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Large group of nurses outside holding signs "Ready to Fight"

Registered nurses at UCLA to protest management’s refusal to address concerns about staffing and working conditions

Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and certified registered nurse anesthetists with University of California, Los Angeles will hold a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to protest the administration’s refusal to address nurses’ ongoing concerns about safe staffing and working conditions that jeopardize patient care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 28, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Large group of nurses in front of capitol building in Sacramento, CNA and NNU logos

CNA joins lawsuit against Trump attacks on University of California

California Nurses Association filed a lawsuit on Sept. 16 with other labor unions who represent workers at University of California (UC) campuses, medical centers, and institutes, centers, and research laboratories to stop the Trump’s administration’s coercive attempts to remake the UC system in alignment with the president’s ideology.

California Nurses Association
September 22, 2025

• CNA

Large group of nurses in front of Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., smiling, with raised fists

Nurses decry CDC advisory panel’s weakened vaccine policies

National Nurses United decries the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for removing parental choice in MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella) vaccinations and changing Covid vaccine policy to an approach that can create barriers to access and undermine public health.

National Nurses United
September 22, 2025

• NNU

Five nurses standing with Governor Gavin Newsom

Union nurses celebrate governor’s signature on S.B. 81

California Nurses Association today celebrates the passage of Senate Bill 81, which now goes into immediate effect as law. Nurses say this critical new law is an essential check on the power of immigration authorities in health care settings.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 20, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Large group of nurses holding signs "Don't lay off our Kaiser nurses"

Kaiser nurses across California to hold informational pickets protesting layoffs, wage theft, and A.I.

Nurses at 22 Kaiser Permanente facilities across the state of California will hold informational pickets on Tuesday, Sept. 23 to speak out against recent layoffs, wage theft, the implementation of untested technologies, and Kaiser’s prioritization of its finances over patient care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 19, 2025

Nurses picketing outside Kaiser San Rafael

Kaiser nurses to protest lay-offs and care suspensions outside event featuring Kaiser CEO as speaker

Registered nurses working at Kaiser Permanente facilities from across California will hold a protest on Friday, Sept. 19, outside an event at Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa, Calif., where a Kaiser CEO is scheduled to speak. Kaiser nurses are represented by CNA/NNU.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 19, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Nurses standing with Troy Jackson and Graham Platner, raised fists

Maine nurses announce major endorsements in key 2026 races

Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee announced their endorsement of Troy Jackson for Maine Governor and Graham Platner for U.S. Senate. As the Trump administration continues to decimate the U.S. healthcare system, Maine nurses know that both Jackson and Platner will stand strong in fighting for the state’s workers, patients, and communities.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
September 18, 2025

• MSNA, • NNOC

Nurse holding sign "Ascension: Be Better"

Ascension Health investments appear to reject Vatican guidance

A new report by National Nurses United probes the extent of Ascension Health’s violations of the Catholic Church’s guidelines for responsible investing. NNU researchers found Ascension holds investments, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, in weapons manufacturing; alcohol; gambling; and oil, gas, and mining industries that are destructive to the environment.

National Nurses United
September 15, 2025

Large group of nurses outside, smiling, with raised fists

HCA Fort Walton-Destin Hospital nurses vote decisively to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. voted decisively in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 12, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU, • HCA

Ascension St. Agnes nurses picket for better patient care

Ascension Saint Agnes nurses to protest Catholic hospital chain’s unfaithful financial investments

Registered nurses employed by Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. will hold a rally and press conference on Monday, September 15 to protest Ascension Health’s financial investments.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 11, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC