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Nurses holds signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

Nurses disappointed in DC Circuit Court’s decision to deny petition ordering OSHA to retain emergency standard and issue permanent standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the emergency petition filed by NNU and other labor organizations and unions.

National Nurses United
August 26, 2022

• NNU

Pile of buttons: Safe staffing now!

Kaiser nurses to hold informational pickets for nurse and patient safety

More than 22,000 RNs and nurse practitioners at 22 Kaiser Permanente facilities will hold info pickets on Thurs., Sept. 1, to protest the administration’s refusal to address their deep concerns about health and safety and chronic short staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
August 23, 2022

Four nurses outside with raised fists hold signs "Staff Up for Safe Care"

VA nurses in Tuscaloosa join Augusta and Atlanta RNs to demand VA leadership address persistent patient-safety care concerns

RNs say chronic short-staffing, a years-long contract dispute, and retention problems hurt veterans.

National Nurses United
August 23, 2022

• Veterans Affairs

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VA nurses in Atlanta join Augusta and Tuscaloosa RNs to demand VA leadership address persistent patient-safety care concerns

RNs say chronic short-staffing, years-long contract dispute, and retention problems hurt veterans.

National Nurses United
August 23, 2022

• Veterans Affairs

Child in scrubs with stethoscope holding sign: Staff up, end crisis care now

Nurses at Mission Hospital to hold rally for patient safety and to speak out against chronic short staffing

RNs at HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a rally on Thurs., Aug. 25, to protest management’s refusal to address chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 23, 2022

• NNOC

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Nurses criticize SEIU-hospital industry deal to trade delay of seismic safety for wage increases

The last-minute alliance has infuriated other unions, which accused the SEIU-UHW of making a backroom deal that skirts the legislative process and puts patients, health care workers, and communities at risk.

California Nurses Association
August 19, 2022

• CNA

Nurse outside hospital holds sign "Keep nurses local with a fair contract now!"

Maine Med nurses overwhelmingly vote “Yes!” to keep their union

In the union vote held Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, nurses voted by an even larger majority for their union than they did the first time, in April 2021.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
August 18, 2022

• MSNA, • NNOC

Two nurses holding sign: Staff up for safe care, end crisis care now

Seton RNs vote no confidence in hospital administrator and call for investigation before releasing millions to administration

The Daly City City Council will hold a town hall to discuss the failures of AHMC to address chronic understaffing, closing of service lines, and other problems at SMC.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
August 13, 2022

St. Mary's nurses at a nursing station

St. Mary’s nurses charge unsafe staffing is jeopardizing patient care

RNs at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Mon., Aug. 15, to alert the public to chronic short staffing across the hospital which jeopardizes patient safety.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
August 11, 2022

Nurses outside hold signs criticizing Steward Health's treatment of their patients

RNs at Steward Health’s Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes to protest proposed shut down of emergency and in-patient services for psychiatric patients

After shutdown patients needing acute psychiatric care will be turned away.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
August 10, 2022

• NNOC, • NNU