Federal health care cuts threaten Michigan hospitals. It’s time for Medicare for All.
Community hospitals are there for us at our most vulnerable moments. They’re where our children are born. We rush our loved ones to the local ER, post-stroke, when every second counts. Unfortunately, the federal government has left communities across Michigan at risk of losing that lifesaving care. That’s why working people are joining forces to call for change, and to build a society that puts patients before profits, with Medicare for All.
Reno nurses to hold picket at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center
Registered nurses at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., will hold an informational picket on Thursday, June 11, to protest the hospital administration’s anti-union tactics and refusal to bargain a fair contract.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Jun 10, 2026
Redding nurses, health care workers to hold strike vote and picket for safe staffing
Registered nurses and caregivers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, Calif., will hold a strike vote and picket on Thursday, June 11, to protest management’s refusal to address patient care and safe staffing issues. Nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional, a Prime Healthcare facility.
California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
Jun 9, 2026
Chicago nurses ready for one-day strike at Prime Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital
Nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago are prepared for their one-day strike on June 11 to protest the administration’s illegal firings of six nurses in retaliation for union activity.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Jun 9, 2026
Nurses put Beacon Kalamazoo on ‘RED ALERT’ status
Kalamazoo registered nurses, who are members of Michigan Nurses Association and its parent union National Nurses United, will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, June 13 to demand long-term solutions to maintain services at Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital and advance nurses’ Vision for a Healthy Society.
National Nurses United
Jun 8, 2026
National Nurses United and 335+ Organizations Call For Passage of Medicare for All
National Nurses United and over 335 organizations, including labor unions, advocates for seniors and people with disabilities, women’s rights organizations, and more, released an open letter making the case that now is the time for Medicare for All, addressed to leaders looking to reform our health care system.
National Nurses United
Jun 8, 2026
The State of Workplace Violence in Health Care in 2025-2026
Health care workers have been experiencing a surge in workplace violence rates nationally since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, building on already rising rates in previous years. NNU regularly surveys nurses regarding health and safety conditions in their workplaces. This report analyzes new survey data, collected from 1,267 RNs working in 28 states and D.C. between July 2025 and May 2026, regarding nurses’ recent experiences of workplace violence. The results of NNU’s 2025–26 Workplace Violence Survey confirm that workplace violence continues to be a serious hazard impacting a majority of the nation’s nurses and patients, underlining the need for additional action to protect nurses, other health care workers, and their patients.
RNs at Orange County Global Medical Center vote overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association
Registered nurses at KPC Health’s Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, Calif. voted overwhelmingly on Thursday, June 4 to join California Nurses Association (CNA), an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest and fastest-growing registered nurse (RN) union. The nurses voted 91 percent in favor of joining the union.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jun 5, 2026
Nurses at Washington D.C.’s largest hospital call on leadership to reverse planned cuts to maternal health
Union nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) in Washington, D.C. are demanding that management stop the planned closure of an entire postpartum unit. The hospital notified the union on May 26, 2026 of its intention to eliminate 11 maternal health beds and displace eight nurses by July 26, 2026, leaving MWHC with one postpartum unit.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Jun 3, 2026
Nurses at Research Medical Center to hold rally demanding immediate action on unsafe patient care conditions
RNs at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., will hold a rally on Thursday, June 4 to demand immediate action to address what nurses describe as dangerous patient care conditions impacting emergency and surgical services following the Sept. 8, 2025 closure of units that provide labor and delivery, neonatal intensive care, and obstetrics emergency care services.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Jun 2, 2026