More than 21,000 registered nurses and nurse practitioners at 21 Kaiser Permanente facilities will hold a two-day strike to protest the administration’s refusal to address their ongoing concerns about workplace health and safety and chronic short staffing.

Nurses sought union affiliation so they can more effectively advocate for improved conditions in the workplace and better economic standards for their colleagues and their families.

RNs at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, Calif., are deeply concerned to learn that the Board of Directors of the San Benito Health District, which oversees the facility, is taking steps to file a Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition.

NNU called on the Republican Party to publicly renounce virulent rhetoric that is encouraging the escalation of violent threats via mass media and assaults such as the recent attempted kidnapping of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the attempted murder and assault of her husband, Paul Pelosi.