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Nurses from Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin TX demonstrating

Nurses in Texas and Kansas to strike, resisting Ascension union-busting tactics

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals are moving forward with historic one-day strikes on Wednesday, December 6, to protest unsafe conditions management has failed to remedy, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 4, 2023

Maine nurses taking action for safe staffing, holding banner that reads "Bedside nurses support ratios!"

Maine nurses to hold community forum on nurse staffing crisis and public health

Members of the Maine State Nurses Association will hold a community forum on Tuesday, December 5, on the current nurse staffing crisis and what can be done about it. The forum is co-sponsored by the Muskie School of Public Service, the Maine Women’s Lobby, and Maine People’s Alliance.

Maine State Nurses Association, National Nurses Organizing Committee
December 1, 2023

Nurse speaking through bullhorn with arm raised

Registered nurses and graduate students demand University of Chicago provide the highest quality of care for patients and uphold the highest educational standards

Registered nurses and graduate student workers at the University of Chicago will hold an early morning press conference on Monday, Dec. 4, to demand that the university respect its workers and settle their contracts quickly without unnecessary delays and deliberate stalling.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 1, 2023

Group of three nurses outside hospital hold signs "People Before Profit" and "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

More than 100 nurses to rally at HCA office in Tampa

More than 100 registered nurses from HCA facilities across the country will hold a rally on Nov. 30 outside of HCA’s West Florida Division Office in Tampa, Fla. to demand better from management ahead of 2024 contract negotiations.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 27, 2023

Registered nurses in Austin, Texas pose on strike line

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas announce second strikes at Ascension hospitals

Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals gave notice today to their employer that they will hold one-day strikes on Wednesday, December 6 to protest unsafe conditions management has failed to remedy.

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

Nurses picketing outside of Ascension via Christi St. Francis Hospital

Ascension nurses in Wichita to march on management

Registered nurses at Ascension via Christi St. Francis Hospital and Ascension via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kan., will confront hospital management on Wednesday, Nov. 22 to protest management’s failure to bargain for fair contracts that protect patient safety and retain staff.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 20, 2023

Group of Seton nurses stands outside hospital facing down security not allowing them to enter

Ascension Seton nurses to march on management

Registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas will confront hospital management on Wednesday, Nov. 22 to protest management’s failure to bargain for fair contracts that protect patient safety and retain staff.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 20, 2023

Group photo of Wichita nurses outside of Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph hospitals.

Wichita nurses deliver petition demanding safe staffing to Ascension management

Nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph hospitals in Wichita, Kansas, delivered a petition demanding a reversal of staffing cuts degrading patient care and safety.

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

Joyous Saint Agnes nurses with fists raised

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore vote to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland voted, on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United marking the first time in Baltimore history that RNs have unionized a hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 4, 2023

RNs at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., were joined by community supporters as they delivered a petition

New Orleans nurses delivered petition calling on management to allow union election

RNs at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., were joined by community supporters as they delivered a petition to demand that LCMC Health management agree to a union election that nurses are seeking.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 30, 2023