RNs, Vets Rally Over Proposed Bed Closures at Brooklyn VA
Registered nurses, veterans and community members will hold an informational rally and press conference on Monday, June 22, at the Brooklyn VA hospital, to speak out against hospital management’s recent decision to close the 25-bed-capacity 12W medical surgical unit, National Nurses United announced today.
National Nurses United
Jun 19, 2015
As Fast Track Passes House, Nurses Shift Pressure to Senate To Prioritize People Over Wall Street
Nurses have been mobilizing for months against Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which threatens to give pharmaceutical companies the ability to inflate lifesaving medication costs and corporations the power to overturn environmental and food safety regulations.
Jun 19, 2015
Fast Track Bill Moves On to Senate, Along with Fight to Stop It.


We cannot thank you enough for continuing to hold your ground. The past months have seen nurses, union members, working families, environmentalists—a very broad coalition of Americans—stand together against Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We proved the power of our united voice by stalling Fast Track last week.
National Nurses United
With Help of RNs, Lift Up El Paso Sees Passage of Wage Theft Ordinance
Working with Lift Up El Paso, an alliance of labor, community and faith-based groups, the El Paso nurses have been fighting for a wage theft ordinance, demanding fair pay for city workers.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Texas
Massachusetts study shows RNs are overloaded
In conjunction with the beginning of National Nurses Week, a new study of registered nursed in Massachusetts released May 6 by the MassachusettsNurses Association establishes that hospital administrators are assigning too many patients to registered nurses, resulting in significant harm and even death for patients.
David Schildmeier
Fresno RNs, Community Members Hold Sit In at Offices of Rep. Costa
Staff members expecting a quiet morning at Rep. Jim Costa’s Fresno office—underestimated what can happen when Congress members vote to endanger public health, with a trade deal that could balloon medication costs, overturn nurse-to-patient ratios, and destroy the environment.
National Nurses United
RNs, Community Members Hold Sit In at Offices of Rep. Jim Costa, Urge No Vote on Fast Track/TPP
National Nurses United announced that that its nurse members will be joining a sit in, along with community organizations, at the offices of Rep. Jim Costa today urging him to shift his position and vote “No†on dangerous trade deals that have dire consequences for public health and patient safety.
California Nurses Association
Jun 16, 2015
Nurses, Community Leaders Will Speak Out on Threats to Patient Care at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
Registered Nurses will hold a town hall meeting at the Valencia Branch of the Santa Clarita Public Library this Wednesday evening to let the public know what they are doing to insure quality patient care at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.
California Nurses Association
Jun 16, 2015
RNs Report Back From Sea on the Continuing Promise Mission to 11 Countries with U.S. Service Members
It is now two months into the Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15) mission, on which the nurses have joined joint military personnel and health care professionals, engineers, veterinarians and environmental health experts for a humanitarian assistance mission that includes mission stops in 11 countries in South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
RN Response Network
California Nurses, Teachers Oppose Phillips 66 Oil Train Project
The 120,000-member California Federation of Teachers yesterday voted to add their voice to the growing community of nurses and teachers opposed to the Phillips 66 oil train project.
California Nurses Association
Jun 15, 2015