Shasta Regional staff have been in negotiations since August, 2025 for a new contract with little to no movement on key issues. The staff urges management to agree to a contract that provides safe staffing and a commitment to practices that recruit and retain workers.

Nurses at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., have given notice to their employer, Prime Healthcare, that they will hold a strike for one day. Reno nurses will strike on Feb. 18, amidst a week of strikes at Prime facilities in Nevada and California.

Nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., gave notice to their employer today that they will hold a strike for one day on Wednesday, Feb. 18, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about nurse retention, patient care, and safe staffing.

Registered nurses at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., will hold a press conference on Friday, Feb. 6, outside their hospital to inform the press and public about Prime Healthcare management’s unjust termination of a nurse who is a member of their union’s bargaining team and will be making a major announcement.

Registered nurses and community allies in Palo Alto, Calif. will hold a vigil on Thursday, Feb. 5 to honor the lives lost to federal immigration agents, including that of Alex Pretti, a fellow RN who was killed while observing immigration forces in Minneapolis, Minn.

National Nurses United today condemned the Trump administration’s proposed rule, posted for a 30-day public comment period from Feb. 2 to Mar. 2, outlining the planned exclusion of graduate nursing students from professional loans, which have higher limits than those for other graduate students.

CNA today endorsed Tom Steyer for governor of California. Nurses say their endorsement is fueled by Steyer’s unequivocal support for a national and state single-payer health care system; for ending corporate control over politics and working people’s lives; for taxing billionaires and corporations; and for protecting democracy.

National Nurses United provided the following response ahead of the House vote on H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which includes a two-week Continuing Resolution for the Department of Homeland Security.

RNs at MedStar Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C. voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on January 31, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

In an overwhelming landslide vote, nearly 500 nurses elected to join CNA. Registered nurses say union protections will lead to improved patient care.