May Day Events
NNU nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with shift change actions outside their hospitals and other actions inside their facilities, calling for optimal COVID-19 protections. These actions are taking place at 139 hospitals in 13 states representing more than 95,540 nurses.
Click a state below to look up actions in that area.
* Indicates actions happening outside the facility with the possibility of photo-op. Other actions happening inside facilities.
Nurses Union Endorses the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act
National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, applauds Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on the announcement of the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act.
National Nurses United
Apr 29, 2020
RNs to Hold Vigil in Memory of El Paso RN Karla Dominguez Who Died of COVID-19
Registered nurses will hold a memorial Wednesday night in memory of Karla Dominguez, a pediatric intensive care nurse at Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus in El Paso who died of COVID-19.
National Nurses United
Apr 28, 2020
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United statement on reopening the country
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, strongly cautions that calls to “reopen the country” are premature when the threat of the virus causing COVID-19 is not yet behind us.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Apr 28, 2020
Stanford ValleyCare nurses ratify new contract by overwhelming majority
Stanford ValleyCare registered nurses recently voted by an overwhelming majority to ratify their first contract with the California Nurses Association (CNA), the union announced today.
Nurses say the contract brings ValleyCare RNs up to par with surrounding Bay Area hospitals on working conditions, and codifies important staffing and patient care guidelines.
California Nurses Association
Apr 28, 2020
San Leandro Hospital Nurses to Hold Shift Change Action to Sound Off on Alameda Health Systems’ Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic
To demand the highest level of personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses, including N95 masks, head to toe protection, safe placement for COVID-19 patients, safe staffing levels, and the end of disciplining frontline nurses caring for COVID-19 patients, registered nurses at San Leandro Hospital are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 4:00 p.m., April 29...
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 28, 2020
Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Bring Attention to the Dangerous Conditions Faced by Nurses and Patients
To speak out about dangerous patient care conditions, which include inadequate provisions of personal protective equipment (PPE), partially due to a locked and inaccessible stockroom, and dangerously low staffing, registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at 7:45 p.m., April 28, announced National Organizing Committee/National Nurses United...
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Apr 27, 2020
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Stroger Hospital Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Protest the Lack of Appropriate Gowns and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
To protest the lack of personal protective equipment and the high number of COVID-19 infections among the nurses, registered nurses at John H. Stroger Hospital will hold an action and media availability during their shift change, announced National Nurses United (NNU) today.
National Nurses United
Apr 26, 2020
Tri-City Medical Center and Palomar Health Nurses to Hold Solidarity Caravan with Supporters to Protest Layoffs and Furloughs of Health Care Workers
To protest and demand the rescinding of layoff and furlough notices of 24 RNs at Tri-City Medical Center, 83 RNs at Palomar Health, and 63 caregivers and health care employees at Palomar Health, registered nurses from Tri-City Medical Center and Palomar Health, along with CHEU members and community supporters will hold a solidarity caravan at 12:00 p.m., April 27, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United...
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 26, 2020