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Palmetto RNs holding signs "Safe staffing saves lives" and "RN safe staffing saves lives"

HSA nurses rally for patient safety and employee retention

Union nurses at Palmetto General Hospital, Coral Gables Hospital, and Florida Medical Center, members of NNOC, are holding a rally on Friday, Nov. 14, at 8:00 a.m. at Palmetto General Hospital as contracts have expired since Sept. 30, 2025 and negotiations for new three-year agreements with Healthcare Services of America (HSA) have stalled.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
November 12, 2025

Nurses marching holding signs "Some Cuts Don't Heal" and "Fund Care Not Billionaires"

National Nurses United rejects bad backdoor shutdown deal

National Nurses United is disappointed that the Democratic Party failed to stand strong together in demanding that Republicans restore desperately needed health care subsidies for working people as a condition of agreeing to reopen the federal government.

National Nurses United
November 12, 2025

• NNU

Two nurses smiling, holding signs "LCMC Greed Is Unfair, All We Want Is Our Fair Share" and "Patients Over Profit"

New report detailing LCMC’s finances shows high charges for care and excessive executive pay

A new report from National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the union representing nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans, details disturbing business and financial practices from LCMC Health, the hospital’s owner and operator.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 11, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Group of nurses outside holding banner, signs "Ascension, put patients before profits"

Ascension and CommonSpirit nurses, Maryland Catholic Labor Network call on U.S. bishops to hold Catholic hospital chains accountable to church directives

Registered nurses from Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. will hold a rally outside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops annual assembly. They will highlight how Ascension and CommonSpirit have failed to follow USCCB directives to Catholic health care organizations to both serve and advocate for patients “at the margins of society” and “treat its employees respectfully and justly.”

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 10, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Maine nurses holding banner "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

Houlton nurses to hold two-day strike

Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, will begin their two-day strike on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to protest management’s refusal to address their deep concerns about staffing and patient care.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
November 10, 2025

Large group of nurses inside hospital smiling, with raised fists

New Orleans nurses prepare for three-day strike for nurse retention starting Nov. 11

Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans in Louisiana will hold a strike for three days starting Nov. 11 to protest the refusal of the hospital’s owner and operator, LCMC Health, to address concerns about nursing staff retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 7, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

CNA nurses at capitol raising fists and banner "Insist on an RN"

University of California RNs announce sympathy strike

University of California (UC) registered nurses will walk the picket lines Monday, Nov. 17 and Tuesday, Nov. 18 in a sympathy strike with members of AFSCME 3299 and UPTE-CWA.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 6, 2025

• CNA

Large group of nurses and other canvassers holding signs "YES on Prop 50"

California nurses celebrate the passage of Proposition 50

California union nurses celebrate the passage of Proposition 50, which helps protect democracy and levels the playing field in response to President Trump’s congressional power grab. Nurses and other volunteers with the union knocked on more than 17,000 doors and made more than 394,500 calls, urging voters to vote Yes on Prop 50.

California Nurses Association
November 4, 2025

• CNA

Nurses holding signs "Yes on 50: Nurses for Democracy"

Union nurses, labor leaders, legislators to rally for Prop. 50 in San Jose on Nov. 2

Union nurses with California Nurses Association along with members of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council will be holding a rally and canvass on Sunday, Nov. 2, to call on voters to vote Yes on Proposition 50, the redistricting measure.

California Nurses Association
October 31, 2025

• CNA

Nurses on picket line

New Orleans nurses deliver notice for three-day strike for nurse retention

Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans in Louisiana will hold a strike for three days from November 11 to 13 to protest LCMC Health’s refusal to address nurses’ concerns about staff retention in on-going first contract bargaining.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 30, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU