The registered nurses of Providence Saint John’s Health Center are declaring victory today after hospital management announced that health care workers throughout the Providence system will be issued N95 respirator masks to wear when caring for COVID positive or potentially COVID positive patients, announced the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. 

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at St.

Merced, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic and expose the hospital’s faulty infection control policies, registered nurses at Dignity Health, Mercy Medical Center Merced are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 3:00 p.m., April 15^th, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

Central Coast, CA – To demand personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses at hospitals across the region and insist on safe staffing for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Watsonville Community Hospital, Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, and Natividad Medical Center are holding a vigil and media availability at 7:30 p.m., April 16^th during their shift change to describe current conditions and concerns of nurses, announced Califo

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) initiated the idea of presumptive eligibility for COVID-19 workers in Illinois and began working with the Illinois AFL-CIO on it on March 23. NNU worked collaboratively with the AFL-CIO and the governor's office to get it done. 

Poway, CA –  Palomar Health is a public health district with a principle to care for the community.

Santa Monica, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica are holding an action and media availability at noon on April 13^th during their shift change to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, to demand adherence to the state mandated nurse to patient ratios at all times, and to ensure full employment

The National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) recently sent letters to governors of 18 states, as well as to hospital employers, demanding that nurses not only have the protective equipment they need to care for positive or suspected COVID-19 patients, but also that the states and employers provide nurses with housing, child care, workers’ compensation, and other protections.

Roseville, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Kaiser Roseville are holding an action and media availability at 3:30 p.m.