RNs were preparing to strike for safe staffing measures in on-going contract negotiations because they know safe staffing is an essential part of safe patient care. Nurses stayed at the table with HSA management to reach a deal on their new contract, averting the planned strikes.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
After nearly four months of bargaining, nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland voted last night to ratify a new union contract that provides many new safety measures for patients and nurses, among other improvements.
Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center (NMMC) in Fort Kent, Maine, voted tonight to re-certify their union formed in 2024, rejecting an NMMC management-backed attempt to dissolve their union.
Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Registered nurses and veterans will hold a rally in the Bronx on Thursday, Jan. 8, to denounce the Trump administration’s plans to cut tens of thousands of jobs from the VA. The VA informed NNOC/NNU that 138 positions will be eliminated in the Bronx, and 245 positions will be cut across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nurses at the HSA facilities are currently bargaining for renewed union contracts with HSA management. The RNs say they are striking for safe staffing because of the implications safe staffing has for safe patient care.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., will hold a rally on Tuesday, Dec. 23, to highlight chronic short staffing and ongoing safety concerns that SSM Health has repeatedly refused to address.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nurses at the 316-bed facility say they voted to join the union because it is critical that nurses have a say in making decisions in patient care, staffing, and to help recruit and retain experienced nurses, which leads to improved patient care.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
At a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 18, nurses from Ascension hospitals will note their deep opposition to the Catholic system’s proposed elimination of obstetrics services at Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove, Ill. to the state’s Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina, an affiliate of National Nurses United, call on the North Carolina legislature to stop playing politics with patients’ health and follow Governor Josh Stein’s call to hold a special legislative session to pass legislation that would fully fund Medicaid.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, Maine, are moving forward with their two-day strike on Nov. 18 and 19 to protest management’s refusal to improve staffing and patient safety, particularly retention of staff nurses.
Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
