Houlton nurses strike begins Nov. 18

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Group of nurses outside dressed in winter clothes, holding signs "Standing for our patients", "Nurses are the heart of patient care", more
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

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Nurses at Sutter Davis holding up California Nurses Association banner.
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

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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

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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

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Palmetto RNs holding signs "Safe staffing saves lives" and "RN safe staffing saves lives"
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

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Nurses marching holding signs "Some Cuts Don't Heal" and "Fund Care Not Billionaires"
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

Ascension and CommonSpirit nurses, Maryland Catholic Labor Network call on U.S. bishops to hold Catholic hospital chains accountable to church directives

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Group of nurses outside holding banner, signs "Ascension, put patients before profits"
Registered nurses from Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. will hold a rally outside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops annual assembly. They will highlight how Ascension and CommonSpirit have failed to follow USCCB directives to Catholic health care organizations to both serve and advocate for patients “at the margins of society” and “treat its employees respectfully and justly.”
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nov 10, 2025