Press releases

Seton nurses call off strike after reaching tentative agreement with AHMC

Registered nurses at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., have called off their one-day strike scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 19. Nurses have reached a tentative agreement with AHMC on a new union contract that addresses the issues they were set to strike over, namely, safe staffing and nurse recruitment and retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Untied

February 18, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

National Nurses United endorses Connie Chan for California’s 11th District

National Nurses United today announced its endorsement of Connie Chan for California’s 11th Congressional District. Nurses are ready to elect leaders like Connie Chan, who will bring her years of organizing and advocacy experience to Congress to deliver on a progressive agenda that will improve the lives of our patients, immigrant neighbors, and all working people.

National Nurses United

February 18, 2026

• NNU

Contra Costa Health nurses demand County Board of Supervisors prevent drastic budget cuts, stop imminent cuts to services

RNs will hold a picket outside the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 19, to demand hospital and county leaders move funding to save our health system, maintain services, and reverse the dangerous dismantling of the enhanced care management program.

California Nurses Association

February 17, 2026

• CNA

St. Joseph Health nurses to hold rally for patient safety

RNs from St. Joseph Health in Brazos Valley, Texas, will hold a rally on Thursday, Feb. 19, as they prepare for upcoming negotiations for their first contract since forming a union last December. Nurses say safe staffing, workplace safety, and a strong voice for bedside nurses will be their top priorities as they start negotiations.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

February 17, 2026

• NNOC, • NNU

USC Keck and Norris nurses to start strike on Feb. 19

Nurses at USC Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center in Los Angeles, Calif. will begin a seven-day strike on Thursday, Feb. 19 over USC’s proposal to restructure employee health care plans, potentially overloading an already strained network, leading to longer wait times and delayed care for both employees and existing patients.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

February 17, 2026

• CNA, • NNU

MarinHealth Medical Center nurses to strike on Feb. 18

Nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., will hold a strike for one day on Wednesday, Feb. 18, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about nurse retention, patient care, and safe staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

February 15, 2026

National Nurses United statement on announced end to immigration surge in Minnesota

NNU issued the following statement in reaction to the Trump administration’s announcement that immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota will phase out next week: “Union nurses are beyond proud of the people of Minnesota for refusing to be divided, under the harshest of conditions, for more than two months under siege by our own federal government..."

National Nurses United

February 13, 2026

Union registered nurses across the country hold day of action Feb. 19 to protest ICE as one of worst public health threats

Registered nurse members of National Nurses United are naming federal immigration enforcement agencies as among the country’s top public health threats, and demanding through national coordinated protests on Thursday, Feb. 19 that Congress stop funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).

National Nurses United

February 13, 2026

• NNU

Nurses to host town hall to discuss Vision for a Healthy Society

RNs with National Nurses United are hosting a community panel and discussion on Sunday, Feb.15, in Calumet City, Illinois, to discuss the current state of health care and what it would take to truly transform our system.

National Nurses United

February 13, 2026

Assemblymember Ash Kalra, California Nurses Association reintroduce CalCare legislation

Act. AB 1900, also known as CalCare, would enact a comprehensive framework for a single-payer health care coverage system in California at a time when California voters are ready to champion transformational changes in health care.

California Nurses Association

February 12, 2026

• CNA