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Nurses on picket line, one holds sign "Ascension, we can see your greedy side"

Ascension nurses call for urgent changes after Catholic chain named in “Dirty Dozen” employer list

Ascension nurses continue to call for urgent changes at the sprawling hospital chain after the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health named Ascension to its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of employers who put workers and communities at risk due to unsafe practices.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 25, 2024

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Baltimore nurses rally for patient safety as bargaining for historic first contract begins

Nurses at Ascension St. Agnes in Baltimore, Maryland will hold a rally Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, as nurses begin negotiations for a first contract with hospital management.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
January 12, 2024

Nurse on picket line holds sign "Ascension Be Better"

Leading Catholic health system has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery departments in past decade

Ascension has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery units in the past decade amidst a nationwide rise in pregnancy- and childbirth-related mortality, according to new analysis released today by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses.

National Nurses United
January 8, 2024

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

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Saint Agnes nurses file charges against Ascension Health claiming unlawful interference with union drive

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. have filed unfair labor practice charges against Ascension Health, one of the largest nonprofit Catholic hospital chains in the country, claiming management has violated labor law by refusing to respect the nurses’ right to organize.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 28, 2023

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Joyous Saint Agnes nurses with fists raised

Baltimore RNs win historic vote to unionize

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. voted in early November to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United. This victory marks the first time in Baltimore history that registered nurses have unionized a hospital.

January 12, 2024