Tri-City nurses ratify contract that improves patient safety
The newly approved collective bargaining agreement includes major wins on issues of safe staffing, workplace violence, and infection control.
California Nurses Association
Mar 23, 2022
Health and Safety press releases
All National Nurses United press release related to our Health and Safety campaigns.
Global Nurses United condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine, ongoing attacks on health care facilities and personnel
GNU expresses its solidarity with the nurses and other health care professionals of Ukraine who are struggling mightily to provide care during this unprovoked invasion.
Global Nurses United
Mar 15, 2022
Registered nurses demand AIR Commission reject recommendations of health care service closures in the VA
RNs call closure recommendations a “dangerous privatization effort” that will hurt veterans, redirect taxpayer money outside of the VA, and lead to poorer outcomes for veterans.
National Nurses United
Mar 14, 2022
Nurses applaud decision to end Texas investigations of trans youth and their families
National Nurses United today applauds a Texas judge’s decision to stop child abuse investigations into transgender youth and their families on the grounds of providing gender-affirming care.
National Nurses United
Mar 11, 2022
Nurses at 15 Sutter Health facilities to hold informational pickets due to health and safety concerns
Nurses at 15 Sutter Health hospitals across Northern California will hold informational pickets to protest Sutter’s refusal to address RNs’ proposals about staffing, workplace violence, and pandemic readiness.
California Nurses Association/ National Nurses United
Mar 11, 2022
Nurses condemn hospital, health care bombings in Ukraine
NNU joined with health care leaders around the world in expressing horror and outrage at Russia’s bombing of a maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, and other health facilities, and urged an immediate cease fire to end the bloodshed.
National Nurses United
Mar 10, 2022
City of Hope nurses to hold silent protest and press conference demanding patient safety improvements
Nurses will hold a socially distant silent protest and press conference to protest the hospital administration’s refusal to address RNs’ ongoing patient care and safe-staffing concerns.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Mar 8, 2022
Verdugo Hills registered nurses ratify new three-year contract with patient safety wins
RNs at Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, Calif., have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract with the University of Southern California (USC).
California Nurses Association
Mar 4, 2022
Nurses challenge new CDC metric on latest Covid-19 safety rollback
NNU criticized the latest rollback of Covid-19 safety guidelines as a serious risk for prolonging the spread of the pandemic and is calling on the Biden Administration and the CDC to reverse the new guidelines.
National Nurses United
Feb 28, 2022