National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, announced its support for the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, introduced today by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-2).

Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine Ingalls in Harvey, Ill., a south suburb of Chicago, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their historic first contract.

Renewing its commitment to the larger fight for health care justice, the California Nurses Association (CNA) is pleased to sponsor Assembly Bill 1400 (Kalra), the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare), which would guarantee comprehensive, high-quality health care to all California residents as a human right.

National Nurses United today voiced outrage at ongoing racist and xenophobic attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. NNU called for solidarity with AAPI communities, and a public commitment to solutions premised on ending structural racism and promoting social equity and healing.

Registered nurses from Barton Memorial Hospital will be conducting a virtual town hall to inform the community about how Barton has used the pandemic to refuse to bargain a fair contract with nurses at a time when nurses are already under extreme stress.

Registered nurses in San Joaquin County’s health system will hold a three-day strike, starting Feb. 27 at 7:00 a.m. to demand the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors' address RNs’ deep concerns about patient care, safe staffing, and personal protective equipment.

Registered nurses at Southern California Hospital at Culver City will hold a socially distant action on Thursday, Feb. 18 to demand safe staffing.

In response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, California Nurses Association is pleased to cosponsor S.B. 213 (Cortese) to protect California’s frontline nurses and other health care workers by providing presumptive eligibility for workers’ compensation.

Registered nurses and caregivers at Kindred San Gabriel Hospital will hold a press conference, tomorrow, Feb. 10 to protest the unsafe staffing conditions at the hospital.