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

UCI Health Irvine nurses to hold rally protesting unsafe staffing, elimination of night-shift ICU support

Registered nurses at UCI Health Irvine in Irvine, California, will hold a rally and picket on Wednesday, October 28, to highlight their increasing concerns about unsafe working conditions and the removal of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) from ICU night shifts.

California Nurses Association
October 23, 2026

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

Monterey nurses to rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP), in Monterey, California will hold a rally on Monday, October 26 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing and ongoing workplace violence issues.

California Nurses Association
October 23, 2026

Nurse outside, holding sign "Nurses for Democracy"

Union nurses, municipalities, and voter democracy groups successfully block Trump’s fascist Department of Homeland Security from harassing and intimidating voters in nine states

Just weeks before the November midterm elections, a federal judge in California ordered on Oct. 21 a preliminary injunction that stops the Trump administration in nine states from weaponizing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to harass and intimidate voters by having armed agents go door to door to question their eligibility to vote.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 22, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

Watsonville nurse, staff, community, holding sign "Some cuts don't heal"

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses plan town hall about threatened labor and delivery, postpartum, and NICU shutdowns

Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) in Watsonville, California, will hold a Care Not Cuts Town Hall on Saturday, October 24, to warn community members about the potential decision to close the neonatal intensive care, labor and delivery, and postpartum units, a major shutdown of all birthing care services at the facility.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 22, 2026

Large group of nurses outside, smiling, with raised fists, holding signs and banner "Support Nurses"

Houlton Regional Hospital’s Board of Trustees fail to respond to nurses’ vote of no confidence in CEO Jeff Zewe

Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, released their letter of no confidence, following the Board of Trustees’ failure to respond to their concerns about CEO Jeff Zewe. The nurses, who are members of Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, had sent a petition of no confidence in Zewe to the board of trustees in July 2026.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 21, 2026

• MSNA, • NNOC

Large group of nurses inside, mostly wearing red, smiling, with raised fists

Rush nurses hold rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago, Ill., will hold a rally on Thursday, Oct. 22, to highlight their staffing proposals to improve patient safety. The nurses, who are in negotiations for their first union contract, have proposed language to improve RN staffing, including enforceable protections that ensure staffing decisions are driven by patient care needs, and are demanding that bedside nurses have a meaningful voice in decisions affecting their patients.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 20, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Rep. Ilhan Omar at podium in front of American flag

National Nurses United condemns Trump’s unhinged political and racist attack on Rep. Omar

The nation’s largest union of registered nurses issued the following statement, in response to the federal government’s raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home, confiscating her possessions, and reports of attempting to strip her of her citizenship.

National Nurses United
October 17, 2026

• NNU

Large group of nurses inside conference room holding banner "National Nurses United"

Union election at MedStar Franklin Square too close to call and marred by MedStar Health union busting

Registered nurses at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, Md. voted on whether to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United in an election held on Oct. 14 and 15, 2026. The results were inconclusive at the end of the night, with challenged ballots still to be resolved.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 16, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside hospital with raised fists, some holding signs "Charity Betrayed"

UMC New Orleans nurses to hold press conference on LCMC short-changing patients and nurses

In the wake of LCMC’s “Spirit of Charity Gala” last week, Registered Nurses from University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., will hold a press conference on Friday, Oct. 16, to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing, high turnover, and wage theft.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 16, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses in front of capitol holding NNU banner.

National Nurses United endorses Rep. Ramirez’s Reimagining Safety Act

National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members, is proud to endorse Representative Delia Ramirez’s Reimagining Safety Act to abolish ICE, reinvest in care.

National Nurses United
October 14, 2026

• NNU