Nancy Hagans, RN: The nurses union powerhouse
New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans worked this year to rectify one of the biggest complaints from nurses coming out of the pandemic: short staffing and burnout. After a historic three-day strike by more than 7,000 nurses at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, Hagans finalized a labor contract in January that dealt with both issues.
City and State New York
Mission Hospital nurses to hold rally for patient safety, demand HCA address unsafe staffing
Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, will hold a rally on Wednesday, December 13, to demand that management take action to ensure patient safety by improving nurse staffing.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Dec 11, 2023
University Medical Center nurses vote yes to join NNOC/NNU in historic union election for New Orleans, Louisiana
Registered nurses at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., have voted in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United. Despite a disgusting union-busting effort from management, nurses voted 82% yes with over 90% turnout.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Dec 9, 2023
Daly City nurses to hold informational picket against drastic health care cuts at AHMC Seton
Seton Medical Center (Seton) nurses in Daly City, Calif. will hold an informational picket on Dec. 12, 2023 to protest their employer’s drastic health care cuts, among other actions, that could exacerbate the hospital’s persistent recruitment and retention issues.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Dec 10, 2023
Watsonville Community Hospital nurses ratify new contract
Registered nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract. The contract – which includes protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention – is the first collective bargaining agreement since WCH became a public-sector employer following the 2021 bankruptcy fight.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Dec 9, 2023
Nurses to picket hospital: Desert Regional nurses demand Tenet address patient safety concerns in NICU and “emergency” intensive care units
Registered nurses with Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif. will hold a picket on Tuesday, Dec. 12 to demand Tenet address the chronic issues that jeopardize patient care in the neonatal unit and intensive care units.
California Nurses Association
Dec 8, 2023
St. Louis nurses overwhelmingly vote to authorize second strike
Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, voted by an overwhelming majority today to authorize their nurse bargaining team to call a strike, if management fails to resolve key issues RNs have been raising in contract negotiations, including outsourcing of nurse jobs.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Dec 8, 2023
National Nurses United Statement on the Crisis in the Middle East
As nurses, our patients trust us to help and heal them when they sustain harm due to the conditions in their everyday lives. To honor that sacred trust, it is our duty to speak up for every human being’s right to a life free from violence and the traumas of war.
RNs who held strikes in Austin and Wichita now locked out by Ascension
Nurses at three Ascension-owned facilities in Austin, Texas, and Wichita, Kan., condemn Ascension management for proceeding with a three-day lockout following the RNs’ one-day strike at their hospitals on Dec. 6.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Dec 7, 2023
Wichita nurses to host gift drive on Friday after Ascension cancels Christmas concert
Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph’s in Wichita, Kansas, will host a gift drive for toys and school supplies on Friday, December 8, in response to Ascension management canceling the Christmas concert scheduled to take place on that day at the Christi Child Development Center.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Dec 6, 2023