Press releases

Statement from National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN: Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Medicare for All a historic moment in the fight for health care reform

Following today’s hearing on the Medicare for All Act of 2019 in the Ways and Means Committee, Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United (NNU) has issued the below state

Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United

June 12, 2019

House Committee Votes to Advance Bill to Protect Health Care, Social Service Workers from Epidemic of Workplace Violence

A federal bill to protect health care and social service workers from extremely high rates of workplace violence—HR 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

National Nurses United

June 11, 2019

Nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles Ratify Three-Year Contract with Protections to Improve Patient Safety

Registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) today.
 

California Nurses Association

June 10, 2019

Nurses Charge University of Chicago Medical Center is Jeopardizing Patient Safety

Registered nurses are filing complaints with the Illinois Department of Public Health and OSHA

National Nurses Organizing Committee

June 10, 2019

Bill to Protect Health Care, Social Service Workers from Epidemic of Workplace Violence Poised For Historic House Committee Vote

Washington, D.C.—On Tuesday, June 11, the House Committee on Education and Labor will be marking up and voting on HR 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, by Rep. Joe Courtney—a historic first for this legislation.

National Nurses United

June 7, 2019

Johns Hopkins Reaches Settlement with Registered Nurses Affirming Nurses’ Guaranteed Right to Unionize

Nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore are hailing as a critical victory a settlement reached with the hospital which reaffirms the nurses’ guaranteed legal right to unionize, said the National Nurses Organizing Committee.

National Nurses United / NNOC

June 5, 2019

Nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles Reach Tentative Agreement on Three-Year Contract

Registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining contract with the hospital, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) today.

National Nurses United

June 3, 2019

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RNs to Provide Medical Care to Asylum Seekers As Feds Reveal More Child Deaths in U.S. Custody

Registered nurses with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) will return to Tucson, Ariz. this weekend to provide critical medical aid to asylum seekers. RNRN, a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United.

RN Response Network

May 31, 2019

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Nurses to Hold Pickets at Tenet Hospitals, Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes, and Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah

Registered nurses at Tenet hospitals, Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes, and Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, will hold informational pickets May 28, urging management to invest in nursing staff.

National Nurses United / NNOC

May 28, 2019

Nurses Plan Rally in El Paso Urging Tenet-Affiliated Hospitals of Providence, Sierra and Memorial Campuses to Invest in RN Staff and Patient Care

Registered nurses will hold a rally May 28 in El Paso urging the Tenet-affiliated Hospitals of Providence, Sierra andMemorial Campuses, to invest in nursing staff. 

National Nurses Organizing Committee

May 28, 2019