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Hands holding sign "Veterans Need Care Not Cuts"

VA nurses host town hall to protect veterans’ care and federal workers

VA registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United are hosting a town hall on Thursday, July 31, in Augusta, Ga., in response to the administration’s unprecedented attacks on federal workers and veterans’ health care, and the VA as a whole.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 25, 2025

• Veterans Affairs, • NNU, • NNOC

Group of nurses outside hospital holding signs "Transgender Rights are Human Rights"

San Francisco nurses to hold vigil for trans patients at Kaiser

Registered nurses from Kaiser Permanente facilities will hold a vigil at 4 p.m. tomorrow, July 25, in San Francisco, Calif., to honor transgender patients being impacted by Kaiser’s newly announced suspension of some gender-affirming care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 24, 2025

• CNA

Nurses on picket line outside of Alhambra Hospital Medical Center

Alhambra Hospital nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Alhambra Hospital Medical Center in Alhambra, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on July 22, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention,

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 24, 2025

• CNA

Nurses in front of capitol with signs "Our Patients. Our Union. Our Voice"

Nation’s largest nurses union shames Kaiser Permanente for gender-affirming care cutbacks

Nurses represented by CNA/NNOC are today shaming Kaiser Permanente, one of the country’s largest health care systems, for their decision to suspend some gender-affirming care services for patients under 19.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
July 23, 2025

• CNA, • NNOC

USC nurses picket in front of Keck Medical Center

Thursday 7/24: USC Keck & Norris nurses to hold informational picket for safe staffing

Nurses at USC Keck & Norris Hospitals in Los Angeles, California will hold an informational picket on July 24 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing and patient care issues.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 22, 2025

• NNU, • CNA

St. Agnes nurses holding signs "Our Union. Our Rights. Our Patients." "Safe Staffing saves lives" "Patients first in the hospital"

Baltimore nurses to hold historic strike for patient safety

RNs at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md., will hold a one-day strike from July 24, 7 a.m. to July 25, 6:59 a.m., to protest Ascension management’s refusal to address their urgent concerns about patient care, safe staffing, and high staff turnover in contract negotiations. This notice follows a nearly unanimous strike authorization vote on May 16.

National Nurses Organizing Committee//National Nurses United
July 22, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Huge crowd of NNOC/NNU nurses raises arms/fists

HSA nurses rally citing concerns for patient safety

Nurses from three Healthcare Systems of America (HSA) hospitals in Florida — Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Coral Gables Hospital in Coral Gables, and Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes — are holding a joint rally on Wednesday, July 23 in Hialeah to highlight their patient safety concerns as they begin bargaining a new contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 21, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Long Beach nurses at action, with bullhorn, signs that say "Fair Contract Now" and "Save Lives: Hands off our Ratios!"

Long Beach Medical Center nurses vote no confidence in management

Registered nurses at Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. decided unanimously to pass a vote of no confidence in the hospital’s administration.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 18, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

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

California Nurses Association statement on ICE activities at Glendale Memorial Hospital

California Nurses Association has learned through credible reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives presented a warrant at Glendale Memorial Hospital and took a patient into custody by removing the patient from the facility through a side door apparently against the medical advice of the patient’s physician. 

California Nurses Association
July 18, 2025

• CNA

Three nurses outside hospital holding signs "Veterans Need Care Not Cuts" and "Protect Federal Workers"

NNU urges floor vote on Protect America’s Workforce Act

The nation's largest union of registered nurses provided this statement in response to the announcement by Congressional authors of the Protect America’s Workforce Act that they will move this legislation through a procedure called a “discharge petition.”

National Nurses United
July 17, 2025

• NNU, • Veterans Affairs