Press Releases

Registered Nurses Applaud Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust’s Decision to Buy Watsonville Community Hospital

Registered nurses, doctors, community activists, and residents applaud Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust’s decision to exercise its right of first refusal to buy Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) from Quorum, announced the California Nurses Association today.

California Nurses Association

July 19, 2019

• California

AFL-CIO, RN Leaders to Headline Huge Johns Hopkins Rally to Demand JHH End Practice of Suing Patients with Medical Debt

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, and National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo are headlining a major rally outside Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to press hospital officials to end their deplorable practice of suing low-income community patients and their families for medical debt.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

July 18, 2019

• Johns Hopkins

• Maryland

Nurses to Picket at University of Chicago Medical Center over Concerns about Patient Care and Safety

Registered nurses will hold an informational picket and rally Monday, July 22, 2019 at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) to inform the public of their concerns about patient care at the hospital, announced National Nurses United Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today.

National Nurses United / NNOC

July 18, 2019

• NNU

• Illinois

Nurses to Hold Rally for a Fair Contract at Down East Community Hospital

Registered nurses and hospital technicians at Down East Community Hospital (DECH) in Machias, Maine will hold a rally for a fair contract on July 18, to protest hospital mismanagement that makes it difficult...

Maine State Nurses Association / NNU

July 16, 2019

• CNA/NNOC, • NNU

• Maine

Urgent Community Town Hall to Address Concerns about Patient Care with Impending Sale of Watsonville Community Hospital

Registered nurses, doctors, community activists, and residents are holding a town hall Sunday, July 14 to share concerns about patient care and strategize on action as Watsonville Community Hospital is up for sale, announced the California Nurses Association today.

California Nurses Association

July 12, 2019

• CNA/NNOC

• California