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CNA/NNOC image with nurses in front of capitol and signs "Our Patients. Our Union. Our voice."

RNs in Tennessee, Arizona, Illinois, and California file petitions for union elections

Registered nurses across the country continue to build our union movement, asserting our collective power against a profit-driven health care system and a corporate-aligned federal government. CNA/NNOC announced today that nurses at four hospitals – which in total employ 4,500 nurses and serve more than 1.7 million patients annually – filed petitions over the past week with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for union elections.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 13, 2026

CNA/NNOC image with nurses in front of capitol and signs "Our Patients. Our Union. Our voice."

CNA/NNOC welcomes new Council of Presidents following convention

CNA/NNOC has officially seated a newly elected Council of Presidents to serve a three-year term from 2026-2029. The new leaders took office on Oct. 1, 2026 at the CNA/NNOC convention in San Francisco, California, where nearly 1,500 nurses from around the country convened.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 12, 2026

4 nurses at podium holding signs "Prime RNs United for our Patients"

Union nurses reinstated at Prime hospital in Illinois

Four formerly suspended registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Ill. have been reinstated and will return to work this week. By Sept. 15, Prime Healthcare had suspended or fired six nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 5, 2026

Group of nurses outside hospital, smiling, with raised fists

CMMC nurses and community members celebrate landslide union victory

Registered nurses and their community allies held a rally today to celebrate their commanding union election victory last night at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, Maine, announced Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 25, 2026

Group of nurses hold signs and banner "Palantir Out" and "Patients Over Palantir"

Thousand nurses in SF to protest A.I. giant’s work with ICE, CBP

In San Francisco on Wednesday, Sept. 30, more than a thousand nurses, along with community members, will mobilize against the notorious artificial intelligence giant, Palantir. Palantir has a track record of building A.I. tools for large-scale data collection and mass surveillance that threaten human rights.

National Nurses United/California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 25, 2026

CMMC nurses celebrate winning their union!

Central Maine Medical Center nurses vote overwhelmingly to join MSNA/National Nurses Organizing Committee

Registered nurses at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, voted overwhelmingly tonight to join Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the largest and fastest-growing registered nurse (RN) union in the nation. In an election held today, September 24, nurses voted 91 percent yes to forming a union.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 24, 2026

Nurses inside smiling

Olympia Fields nurses vote overwhelmingly to join National Nurses Organizing Committee

Registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Ill., voted 82 percent in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the largest and fastest-growing registered nurse (RN) union in the nation.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 24, 2026

Nures picketing outside, holding signs calling for safe staffing

Tucson nurses plan protests over unsafe staffing and working conditions amid contract negotiations

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s hospitals will hold informational pickets to demand that Carondelet management address serious staffing, patient care, and nurse recruitment and retention issues. The nurses are deeply concerned about eroding patient care conditions and the lack of experienced staff to adequately care for patients safely.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 22, 2026

Group of nurses outside St. Joseph Health holding banner "Don't Mess With Texas Nurses"

College Station nurses call out chronic understaffing in NICU

Registered nurses at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital in College Station, Texas, will hold a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Nurses plan to commemorate neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) awareness month and celebrate the dedication that NICU nurses demonstrate to the babies in their care, as well as raise concerns about issues in the St. Joseph NICU.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 21, 2026

3 nurses outside hospital smiling, wearing red

Ascension St. Agnes nurses ratify first-ever union contract

Registered nurses at Ascension St. Agnes in Baltimore, Md., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a three-year contract on Saturday, winning their first-ever collective bargaining agreement in a watershed moment for nurses across Baltimore.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 19, 2026