RNs from St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center to protest firing of union bargaining team member

Registered nurses at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., will hold a press conference on Friday, Feb. 6, outside their hospital to inform the press and public about Prime Healthcare management’s unjust termination of a nurse who is a member of their union’s bargaining team and will be making a major announcement. Nurses at St. Mary’s are represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU), the country’s largest nurses union.

After the employer violated an RN’s medical privacy, they retaliated and terminated her on unfounded charges without a complete investigation. Nurses are protesting the termination of their colleague and will show Prime that such treatment will not be tolerated.

Who: RNs at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center
What: Press conference about unjust termination
When: Friday, Feb. 6, 12 p.m.
Where: St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, 235 W. 6th St., Reno, Nev.

“We will not standby while Prime attempts to punish our co-workers for being part of our union,” said Jamie Whitfield, RN in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. “Our union keeps us and our patients safe. We are demanding reinstatement.”

NNOC/NNU represents 350 registered nurses at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center.

National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members nationwide. NNU affiliates include California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, DC Nurses Association, Michigan Nurses Association, Minnesota Nurses Association, and New York State Nurses Association.