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CNA/NNOC image with nurses in front of capitol and signs "Our Patients. Our Union. Our voice."

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital nurses to protest CommonSpirit layoffs and reduction in services

RNs at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, a CommonSpirit hospital in Grass Valley, California, will hold a rally on Aug. 6, 2026, to protest the hospital’s planned layoffs of seven nurses who work at the hospital. Nurses are also extremely concerned that hospital management is proposing to cut the patient care hours of the Ambulatory Treatment Center.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
August 5, 2026

Large group of Maine nurses demanding justice for Debora

Maine Medical Center nurses demand immediate release of their colleague from ICE detention

Nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine are staging an emergency protest Wednesday, Aug. 5 to demand the immediate release of an RN colleague who is being detained by ICE despite the fact that she is legally authorized to live and work in the country while she waits for her asylum case from Zambia to be processed.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
August 4, 2026

Group of CommonSpirit nurses with signs "Some Cuts Don't Heal"

Nurses deliver petition opposing CommonSpirit Health’s planned layoffs of frontline health care workers

RNs delivered a petition to their employer opposing CommonSpirit Health’s planned layoffs of more than 175 frontline health care workers signed by more than 5,000 nurses. The nurses held a rally and press conference to protest the proposed layoffs at 17 hospitals in California and their impact on patient safety. The nurses are demanding that CommonSpirit Health immediately rescind the layoffs.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
August 3, 2026

Nurses in front of capitol holding NNU banner.

Statement on Israeli bombings of medical supply warehouses

NNU castigated the Israeli government for destroying or badly damaging almost all of Gaza’s medicine warehouses as part of its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people and in flagrant violation of a United Nations resolution prohibiting the targeting of medical facilities and medical workers during armed conflict.

August 2, 2026

Large group of nurses outside hospital holding signs calling for patient safety and other measures

Registered nurses to protest layoffs at 17 CommonSpirit Health hospitals in California

Registered nurses will hold a press conference and rally at California Hospital Medical Center, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 3, to protest owner and operator CommonSpirit Health’s planned layoffs at 17 hospitals in California. Nurses say layoffs will jeopardize patient care and harm communities.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 31, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

Group of six nurses, side-by-side, smiling

Nurses plan informational picket at Jackson Park Hospital to highlight patient safety concerns

Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center (JPH) will hold an informational picket on Friday, July 31, 2026, to raise their concerns about short staffing of both nurses and ancillary staff putting patients at risk, contributing to a high staff turnover, and creating challenges recruiting and retaining nurses.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 30, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside, holding banner "Nurses Say Abolish ICE"

Nurses to join protests demanding justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero

National Nurses United announced today that RNs will be joining protests on Saturday, July 25 to demand justice for the murders of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

National Nurses United
July 24, 2026

Group of nurses inside, in front of sign "Adventist Health", smiling, wearing red, and with raised fists

Registered nurses at Adventist Health St. Helena vote overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association

Registered nurses at Adventist Health St. Helena in St. Helena, Calif. voted overwhelmingly this week to join California Nurses Association (CNA), an affiliate of National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing registered nurse (RN) union. In an overwhelming landslide vote, 250 nurses elected to join CNA.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
July 24, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses marching, holding signs "Trust Nurses Not A.I."

National Nurses United, UE Local 150, community activists say North Carolina’s ‘A.I. Strategic Roadmap’ falls short

NNOC/NNU will host a press conference on Friday, July 24, 2026 in Raleigh, N.C., to call on the state to implement strong guardrails and worker protections against A.I. Among the demands are: a statewide moratorium on data centers and enforceable measures to ensure that health care professionals and patients make decisions about their care and treatment.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 22, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

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

MedStar Washington Hospital Center nurses hang banner, protest against planned closure of postpartum unit

Registered nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, will hold a protest on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, to raise concerns about patient safety and reduced access to maternal healthcare for D.C. residents.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 22, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU