Press releases

Nurses Across Country Protest GOP Tax Plan, Call it “Deadly for Working Families”

Registered nurses and local community organizations will converge on Senator Dean Heller (R-NV)’s Las Vegas office Thursday, November 30, to demand a “No” vote on the Republican effort to rewrite the tax code.

National Nurses United

November 29, 2017

RNs Applaud Sen. Sanders Bill for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Relief with Crisis Continuing 2 Months Post-Storm

With conditions in Puerto Rico continuing to be at crisis levels more than two months after Hurricane Maria caused cataclysmic devastation on the island, National Nurses United enthusiastically welcomed the introduction of a bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders to drastically step up the critical relief effort.

National Nurses United

November 28, 2017

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National Nurses United Endorses Ruta Jouniari in December 5 Special Election for Florida State Representative District 72

National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, today announced their endorsement of Ruta Jouniari for election as State Representative for Florida’s 72nd District in the special election scheduled for December 5, 2017.

National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida

November 20, 2017

South Lake Tahoe RNs Vote by 88% to Join CNA

Capping a banner year of union organizing for California’s largest organization of Registered Nurses, RNs at Barton Memorial and Lake Tahoe Surgery Center in South Lake Tahoe, Ca. voted by 88 percent to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.

California Nurses Association

November 16, 2017

Nurses Hold Press Conference to Say, “Keep Community Hospital, Long Beach Open!”

On Tuesday, November 14, nurses and community members will hold a press conference on the public health threat of the proposed closure of Community Hospital, Long Beach (CHLB), the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today.

California Nurses Association

November 13, 2017

Nurses Blast Nomination of Top Pharma Exec as HHS Secretary

National Nurses United today condemned the nomination of former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.

National Nurses United

November 13, 2017

RNS Plan Nurse Recruitment Action at Osceola Regional Medical Center Nov. 8

Registered nurses at Oceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee will hold a recruiting action Wednesday Nov. 8 to lend a helping hand to hospital officials who say they plan to hire 50 additional RNs.

National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida

November 7, 2017

Sunday Nov. 5 Stroller Brigade and Rally in Berkeley to Save Alta Bates Medical Center - Birthplace of the East Bay

On Sunday Nov. 5, community members, elected officials and registered nurses will hold a rally and march led by a brigade of strollers, on Sunday, Nov. 5, in Berkeley to protest Sutter Health's proposed closure of Alta Bates Medical Center.

California Nurses Association

November 2, 2017

RN Leader, Back from 2-Week Puerto Rico Mission, to Testify to Congress Thursday on Public Health Crisis

A registered nurse leader, recently returned from spending two weeks coordinating teams of healthcare professionals in a disaster response mission in Puerto Rico, will testify before Congress Thursday on the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the island and the need for more help.

RN Response Network

November 1, 2017

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Kaiser Nurses to Hold Information Pickets Across CA Thursday for Safer Care

With what nurses say is a growing erosion of care conditions in Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics—especially egregious, according to nurses, in light of Kaiser’s $2.5 billion in profits in the last six months—Kaiser registered nurses and nurse practitioners will hold informational pickets at 22 medical centers across California on Thursday, November 2.

California Nurses Association

October 31, 2017