Nurses face worsening working conditions amid winter surge in Covid and other respiratory viruses, as CDC looks to weaken infection control guidance
As Covid and other respiratory viruses are surging once again, NNU's latest nationwide survey of more than 2,600 RNs reveals continued failure by health care employers to protect staff and patients from Covid-19, other significant safety issues, and the ongoing deleterious effects of the pandemic on the emotional and physical health of nurses.
National Nurses United
Jan 17, 2024
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UChicago nurses say “a strike is not off the table” due to patient safety concerns
Registered nurses at the UChicago Medicine will hold an informational picket and rally on Monday, Jan. 15, to demand the university address their patient safety concerns and settle their contract in a timely manner.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Jan 11, 2024
Leading Catholic health system has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery departments in past decade
Ascension has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery units in the past decade amidst a nationwide rise in pregnancy- and childbirth-related mortality, according to new analysis released today by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses.
National Nurses United
Jan 8, 2024
Antelope Valley nurses to hold rally for patient safety
Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., will hold a rally on Thursday, Jan. 4 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including chronic short-staffing, management’s failure to meet California’s mandatory minimum RN-to-patient ratios, and retaliation against RNs advocating for safe patient care.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jan 3, 2024
Saint Louis University Hospital nurses strike tomorrow
Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) in St. Louis, Mo., are moving forward with their two-day strike, starting at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 27, due to management’s persistent union-busting and outsourcing of RN jobs.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Dec 26, 2023
Registered nurses at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital to hold three-day strike
Registered nurses at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital in Marina del Rey, Calif. will hold a three-day strike starting Dec. 24, 2023. Currently in contract negotiations, striking nurses will protest Cedars-Sinai management’s attempts to take away nurses’ bargaining rights.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Dec 21, 2023
Tis' the Season of Solidarity
It bears repeating: Our collective action is our collective power!
From coast to coast, continent to continent, when we link our wills, our hearts, and our voices and unite, we transform the world.
With all that 2023 brought, suffice it to say we are deep into a season of solidarity. May it never end!
Onward, friend, into 2024,
National Nurses United