“National Nurses United stands in full support of the working people of Minnesota who are striking and reducing their economic activity to take a stand against ICE and the Trump administration. Union nurses understand the power of taking collective action against injustice – whether it’s a greedy boss cutting corners on patient care or a fascist administration deploying an illegal and inhumane deportation machine.”

Nurses are ready to elect leaders like Mai Vang who are prepared to protect our immigrant neighbors and fight back against the gutting of our health care programs and fight for our right to organize and collectively bargain.

Nurses demand the removal of immigration enforcement agents from communities, the abolition of ICE, and accountability for this administration’s crimes against all residents of the United States.

Maine nurses represented by MSNA/NNOC are speaking up and speaking out against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detaining, intimidating, and terrorizing members of their community since its operation began in Maine on Tuesday.

National Nurses United today announced our endorsement of Cori Bush for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. While in office, Bush fought to protect nurses and patients with real solutions that comprehensively address the nurse staffing crisis, strengthen unions, protect working families, and guarantee health care for all.

The nation’s largest union of registered nurses, National Nurses United, is bringing a ‘RED ALERT’ warning to hundreds of communities nationwide that face a drastic reduction in quantity and quality of health care services as a result of H.R. 1, the Republican budget bill passed last year. Nurses’ first stop on the ‘RED ALERT’ tour will be in Glendale, California on Saturday, January 24.

National Nurses United announced its endorsement of Will Lawrence for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District. As a cofounder of the Sunrise Movement, Lawrence has shown the leadership needed to secure progressive change. 

Registered nurses at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center held a rally outside the hospital today to highlight their contract demands. The nurses picketed and chanted until sunset and then held a candlelight vigil. Many friends and community members joined the nurses in solidarity for better conditions for patients and nurses at EMMC.

Registered nurses from across California will hold a march on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Sacramento. Nurses intend to highlight their concerns that new staffing standards being considered for acute psychiatric hospitals will be used by the hospital industry to weaken the state’s historic and first-of-their kind RN-to-patient ratios legislation.