North Carolina press releases

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Large group of nurses outside HCA’s Mission Hospital

HCA’s Mission Hospital penalized nearly $30,000 for failing to protect nurses and other health care workers from Covid-19

RNs have been protesting against the unsafe working conditions, including holding a speak-out in February 2022.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 23, 2022

Group of nurses outside Mission Hospital, one speaking into megaphone

RNs at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC call on state agencies to enforce safety precautions to protect nurses and patients

Rally is part of an emergency statewide day of action organized in conjunction with the Southern Workers Assembly to address the unsafe working conditions that have led to the deaths and illnesses of workers across the state.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
February 15, 2022

Nurses outside mission hospital hold signs "Save Lives: Safe Staffing Now"

Mission nurses to hold socially distanced action to demand safe staffing for safe patient care

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. will hold a socially distanced action to demand the hospital address chronic short-staffing issues that nurses say put patients and RNs at risk.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 20, 2021

Nurses holding signs "Save Lives: Safe Staffing Now"

Asheville nurses to hold action for patient safety

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a socially distanced public action on Thursday, Sept. 2 to highlight their patient safety concerns.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 1, 2021

Nurses outside Mission facility holding event, sign in foreground "Save Lives, (Safe) Staffing Now"

Mission Hospital RNs ratify first contract by huge margin

It’s in the books! Registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. voted by a huge margin Thursday and Friday to ratify their first ever union contract that they say will provide significant improvements for patient care protections and enhanced standards that promote retention of experienced RNs and recruitment of new nurses.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 3, 2021

Nurses outside mission hospital hold signs calling for safe staffing

Mission Hospital RNs Announce Tentative Pact with HCA, Nurses to Vote on Proposed Settlement Today and Friday

Registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC have reached a historic tentative agreement on a first collective bargaining contract with the hospital. It will be presented to the Mission RNs in membership meetings for ratification.

National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina/National Nurses United
July 1, 2021

Large group of Mission RNs holding long list of demands

Mission Hospital RNs to Picket June 15 at Two Facilities — Cite Safe Staffing, Recruitment, Retention Concerns

Registered nurses will hold informational pickets on Tuesday, June 15 at two of HCA Mission Hospital facilities in Asheville, North Carolina to express ongoing concerns about safe staffing and improvements they say the hospital needs to make to retain experienced RNs and recruit new nurses.

National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina/National Nurses United
June 14, 2021

Nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital hold signs for safe staffing and optimal PPE

Mission RNs to Seek Health and Safety Protections As Negotiations Open for First Union Contract

Four months after voting by 70 percent to form a union, registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC will begin negotiations with hospital management today for a first collective bargaining contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina/National Nurses United
January 14, 2021

Registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC

Mission Hospital nurses win largest hospital union victory in South since 1975

In the first private sector hospital union election win in North Carolina, the largest at any nonunion hospital in the South since 1975 – RNs at Mission Hospital voted this week by a stunning 70 percent to join the nation’s largest RN union to secure a powerful voice for improved care and workplace safety. For labor as a whole, it is also believed to be the largest union election win in the South in 12 years.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 17, 2020

Nurse holds sing "Save Lives"

Nurses seek OSHA sanctions on HCA

National Nurses United (NNU) today called on the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to inspect all HCA-owned-and-operated hospitals and issue citations against the hospital giant for “willful violation” of workplace safety hazards, which NNU warns “could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm.”

National Nurses United
August 24, 2020