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Orange County Global nurses ratify first, new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention   

Registered nurses at Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, Calif. voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying their inclusion into the existing union contract covering KPC Health registered nurses represented by California Nurses Association. This first contract for Orange County Global nurses secures them important new protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 15, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

Sign "NNU RNs Against Crime Health"

NLRB blocks union election due to Prime Healthcare’s illegal interference with nurses’ right to unionize

The National Labor Relations Board’s Region 13 Office in Chicago moved to block the originally scheduled Sept. 17 NLRB union election at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., in light of credible allegations that a free and fair election is not possible at this time due to Prime Healthcare’s substantial and flagrant violations of the National Labor Relations Act.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 14, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses on picket line outside of hospital, holding signs "Kaiser: Put Patients Over Profits"

Nurses from Kaiser and Sutter systems plan joint protest in Oakland

Registered nurses from the Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health systems will hold an joint protest on Sept. 16 to rally for strong contracts to improve patient care at two of the Bay’s biggest hospital systems. Combined at both systems, more than 35,000 nurses are represented by CNA/NNU in active contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 14, 2026

Community and nurses marching and holding signs "RNs Against Crime Health." Person with shirt "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary’s nurses to picket on September 15

Registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois, will hold a strike for one day on September 15 to protest the administration’s retaliation against nurses who speak up and fight for their patients.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 13, 2026

Cental Maine Medical Center nurses raising fists and holding signs "Prime RNs united for our patients."

Central Maine Medical Center nurses to hold picket in solidarity with striking nurses in Illinois

Registered nurses at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, Maine will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, September 15 in solidarity with nurse colleagues within the Prime Healthcare hospital system who are on strike on the same day at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois to protest the suspension of six nurses at Olympia Fields.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 13, 2026

• MSNA, • NNOC

Nurse holding/shading herself with sign "RNs Against Crime Health"

Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states

Registered nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in Nevada and California, as well as nurses and health care workers at an additional hospital in California, will hold a sympathy strike for one day on September 15 in solidarity with nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Illinois who are striking on the same day to protest the suspension of six nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 13, 2026

• CNA, • NNOC

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

Nurses say it is time for SEIU’s Dave Regan to resign

California Nurses Association called on SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West President Dave Regan to resign following media allegations of inappropriate, aggressive behavior and threats targeting other labor staff to support the Prop. 40 billionaire tax initiative.

California Nurses Association
September 11, 2026

• CNA

Group of nurses holding signs "Trust Nurses Not A.I." and "Patients are NOT algorithms"

Nurses celebrate final passage of landmark A.I. bills, urge Gov. Newsom to sign

Union nurses with California Nurses Association celebrated the final passage through both houses of the California Legislature of two CNA-sponsored bills (AB 1979, AB 2575) with landmark guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in health care, now awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom's signature.

California Nurses Association
September 10, 2026

• CNA

Large group of nurses and community outside hospital, holding signs and banner "MedStar: Stop Cutting Maternal Health"

MedStar Washington Hospital Center nurses host community forum on maternal health care cuts, the future of health care in DC

Union registered nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. will hold a community forum on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, to discuss the closure of postpartum unit 5F at Washington Hospital Center, the devastating impact of Medicaid cuts in DC, and building a health care system that works for us all.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 8, 2026

• NNU

Ventura County RN union leader Susana Macias-Robles speaking to board about Santa Paula hospital closure. 

Ventura County RNs to protest elimination of emergency and acute care services at Santa Paula Hospital

On Tuesday, Sept. 8, nurses and health care professionals at Santa Paula Hospital and Ventura County Medical Center will protest county leaders’ decision to reduce life-saving health care options in the Santa Clara River Valley.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 4, 2026

• CNA, • NNU