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U.S. nurses oppose confirmation of Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

National Nurses United, the largest U.S. union and professional organization of registered nurses, calls on the U.S. Senate to reject the confirmation of Dr. Mehmet Oz as director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

National Nurses United
March 14, 2025

• NNU

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NNU applauds federal ruling to reinstate federal workforce, including VA support staff

Registered nurses with National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the country with more than 225,000 members, applaud Judge William H. Alsup’s ruling today ordering the immediate rehiring of federal workers who were fired unlawfully.

National Nurses United
March 13, 2025

• Veterans Affairs, • NNU

Nurses picketing at USC Keck Medicine

USC nurses to hold informational pickets for patient safety and fair contracts

Nurses at University of Southern California hospitals will hold two informational pickets on March 14 in Glendale and Los Angeles, California, as they protest USC administration’s refusal to adequately address RNs’ deep concerns about patient care and safe working conditions.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
March 13, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

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