Arizona | National Nurses United

Group of nurses outside hold sign "Standing for our patients"

Press releases

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

Nurses outside holding signs "Staff up for safe patient care"

Tucson nurses to hold rally for safe staffing and patient advocacy

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., will gather for a rally on Friday, Feb. 27, to demand that management prioritize safe patient care standards in all hospital units. The nurses have been sounding the alarm about increasingly unsafe conditions at the hospital over the past three months.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

February 26, 2026

Large group of nurses outside hospital holding signs calling for safe staffing

Tucson nurses rally for safe patient care at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital, protest staffing crisis

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., will hold a rally on Monday, July 1, to highlight troubling patient safety concerns and chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 28, 2024

Large group of nurses outside hospital with raised fists

Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital nurses in Tucson ratify new contract

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 28, 2023

Tucson nurses to hold rally and media availability for patient safety

Registered nurses at Carondelet St. Joseph’s in Tucson, Ariz. will hold a rally to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing and management attempting to silence RNs who advocate for safer standards

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

March 10, 2023

Large group of nurses outside hold signs "Standing for our patients"

Historic first contracts for Tucson nurses

Registered nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. voted overwhelmingly in July to approve their first contracts with NNOC/NNU, a move that made history as the first collective bargaining contracts ever for registered nurses in the state of Arizona.

September 18, 2020