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St. Rose, Hayward RNs Vote by 91% to Join CNA

Registered nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward -- one of the last remaining non-union hospitals for RNs in the immediate Bay Area -- voted by 91 percent Tuesday night to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.

California Nurses Association
December 19, 2012

RNs to Picket 21 Kaiser Hospitals Wednesday

Registered nurses will picket 21 Kaiser Permanente hospitals from Santa Rosa to Fresno Wednesday, Dec. 19 to protest what they say is persistently inadequate nurse staffing in emergency care and other hospital areas, as well as patients being turned away from needed care, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.

California Nurses Association
December 18, 2012

America’s Largest Nurses Union Calls for Action on Nation’s Ravaged Mental Health Services

CT shooting devastating, sadly not surprising to nation’s RNs. Registered nurses across the country mourn the loss of life marked by the shooting of innocents in Connecticut and say it is time for the White House, Congress, and state and local legislators to take action to address causes of the violence, including restoring the devastating cuts that have occurred to mental health services across the United States.

December 17, 2012

RNs Set Next Strike Date for 9 Bay Area Hospitals

Registered nurses will hold a year-end one-day strike at nine Bay Area hospitals on Monday, Dec. 24, the latest in a series of protests emphasizing big hospital demands for major cuts in nurses’ and patient care standards. The walkout will affect close to 5,000 RNs represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United at Bay Area Sutter facilities and two San Jose hospitals.

California Nurses Association
December 14, 2012

500 Hundred RNs, Labor Allies Picket Adelson at The Venetian in Las Vegas

‘Our Democracy is Not for Sale to the Highest Bidder’ - Nurses Also Call for Robin Hood Tax to Heal U.S., Global Economies. Leaders of the nation’s largest organization of nurses, joined by local union activists, picketed The Venetian in Las Vegas to protest billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s ongoing efforts, they say, to corrupt U.S. democracy through massive spending on elections.

December 11, 2012

With their mouths taped shut, RNs protest Gov. Snyder’s “Right to Work” corporate takeover

LANSING, MI--Registered nurses who are members of the Michigan Nurses Association protested Gov. Rick Snyder’s so-called “Right to Work” law on Monday with a dramatic scene: Standing silent on the steps of the Capitol with duct tape covering their mouths. It’s symbolic of how the Governor’s attack on workers will stop nurses from speaking out at work so they can keep their patients safe from corporations and CEOs that care only about profits.

Michigan Nurses Assoc. Press Release
December 10, 2012

Community Long Beach RNs Vote by 76% to Join CNA/NNU

Exactly three years ago today, CNA joined with nurses from Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington DC, and a number of other states to form the largest organization of nurses in U.S. history.

CNA/NNOC Press Release
December 7, 2012

LA RNs Win First-in the Nation Workplace Safety Benefit

Registered nurses at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, Calif. have enthusiastically approved a new agreement that most notably includes a precedent-setting needlestick and workplace violence insurance benefit funded by the employer, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today. More than 600 RNs represented by CNA/NNU overwhelmingly voted to accept the pact in ratification membership meetings held on Wednesday and Thursday.

CNA Press Release
December 7, 2012

Kaiser RNs to Picket 21 Northern, Central California Hospitals December 19 over Short Staffing

Registered nurses will picket 21 Kaiser Permanente hospitals from Santa Rosa to Fresno Wednesday, December 19 to protest what they say is persistently inadequate nurse staffing in emergency care and other hospital areas, as well as patients being turned away from needed care, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.

CNA Press Release
December 7, 2012

Holy Family RNs, Supporters to Hold Candlelight Vigil for Safe Patient Care

In the spirit of the season, RNs also collecting canned goods for local food pantry. According to Gayle Burke, RN and co-chairperson of the MNA bargaining unit at Holy Family, nurses on every floor and in every unit are being forced to care for too many patients at once--a practice that has been proven to be dangerous by countless research groups and studies over the last two decades.

Mass. Nurses Assoc. Press Release
December 7, 2012