, public health attacks

Nurses fight to save Medicaid

RNs march in Washington, D.C., protest at members of Congress’ offices

New Orleans nurses strike for second time

University Medical Center hold two-day strike

Maine nurses vindicated

RNs at Northern Maine Medical Center win thousands in backpay victory

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