San Joaquin County nurses will convene a townhall discussion on Wednesday, September 2 with healthcare workers, community allies, and local elected leaders to call for the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors to make the County’s public hospital a top priority, to advance community health and to treat healthcare workers with the respect they deserve.

Registered nurses at HCA hospitals in Florida, Kansas, Missouri and Nevada will hold public actions Tuesday to highlight ongoing practices they say put nurses and other caregivers in jeopardy and increase the spread of COVID-19 to others.

With the recently announced closure of Mercy Hospital, cuts to services at Holy Cross and Jackson Park hospitals, and new threats to discontinue emergency services at Provident Hospital, labor and community organizations will hold a protest Friday Aug. 28 to decry Cook County’s austerity proposals as an affront to Black communities.

National Nurses United (NNU) today joined with labor, community, and social justice activists in the demand for racial justice following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, and the killing of two protesters in Kenosha, Wis. by an apparent white supremacist in the aftermath of the incident.

National Nurses United today condemned Trump administration directives to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lower public safety standards on testing of people even when recently exposed to the coronavirus.

National Nurses United (NNU) today called on the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to inspect all HCA-owned-and-operated hospitals and issue citations against the hospital giant for “willful violation” of workplace safety hazards, which NNU warns “could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm.”

National Nurses United (NNU) today condemned President Trump’s campaign to subvert the November election with its attacks on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) as “an assault on public health and postal workers, with a disproportionate racist impact on Black workers and on veterans – as well as a direct threat to democracy.”

The California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today it is endorsing Proposition 15, a much-needed state initiative designed to close longstanding corporate property tax loopholes and generate nearly $12 billion for schools and local government.

In a letter to Santa Clara County Supervisors today, the California Nurses Association warns that multiple reports of serious incidents following the closure of maternal child services at HCA’s Regional Medical Center of San Jose in May is putting the safety of patients at risk.