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Press releases

Nurses with raised fists

Nurses at 17 HCA facilities in six states ratify new union contracts

Registered nurses at 17 hospitals managed by HCA have voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in recent weeks, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by nurses, and including measures to improve patient care, patient safety, nurse retention, and working conditions at their hospitals.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 22, 2024

Nurses on picket line, one holds signs "Patients First in the Hospital"

Nurses at Corpus Christi Medical Center ratify new contract with HCA management

Registered nurses at Corpus Christi Medical Center in Texas voted in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract this week, winning measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 15, 2024

El Paso nurses holding signs "HCA Put Patients Over Profits"

Nurses at two El Paso hospitals ratify new contracts with HCA management

Registered nurses at Del Sol and Las Palmas medical centers in El Paso, Texas, voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts this week, winning measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 10, 2024

Three nurses on picket line wearing shirts "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

Ascension Seton nurses to hold rally for patient safety and to speak out against chronic short-staffing

Registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, will hold a rally and speak-out on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to protest management’s refusal to address chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient safety.

Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 30, 2024

Lots of nurses holding signs, including a big banner "Don't mess with Texas nurses"

Corpus Christi nurses to hold informational picket for safe staffing, patient safety

Nurses from Corpus Christi Medical Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, will hold an informational picket on Aug. 12 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing and patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 8, 2024

Articles

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Austin nurses ratify first union contract

In March, registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center (ASMCA) in Austin, Texas voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a three-year contract. This is the first-ever union contract at ASCMA, which is the largest private-sector hospital in Texas to form a nurses union.

June 5, 2024

Group of nurses outside with raised fists.

Austin nurses vote resounding yes to NNOC

In January, registered nurses in the resident and fellow programs at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, (ASMCA) voted overwhelmingly, with 96 percent in favor, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.

March 29, 2024

Family on picket line holding signs encouraging Ascension to be fair and kind

Holy Hypocrites

Ascension, one of the country’s largest Catholic hospital chains, betrays its mission by dramatically slashing obstetrics services nationwide.

January 12, 2024

Nurse speaking into microphone holding sign "Ascension RNs On Strike". Other nurses with signs behind.

Ascension nurses strike in Austin and Wichita

Nearly 2,000 registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals held historic one-day strikes in June to protest management’s resistance to bargain in good faith with RNs for union contracts that would help correct the endemic staffing crisis.

January 12, 2024

Large group of nurses outside hold sign "Don't mess with Texas nurses"

Landslide union victory in Texas

In September, nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin in Austin, Texas voted overwhelmingly, with 72 percent in favor, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United. Nurses said they formed a union to win improved patient care standards and strong contracts, and they have seen NNOC/NNU’s proven track record of doing just that in Texas and throughout the country.

December 9, 2022

Videos

Nurses at Ascension Seton in Austin make history by winning their first union election

ASMCA is now the largest private-sector hospital in Texas to form a union.

Stronger United in Texas

When your hospital gets bought, who is there to protect the nurses? RN Valerie shares her story.

Contact

Austin
81 San Marcos Street
Austin, TX 78702
T. 512-472-1133
F. 512-472-1173
Email | www.nnoc.net

El Paso
310 North Mesa St., Ste. 615
El Paso, TX  79901
T. 915-779-2661
F. 915-779-2709
www.nnoc.net

Corpus Christi
321 Texan Trail
Suite 230
Corpus Christi TX 78411
T. 361-806-2044
F. 361-806-2162
www.nnoc.net

Dallas/Fort Worth
P.O. Box 330098
Fort Worth TX 76163
Email | www.nnoc.net