Registered nurses from across the United States and 28 other countries will take part in the “Democracy Is Not for Sale” march in San Francisco on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The march is intended to highlight the international resistance to billionaire agendas that deprive tens of millions of people across the world from access to health care, educational and employment opportunities, and safe environments to live and raise families.

National Nurses United (NNU) and the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) — together representing over a quarter million union members — sent a letter today to President Trump to demand that “the Israeli government permanently end its military operations and blockade in Palestine, and that the United States immediately recognize the sovereignty of Palestine.”

Nurses from University Medical Center New Orleans, patients, and community members will hold a rally and community listening circle on Friday, Oct. 3, outside of LCMC’s Spirit of Charity Foundation Gala in New Orleans, La. They will highlight LCMC’s meager investments in charity care and lack of patient access to affordable health care.

Registered nurses at Enloe Health, in Chico, Calif., will hold a rally on Thursday, Oct. 2, to protest Enloe’s decision to close its home health and hospice units on Oct. 31. Nurses are calling on the hospital to protect the health of some of Chico’s most vulnerable patients and maintain the essential services and end-of-life care provided by these units.

National Nurses United is calling on Congress to pass H.R. 5450/S. 2882. The Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and other Matters Act of 2026 would not only restart the government but also save lives by restoring health care funding and assistance, while ending the Trump administration’s unprecedented power over government spending.

Registered nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, California, will hold a vigil on Wednesday, October 1, to highlight a slew of patient safety concerns, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today.

National Nurses United today condemned Israeli forces’ recent killing of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip and chief nursing supervisor at Kamal Adwan Medical Complex.

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, will hold a rally on Tuesday, September 30, to literally sound the alarm on the hospital’s poor performance in staffing, health and safety, recruitment and retention, and meal and rest breaks.

National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members, today announced its endorsement of Robert Peters for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District.