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Large group of nurses holding signs "Keep care in Oakland"

UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland nurses to hold rally and speak-out calling on UC to rescind layoff notices

Registered nurses at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (CHO) will hold a rally and speak-out on Friday, Oct. 17, to demand UCSF rescind layoff notices sent to nurses on Oct. 6.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 15, 2025

• CNA

Group of nurses outside, holding signs "Our Patients Rights Have No Borders"

San Francisco’s No Kings march and rally expected to be one of largest in country

The second No Kings Day of Defiance march and rally in San Francisco on Saturday, October 18 will be one of the largest in the country. Tens of thousands of concerned Americans from the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding regions are expected to mobilize against authoritarianism and demand accountability from those in power.

National Nurses United
October 15, 2025

Large group of nurses in front of capitol building in Sacramento, CNA and NNU logos

Union nurses celebrate Governor Newsom signing new worker protection law

California Nurses Association applauds Governor Gavin Newsom for taking action to protect workers from employers’ use of predatory debt contracts and signing Assembly Bill 692 into law on Monday, Oct. 13. A.B. 692 prohibits employers from requiring workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty if the workers wants to leave their job, expressly making these kinds of exploitative workplace debt arrangements unlawful.

California Nurses Association
October 13, 2025

• CNA

Large group of nurses marching, holding banner "Democracy is NOT for Sale"

Nurses from around the globe take part in “Democracy Is Not for Sale” march

Registered nurses from across the United States and 28 other countries will take part in the “Democracy Is Not for Sale” march in San Francisco on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The march is intended to highlight the international resistance to billionaire agendas that deprive tens of millions of people across the world from access to health care, educational and employment opportunities, and safe environments to live and raise families.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 6, 2025

• NNU, • GNU, • CNA

Nurse marching with sign "End Genocide in Gaza"

National Nurses United and UE call for end to military operations, blockade in Palestine

National Nurses United (NNU) and the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) — together representing over a quarter million union members — sent a letter today to President Trump to demand that “the Israeli government permanently end its military operations and blockade in Palestine, and that the United States immediately recognize the sovereignty of Palestine.”

National Nurses United
October 2, 2025

• NNU

Nurses outside hospital holding signs "Nurses are the true spirit of charity"

New Orleans nurses, community members to hold rally outside Spirit of Charity gala

Nurses from University Medical Center New Orleans, patients, and community members will hold a rally and community listening circle on Friday, Oct. 3, outside of LCMC’s Spirit of Charity Foundation Gala in New Orleans, La. They will highlight LCMC’s meager investments in charity care and lack of patient access to affordable health care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 1, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside holding signs "Enloe Nurses United"

Chico nurses at Enloe Health to hold rally to protest closure of home health and hospice units

Registered nurses at Enloe Health, in Chico, Calif., will hold a rally on Thursday, Oct. 2, to protest Enloe’s decision to close its home health and hospice units on Oct. 31. Nurses are calling on the hospital to protect the health of some of Chico’s most vulnerable patients and maintain the essential services and end-of-life care provided by these units.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 1, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

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National Nurses United calls on Congress to pass appropriations bill to restart government, restore health care funding

National Nurses United is calling on Congress to pass H.R. 5450/S. 2882. The Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and other Matters Act of 2026 would not only restart the government but also save lives by restoring health care funding and assistance, while ending the Trump administration’s unprecedented power over government spending.

National Nurses United
September 30, 2025

• NNU

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Shasta Regional Medical Center nurses, health care workers to hold vigil for patient safety

Registered nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, California, will hold a vigil on Wednesday, October 1, to highlight a slew of patient safety concerns, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 30, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C., National Nurses United logo

Nurses denounce killing of Palestinian Nursing Association leader

National Nurses United today condemned Israeli forces’ recent killing of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip and chief nursing supervisor at Kamal Adwan Medical Complex.

National Nurses United
September 29, 2025

• NNU