Press releases

Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Bring Attention to the Dangerous Conditions Faced by Nurses and Patients

To speak out about dangerous patient care conditions, which include inadequate provisions of personal protective equipment (PPE), partially due to a locked and inaccessible stockroom, and dangerously low staffing, registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at 7:45 p.m., April 28, announced National Organizing Committee/National Nurses United...

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 27, 2020

Stroger Hospital Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Protest the Lack of Appropriate Gowns and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment and the high number of COVID-19 infections among the nurses, registered nurses at John H. Stroger Hospital will hold an action and media availability during their shift change, announced National Nurses United (NNU) today.

National Nurses United

April 26, 2020

Tri-City Medical Center and Palomar Health Nurses to Hold Solidarity Caravan with Supporters to Protest Layoffs and Furloughs of Health Care Workers

To protest and demand the rescinding of layoff and furlough notices of 24 RNs at Tri-City Medical Center, 83 RNs at Palomar Health, and 63 caregivers and health care employees at Palomar Health, registered nurses from Tri-City Medical Center and Palomar Health, along with CHEU members and community supporters will hold a solidarity caravan at 12:00 p.m., April 27, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United...

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 26, 2020

• CHEU

Sutter Health’s CPMC Van Ness Campus Nurses to Hold Rally at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

To highlight the lack of transparency regarding the hospital’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and management’s lack of answers regarding staffing plans should a surge of infected COVID-19 patients occur, registered nurses at CPMC Van Ness Campus, part of Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center, are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 2:00 p.m., April 24...

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 23, 2020

University of Chicago Medicine Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Call Attention to High Number of RN COVID-19 Infections and Unsafe Assignments

To protest unsafe patient care conditions and the extraordinarily high number of RNs infected at work during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at University of Chicago Medicine are holding an action and media availability at shift change on April 25 at 8:00 a.m. to call attention to unsafe staffing and assignments...

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 23, 2020

Kansas City RNs to Hold Vigil in Memory of Research Medical RN Who Died of COVID-19

Registered nurses from across the region will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday night at HCA’s Research Medical Center (RMC) in Kansas City in memory of Celia Yap Banago, a longtime RMC RN who died this week of COVID-19 after caring for an infected patient at the hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 22, 2020

Suspended Providence Saint John’s RNs Reinstated Registered Nurses Demand Disciplinary Actions be Rescinded

Faced with mounting public scrutiny for its suspension of 10 registered nurses who refused to care for COVID-19 patients without proper personal protective equipment, Providence Saint John’s Health Center on Tuesday reinstated all the suspended nurses – but still filed written warnings in their employment records, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 22, 2020

Nurses: HCA San Jose RNs to Protest Thursday Over Unsafe Staffing, Women’s Services Closure

Registered nurses at two HCA San Jose hospitals will hold social distancing actions Thursday to protest inadequate staffing and the threatened closure of maternal health care services, both of which they say will have harmful consequences for area patients.

California Nurses Association

April 22, 2020

Enloe Medical Center Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

To highlight the lack of transparency regarding the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), management’s refusal to meet and discuss the hospital’s staffing plan should a surge in infected COVID-19 patients occur, and to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, registered nurses at Enloe Medical Center are holding a candlelight vigil and media availability at 8:00 p.m., April 22nd...

California Nurses Association

April 21, 2020

St. Mary’s Medical Center Nurses to Hold PPE Donation Drive and Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

To demand the same COVID-19 staff levels as other Bay Area hospitals and to protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at St. Mary’s Medical Center will hold an action, PPE donation drive, and media availability at 12 p.m., April 22...

California Nurses Association

April 21, 2020