Press releases

Nurses Condemn VA ‘Mission to Privatize’ Act, Urge Senate to Reject Endangering Healthcare for Veterans

National Nurses United today urged Senate members to reject S. 2372, the VA Mission Act which they called a major step towards the privatization of veterans health care which could endanger the health of millions of U.S. service veterans.

National Nurses United

May 22, 2018

• Veterans Affairs

Court Attack on Workers’ Constitutional Rights the Latest Gift to Wealthy Corporations, says NNU

National Nurses United condemned the narrow Supreme Court decision today to bar workers from acting collectively to resolve illegal workplace discrimination as a “disgraceful assault on the rights of all working people” and a “direct attack on the Constitutional rights of freedom of association.”

National Nurses United

May 21, 2018

Shasta Regional Medical Center Nurses Reach a Tentative Contract Agreement

Registered nurses at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, California have won a tentative three-year agreement, which adds new patient care protections and allows nurses more power to advocate for patient safety.

California Nurses Association

May 21, 2018

NNU Statement on Houston School Shooting ‘When Will the Excuses Stop? Time for Action’

In response to yet the latest school shooting nightmare at a high school near Houston, National Nurses United (NNU) today called for lawmakers in Congress and every state legislature to finally act to protect public safety.

National Nurses United

May 18, 2018

Nurses Condemn VA MISSION Act, Urge No Vote on Legislation ‘Endangering Healthcare for Millions of Veterans’

The 150,000 nurses of National Nurses United—including 11,000 in the Dept.

National Nurses United

May 16, 2018

• Veterans Affairs

RNs at City of Hope in Duarte, California Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify New Contract with Strong Patient Care Gains

Registered nurses who work at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Ca. near Los Angeles voted by a wide margin to ratify a new three-year contract Tuesday that they say will strengthen their ability to protect patients, and improve the hospital’s recruitment and retention of experienced RNs.

California Nurses Association

May 15, 2018

Registered Nurses at City of Hope in Duarte, California Reach Tentative Agreement with Strong Patient Care Gains

Registered nurses who work at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Ca. will be voting today on a tentative agreement reached last week on a new, three-year collective bargaining pact they say will strengthen their ability to protect patients, and improve the hospital’s recruitment and retention of experienced RNs.

California Nurses Association

May 15, 2018

Nurses Begin Radio Campaign in Support of Gavin Newsom

"We’ve taken the candidates’ temperature, and marked their charts. Nurses trust Gavin Newsom for Governor.” With that message, the CNA/NNU announced it has begun a major radio campaign in support of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom in his campaign to become California’s next Governor.

May 14, 2018

Maine State Nurses Association Plans Rally and Picket at Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarborough Friday May 11

The Maine State Nurses Association (MSNA) will hold a rally and informational picket at Hospice of Southern Maine (HSM) in Scarborough, Friday May 11, to protest HSM management’s refusal to negotiate in good faith a first contract with healthcare workers.

Maine State Nurses Association

May 11, 2018

University of California RNs Plan To Strike in Sympathy with Other UC Employees May 8-9

University of California registered nurses will walk picket lines Tuesday May 8 and Wednesday May 9 in a sympathy strike with other union co-workers at the University’s five major medical centers and 10 student health centers, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.

California Nurses Association

May 7, 2018