TikTok logo

Press releases

Submitted by njones on
Child in hospital bed being passed by hospital staff

New report finds cost-cutting at MedStar Franklin Square puts patient care in jeopardy

A new report, “The Cost of Cutting Care: How MedStar Is Failing Franklin Square Nurses and Patients”, released by National Nurses United, finds chronic registered nurse (RN) understaffing by MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., puts patient care at risk and leads to numerous poor outcomes as measured by U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

National Nurses United
October 9, 2026

• NNU

Picture of Red Alert tour bus against city backdrop

Nurses put D.C. hospitals on RED ALERT

Registered nurses will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, Oct. 10 in Washington, D.C. to demand that MedStar Washington Hospital Center reopen its shuttered postpartum unit in the midst of a Black maternal health crisis in the District. Following the rally, the nurses and allies in the community will make their way to the hospital where they will deliver a letter to management calling for the immediate reopening of the unit.

National Nurses United
October 7, 2026

• NNU

4 nurses at podium holding signs "Prime RNs United for our Patients"

Union nurses reinstated at Prime hospital in Illinois

Four formerly suspended registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Ill. have been reinstated and will return to work this week. By Sept. 15, Prime Healthcare had suspended or fired six nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 5, 2026

• MSNA, • NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside holding signs "Kaiser: Put Patients Over Profit" and "Nurses at the Bedside, Kaiser at the Bank"

Nurses celebrate massive, historic victory against disgusting Kaiser wage theft

Registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals across California are celebrating a historic victory against wage theft committed by their employer. California Nurses Association successfully won an arbitration agreement that mandates Kaiser pay stolen wages dating back to at least 2021, potentially totalling a sum in the tens of millions of dollars to be paid out to more than 1,000 nurses.

California Nurses Association
October 5, 2026

• CNA

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

Governor Newsom fails Californians by refusing to sign law protecting nurses who challenge unsafe A.I.

Governor Gavin Newsom's veto of AB 2575 gives hospital corporations a green light to discipline nurses who override unsafe artificial intelligence (A.I.) to protect their patients, enabling tech companies to blame health care workers when tech products cause harm.

California Nurses Association
September 30, 2026

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

Nurses celebrate historic victory as Gov. Newsom signs landmark A.I. protection into law

Union nurses with California Nurses Association celebrated a hard-fought victory today as Governor Gavin Newsom signed a CNA-sponsored bill, AB 1979 authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta (AD-18), into law. The new law establishes landmark protections for patients and health care workers against the unsafe use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in health care.

California Nurses Association
September 30, 2026

• CNA

Group of nurses outside hospital, smiling, with raised fists

CMMC nurses and community members celebrate landslide union victory

Registered nurses and their community allies held a rally today to celebrate their commanding union election victory last night at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, Maine, announced Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 25, 2026

• MSNA, • NNOC, • NNU

Group of nurses hold signs and banner "Palantir Out" and "Patients Over Palantir"

Thousand nurses in SF to protest A.I. giant’s work with ICE, CBP

In San Francisco on Wednesday, Sept. 30, more than a thousand nurses, along with community members, will mobilize against the notorious artificial intelligence giant, Palantir. Palantir has a track record of building A.I. tools for large-scale data collection and mass surveillance that threaten human rights.

National Nurses United/California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 25, 2026

• NNU, • CNA, • NNOC

CMMC nurses celebrate winning their union!

Central Maine Medical Center nurses vote overwhelmingly to join MSNA/National Nurses Organizing Committee

Registered nurses at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, voted overwhelmingly tonight to join Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the largest and fastest-growing registered nurse (RN) union in the nation. In an election held today, September 24, nurses voted 91 percent yes to forming a union.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 24, 2026

• MSNA, • NNOC, • NNU

Nurses inside smiling

Olympia Fields nurses vote overwhelmingly to join National Nurses Organizing Committee

Registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Ill., voted 82 percent in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the largest and fastest-growing registered nurse (RN) union in the nation.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 24, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU