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Nurses outside holding banner "Ascension RNs, United for our Patients and our Profession"

Baltimore nurses to rally for patient safety, protest chronic short-staffing at Saint Agnes Hospital

Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, in Baltimore, Md., will hold a rally on Friday, March 14, to highlight their patient safety concerns, including hospital-wide short-staffing, unnecessarily long wait times in the ER, and lack of pediatrics-trained nurses.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 13, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

San Joaquin nurses picketing for patient safety

San Joaquin County nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

San Joaquin County health system’s registered nurses voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on Tuesday, March 11, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU)
March 12, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

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Nurses applaud the introduction of A.B. 692, ending exploitative worker debt contracts

California Nurses Association applauds California State Assemblymember Ash Kalra’s introduction of A.B. 692, which would end exploitative “stay-or-pay” worker contracts that coerce workers to enter agreements requiring them to pay an alleged debt or other financial penalty to their employer if they leave their job before a certain time period.

California Nurses Association
March 11, 2025

• CNA

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C., holding signs "Fun Care, Not Billionaires" and "Some Cuts Don't Heal"

Union nurses joining “Save Our Health Care” march in Washington, D.C.

Nurses from National Nurses United (NNU) will be joining Mobilize to Save Our Health Care, a march in Washington, D.C., on March 12. NNU nurses say funding for programs like Medicaid and Medicare is critical to patient care across the country and that budget cuts are a direct attack on patients nationwide.

National Nurses United
March 10, 2025

• NNU

Nurses picketing outside Mission Hospital holding signs "Put Patients Over Profit"

Nurses sound alarm on patient safety crisis at Mission Hospital following death in the emergency room

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a rally on Thursday, March 6, to highlight patient safety concerns and expose the life-threatening conditions patients face due to extreme short-staffing. Nurses note that a patient recently died in the emergency room during a shift when nurses say the unit was down at least six nurses at the start of the shift.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 4, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses standing outside hospital cheering with raised fists

Maine nurses win back thousands of dollars, following state DOL citation against Northern Maine Medical Center

The Maine Department of Labor has issued a citation to Northern Maine Medical Center for regulatory violations, including misclassifying nurses as subcontractors, failing to pay nurses overtime, failing to pay nurses their wages in a timely manner, and requiring nurses to sign contracts that exempted NMMC from Maine’s labor laws.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
February 27, 2025

• MSNA, • NNOC

Hazel Hawkins RNs and community holding signs in front of hospital to "Save our community hospital. Save Hazel Hawkins."

Hazel Hawkins nurses to outline demands for lease-to-purchase contract with private buyer

Registered nurses at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, Calif. will outline their demands for a lease-to-purchase contract with Insight Health on Thursday, Feb. 27, at the San Benito Health Care District meeting.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 25, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Signs "Workplace Violence Puts Everyone at Risk"

NNU statement on workplace violence in health care settings

In response to recent tragedies at UPMC Memorial in Pennsylvania and HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses, National Nurses United (NNU), issued the following statement.

National Nurses United
February 25, 2025

• NNU

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Sutter nurses respond to Emeryville expansion

In response to Sutter’s announcement on Feb. 19, 2025 that the hospital system is finalizing plans for a $1 billion complex in Emeryville, Kate Freeman, RN in the emergency department at Summit Medical Center and member of California Nurses Association, provided the following statement.

California Nurses Association
February 24, 2025

• CNA

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California nurses applaud new bill introduced to track and expose systematic insurance claim denials

California Nurses Association and its more than 100,000 members across California today share their support for Assembly Bill 682. The new bill would mandate public reporting on the denials of insurance claims for California’s patients, something nurses believe can expose the broken trust between insurers and patients at the root of our broken health care system.

California Nurses Association
February 24, 2025

• CNA