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Press releases

Group of nurses outside in rain clothes holding signs "Some Cuts Don't Heal" and "Fund Care Not Billionaires"

North Carolina nurses urge state legislature to fully fund Medicaid to protect communities

Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina, an affiliate of National Nurses United, call on the North Carolina legislature to stop playing politics with patients’ health and follow Governor Josh Stein’s call to hold a special legislative session to pass legislation that would fully fund Medicaid.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 17, 2025

Asheville nurses hold signs that read "Staffing Emergency"

Nurses sounding alarms on Mission Hospital patients being impacted by Medicaid cuts starting October 1 in North Carolina

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, will hold a rally on Tuesday, September 30, to literally sound the alarm on the hospital’s poor performance in staffing, health and safety, recruitment and retention, and meal and rest breaks.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 29, 2025

Nurses on picket line outside hospital holding signs "Hey HCA Put Patients Over Profit"

Asheville nurses rally Thursday to demand HCA restore MAHEC coverage

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a rally on Thursday, May 8, to demand HCA restore Mountain Area Health Education Center to their approved list of health providers.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 5, 2025

Nurses demonstrate at Durham VA

Durham nurses to hold rally to protest cuts to the VA

Registered nurses at Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, will hold a rally on Wednesday, April 2, to protest devastating cuts to VA staffing and to stand up for their patients, veterans who deserve the best care, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United today. This action is happening amidst an unprecedented attack on federal employees’ protected union rights by the current administration, which NNU nurses strongly oppose.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU)
March 31, 2025

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C., holding signs "Fun Care, Not Billionaires" and "Some Cuts Don't Heal"

Asheville nurses to protest proposed cuts to NC Medicaid at Sen. Tillis’ district office

On March 20, HCA Mission Hospital registered nurses will gather at the district office of U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in Hendersonville, N.C., to protest proposed Medicaid cuts that would deteriorate health care services in the region.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 18, 2025

Articles

Headshots of Erin Oberson, RN, and Meg Sinclair, RN

Knowledge is Power

Rounding is an opportunity to talk to people face-to-face in their unit, distribute information, and organize. Members of the Professional Practice Committee (PPC) often round on the same day as their monthly meeting.

November 3, 2025

Large group of nurses outside hospital, holding signs "Hey HCA, Put Patients Over Profit"

HCA nurses win new contracts

Registered nurses at 17 hospitals managed by HCA voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in October, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee.

December 20, 2024

Group of nurses by side of the road smiling, holding signs "No Cuts: A Healthy VA = Healthy Vets"

VA nurses across country fight for safe staffing, protest hiring freeze

Registered nurses who work at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals around the country, from New York to Ohio to North Carolina to Florida, held a national week of action in August. The nurses are calling on the VA to lift what is in effect a hiring freeze that has contributed to more than tens of thousands of vacancies across the health system, including thousands of RN positions.

September 19, 2024

Hannah Drummond, RN testifying in front of Senate hearing

Union nurse testifies at U.S. Senate field hearing

Hannah Drummond, a registered nurse at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., appeared at a U.S. Senate subcommittee field hearing hosted by Sen. Ed Markey in Boston, Mass., on April 3. Drummond is the chief nurse representative at Mission Hospital.

June 5, 2024

Nurses outside holding signs "VA Nurses: Protecting America's Heroes"

VA nurses speak out for safe staffing

This spring Veterans Administration nurses from Georgia to Ohio have been rallying, protesting, and picketing for patient safety and safe staffing.

June 5, 2024

Videos

Mission Hospital nurses in Asheville, NC are victorious!

In the first private sector hospital union election win in North Carolina — the largest at any non-union hospital in the South since 1975 — RNs at Mission Hospital voted by a stunning 70 percent to join the nation’s largest RN union to secure a powerful voice for improved care and workplace safety.

NNOC/NNU
16 Biltmore Ave.
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Asheville, NC 28801