RNs to hold a virtual press conference as they vow to fight hospital chain Alecto’s announced closure of Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles
Registered nurses at Olympia Medical Center will hold a press conference to alert the public to their fight against Alecto Healthcare Services’ intention to close their hospital as Los Angeles health care workers struggle to provide patient care and health officials report zero ICU capacity in the county.
California Nurses Association
Jan 16, 2021
Nurses applaud Biden’s American Rescue Plan
National Nurses United praised President-Elect Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which he announced this evening.
National Nurses United
Jan 14, 2021
Nurses Welcome LA County Call to Delay Closure of Olympia Medical Center, RNs Urge UCLA Health to Act
The California Nurses Association today welcomed a request by Los Angeles County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency to operators of Olympia Medical Center (OMC) to delay the hospital closure “for a minimum of six months.”
California Nurses Association
Jan 14, 2021
Mission RNs to Seek Health and Safety Protections As Negotiations Open for First Union Contract
Four months after voting by 70 percent to form a union, registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC will begin negotiations with hospital management today for a first collective bargaining contract.
National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina/National Nurses United
Jan 14, 2021
Nurses Endorse Impeachment, Conviction of Trump
National Nurses United (NNU) applauds the impeachment of President Trump by the House of Representatives and urges the Senate to follow up with an immediate trial and conviction.
National Nurses United
Jan 13, 2021
Sutter Coast, Crescent City, CA RNs Say ‘Union Yes’
In a landslide vote today, registered nurses at Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City are bringing union representation to the state’s northwest coast after voting by 85 percent to join the California Nurses Association
California Nurses Association
Jan 11, 2021
University of California nurses: Hospital industry attack on safe staffing puts lives of patients, nurses, workers at risk
Registered nurses at UCLA and UCI will hold a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 13 to protest the hospitals' use of state waivers to circumvent RN-to-patient safe staffing standards.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jan 11, 2021
Carondelet St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s nurses to hold car procession to urge hospitals to provide optimal staffing
NNOC/NNU-represented registered nurses will hold a car procession honk-a-thon on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 8:15 a.m., to urge their hospitals to provide optimal staffing and alert the community of the current public health crisis in Arizona.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Jan 11, 2021
Nurses Join Calls for Trump to be Removed ‘Sanctions, Accountability Needed for Failed Coup’
National Nurses United today endorsed the call by incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and many others calling for President Trump to be immediately removed from office through invocation of the 25th Amendment due to his role in leading the failed coup attempt that culminated in the assault by armed insurrectionists on the U.S. Capitol yesterday.
National Nurses United
Jan 7, 2021
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital nurses say: Hospital industry attack on safe staffing puts lives of patients, nurses, workers at risk
Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital will hold a car caravan on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 to protest their employer’s use of a state waiver to circumvent RN-to-patient safe staffing standards. Nurses are urging Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital to staff for safe patient care, and not use the pandemic as an excuse to put patients at serious risk.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jan 7, 2021