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.

Registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC will hold a public protest tonight, April 9, at 6 p.m. over what they say remains the hospital’s ongoing lagging response to preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic at a time cases are skyrocketing in the state.

Observing social distancing protocols, RNs will stand outside the hospital to survey their other RNs reporting to work at shift changes.

Following reports of a growing racial disparity in COVID-19 deaths, National Nurses United today called on the federal government and states to provide full reporting on the demographic breakdown of the effects of the pandemic and what actions are being taken to protect historically medically underserved communities.

Chicago, IL – To protest the abrupt and dangerous closure of Provident Hospital’s Emergency Room, registered nurses at Provident Hospital are holding an action and media availability during their shift change to describe how this closure will endanger the health and safety of the patient community Provident Hospital serves. Cook County Health Systems claim that closing the ER was unavoidable due to an anticipated rise in COVID-19 cases in which Provident’s ER was not physically designed to accommodate.