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Nurses in hallway holding signs "No Cuts: A Healthy VA = Healthy Vets"

Cincinnati nurses denounce VA staffing cuts and attacks on federal workers, saying they will erode veteran care

Registered nurses at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center will hold a rally on Wednesday, May 21, to demand the administration abandon plans to cut some 80,000 workers from the VA, to reinstate VA workers’ full union rights, and to stop attacks on nurse benefits.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 19, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC, • Veterans Affairs

Large group of nurses outside CA Capitol building, CNA/NNU logos

Long Beach and Alhambra nurses to hold one-day strikes on May 22

Registered nurses at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., and Alhambra Hospital Medical Center in Alhambra, Calif., will strike on Thursday, May 22 to protest issues impacting patient care and safe staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 19, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses and community outside holding signs "MDIH OB: Cancel The Closure"

Mount Desert Island Hospital RNs denounce CEO Maguire’s disciplinary threats

Mount Desert Island Hospital (MDIH) registered nurses are refusing to back down from their efforts to save Bar Harbor’s obstetrics unit, despite intimidation tactics by the hospital’s CEO and attorneys.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 15, 2025

Nurse holding sign "Protect federal workers. Protect VA nurses" and "Protect Veterans. Collective Bargainiing Rights."

VA nurses to detail impact of administration’s drastic cuts and anti-worker policies on veterans health care

In a congressional briefing on Tuesday, May 20, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration (VA) facilities across the country will share their stories about the state of veterans health care as a result of harmful actions by the current administration.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 15, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU, • Veterans Affairs

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C. with raised fists

Members of Congress introduce safe staffing bill to require hospitals to protect patients and nurses

The more than 225,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United applaud the introduction of federal legislation to mandate minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios in every hospital across the country. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jan Schakowsky and new Senate sponsors, Sen. Alex Padilla and Sen. Jeff Merkley.

National Nurses United
May 12, 2025

• NNU

Nurses marching in front of California Capitol building holding signs "Patients Before Profits"

Nurses to lobby at state capitol on May 13 for California Nurses Association bills to protect patients, nurses

Registered nurses from across California will lobby state legislators in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, May 13, to discuss nurses’ priority legislation to protect patients and nurses, announced California Nurses Association.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 12, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses marching, holding signs "Global Nurses Solidarity"

New report explores dangers of and solutions to global nurse staffing crisis

Global Nurses United, the premier federation of international nurse unions representing more than 2.5 million nurses and other health care workers in 35 countries around the world, released Global Crisis, Collective Solution: Addressing the Worldwide Nurse Staffing Crisis, a groundbreaking report examining the nurse staffing crisis affecting healthcare systems across the planet.

Global Nurses United
May 12, 2025

• GNU

Nurses on picket line outside of hospital

Long Beach Memorial nurses announce one-day strike for patient safety

Registered nurses at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., gave notice to their employer that they will hold a one-day strike to protest the hospital’s refusal to engage in good faith negotiations over needed improvements to patient care, RN working conditions, and staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 10, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Nurse holding sign "Veterans need care not cuts"

Hines nurses denounce VA staffing cuts and attacks on federal workers, saying they will erode veteran care

Registered nurses at Hines VA Medical Center in Hines, Ill. will hold a rally on Saturday, May 10, to demand the administration abandon plans to cut some 80,000 workers from the VA and to reinstate VA workers’ full union rights.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 8, 2025

Large group of people in meeting room

100+ Maine nurses, community members protest Mount Desert Island Hospital obstetrics department closure

Local community members joined more than 100 nurses today in Bar Harbor, Maine to protest the closure of Mount Desert Island Hospital’s (MDIH) obstetrics department.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 8, 2025

• MSNA, • NNOC