Concord nurses to hold one-day strike for fair contract

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Four nurses hold signs "We will strike for our patients"
Registered nurses at John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif. will hold a one-day strike on May 3 to protest the hospital management’s refusal to address demands for fair contract. This notice follows a strike authorization vote by the Concord nurses, who want to see stronger contract measures to improve recruitment and retention.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 1, 2023

AR Gould nurses deliver May Day basket on International Workers’ Day to demand improved staffing for patient safety

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Three nurses inside hold signs "Staff Up for Safe Care"
Union nurses at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital delivered a May Day basket today to AR Gould CEO Greg LaFrancois to demand movement at the bargaining table on issues involving safe staffing and staff retention in order to deliver patients the care our community deserves.
Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 1, 2023

Nurses urge lawmakers to reject efforts to facilitate ‘Home All Alone’ programs that allow patients requiring hospitalization to be treated at home

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Large group of nurses outside hold signs "Patients First"
California Nurses Association is calling on California lawmakers to continue to reject any moves to facilitate Home All Alone programs, which permit hospitals to treat patients at home for conditions that require hospitalization for acute inpatient-level care.
California Nurses Association
Apr 28, 2023

Bay Area nurses to begin strikes on May 2

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Group of nurses inside hospital hold signs "Patients First in the Hospital"
Nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif. and John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif. will hold two separate strikes to protest their respective managements’ refusal to address demands for fair contracts.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 24, 2023

Nurses spotlight hypocrisy of Ascension at gala event

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Nurses outside hold signs "RNs at Seton standing strong for our patients"
Nurses will be handing out informational flyers to call attention to the hypocrisy of Ascension: fundraising in the name of women’s and reproductive health services when Ascension has closed five such units nationwide over the last year.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Apr 21, 2023