Registered nurses at Alameda Hospital in Alameda, Calif. and San Leandro Hospital in San Leandro, Calif., recently ratified a pair of collective bargaining agreements that will improve their ability to provide safe patient care as well as recruit and retain experienced nurses at these two public facilities.

National Nurses United today praised President Biden’s announcement of advances in the effort to get all U.S. residents vaccinated, while nurses called for everyone to continue to practice strong safety measures, essential to achieving protection in the face of the still virulent pandemic.

A registered nurse member of National Nurses United testified before a U.S. House Education and Labor subcommittee urging the federal government to recognize aerosol transmission of Covid-19.

On Thursday, March 11, a registered nurse member of National Nurses United (NNU) will share her experiences as a nurse caring for Covid-19 patients in testimony before a U.S. House Education and Labor subcommittee. Pascaline Muhindura, RN, will testify during the Education and Labor Committee's Workforce Protections Subcommittee hearing.

National Nurses United applauds the U.S. House of Representative’s passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R. 842, in a 225 to 206 vote today. The legislation will now move to the Senate for consideration.

National Nurses United’s (NNU) new nationwide survey of more than 9,200 registered nurses reveals that a year into the pandemic, registered nurses are still being placed in harm's way. RNs face continued issues ranging from unsafe staffing levels to hospital administrators failing to observe basic infection control and prevention measures.

Today National Nurses United (NNU) joined the growing call by multiple members of Congress and many community allies to abolish the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule.

Leaders of an international federation of nurse and health care worker unions from 27 countries, Global Nurses United (GNU), sent a letter today to the World Trade Organization (WTO), urging that it take immediate action “to dramatically mitigate and eventually end the catastrophic death and suffering caused by the Covid-19 pandemic” and “to ensure equitable and speedy vaccine production and distribution.”

Registered nurses are calling for the community to stand with RNs in opposition to the planned closure of maternal child health services, including labor and delivery, at Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, CA.