Nurses urge Illinois regulators to reject Ascension application to close Elk Grove obstetrics unit
At a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 18, nurses from Ascension hospitals will note their deep opposition to the Catholic system’s proposed elimination of obstetrics services at Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove, Ill. to the state’s Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nov 17, 2025
North Carolina nurses urge state legislature to fully fund Medicaid to protect communities
Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina, an affiliate of National Nurses United, call on the North Carolina legislature to stop playing politics with patients’ health and follow Governor Josh Stein’s call to hold a special legislative session to pass legislation that would fully fund Medicaid.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nov 17, 2025
UC registered nurses announce tentative agreement
Registered nurses have reached a tentative agreement with the University of California on a new contract, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. CNA represents more than 25,000 RNs across 19 facilities operated by the University of California, who have been in bargaining for new contracts since June.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Nov 16, 2025
RNs at CommonSpirit’s St. Joseph Brazos Valley facilities are UNITED for a voice in patient care!
RNs in Bryan, College Station, and our larger community have been organizing for a voice in patient care—a voice we will use to demand CommonSpirit put its vast resources toward safe staffing, RN retention, and quality patient care.
Houlton nurses strike begins Nov. 18
Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, Maine, are moving forward with their two-day strike on Nov. 18 and 19 to protest management’s refusal to improve staffing and patient safety, particularly retention of staff nurses.
Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Nov 14, 2025
Sutter Davis nurses ratify first union contract
Registered nurses at Sutter Davis Hospital in Davis, Calif., voted to ratify their first-ever collective bargaining agreement last night. Nurses say the new agreement is a hard-fought victory for their patients and themselves.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Nov 13, 2025
November 17-18: University of California RNs will sympathy strike with AFSCME 3299
University of California registered nurses will walk the picket lines on Monday, November 17 and Tuesday, November 18 in a sympathy strike with members of AFSCME 3299. The registered nurses are members of California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, which represents more than 25,000 RNs across 19 facilities operated by the University of California.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Nov 13, 2025
University of California RNs will sympathy strike with AFSCME 3299
University of California registered nurses will walk the picket lines on Monday, November 17 and Tuesday, November 18 in a sympathy strike with members of AFSCME 3299. The registered nurses are members of California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, which represents more than 25,000 RNs across 19 facilities operated by the University of California. CNA sympathy pickets will be at nine UC medical centers statewide.
CNA members are supporting members of AFSCME 3299, as they strike to highlight a retention crisis that makes it challenging for UC medical centers to run effectively.
HSA nurses rally for patient safety and employee retention
Union nurses at Palmetto General Hospital, Coral Gables Hospital, and Florida Medical Center, members of NNOC, are holding a rally on Friday, Nov. 14, at 8:00 a.m. at Palmetto General Hospital as contracts have expired since Sept. 30, 2025 and negotiations for new three-year agreements with Healthcare Services of America (HSA) have stalled.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Nov 12, 2025
National Nurses United rejects bad backdoor shutdown deal
National Nurses United is disappointed that the Democratic Party failed to stand strong together in demanding that Republicans restore desperately needed health care subsidies for working people as a condition of agreeing to reopen the federal government.
National Nurses United
Nov 12, 2025