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Nurses outside mission hospital hold signs calling for safe staffing

San Jose RNs Reach Agreement with HCA to Tackle Long-Term Safe Staffing Concerns

Registered nurses at two San Jose hospitals have reached an agreement with HCA officials that nurses say will help address serious staffing problems that have plagued the hospitals for months.

California Nurses Association
August 2, 2021

• CNA

Nurses inside hospital

El Paso Nurses Reach Agreement with HCA on New Collective Bargaining Contract

Registered nurses at Del Sol Medical Center and Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Texas reached agreement Thursday night on a new collective bargaining contract with HCA.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 30, 2021

• NNOC

Nurses hold signs "Nurses essential for patient care"

California Nurses Association Celebrates New Funding for State’s Nurse Workforce

CNA today applauded the state Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom for signing into law A.B. 128, which includes a one-time $10 million infusion into the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Program.

California Nurses Association
July 28, 2021

Large group of Corpus Christi nurses hold raised fists in field

RNs in Brownsville, Corpus Christi Reach Tentative Pact With HCA on New Collective Bargaining Contract

Registered nurses at two Texas HCA hospitals in Brownsville and Corpus Christi have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 28, 2021

• NNOC

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

National Nurses United Applauds CDC for Recommending a Partial Return to Indoor Masking, Recommends More be Done

National Nurses United today applauded new CDC guidance stating that fully vaccinated people should resume wearing masks in public, indoor settings in areas of the country with substantial or high transmission.

National Nurses United
July 27, 2021

Registered nurses at Community First hospital

Registered nurses at Community First to hold one-day strike

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago will hold a one-day unfair labor practice strike on Monday, July 26.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 24, 2021

• NNOC

Person holding sign: "Love it, improve it, Medicare for All!"

17 National Unions Demand Congress Expand and Improve Medicare Coverage

Joint union letter calls for lowering age eligibility, vision/dental coverage, out-of-pocket cap, and drug price negotiation.

National Nurses United
July 23, 2021

Patients First In the Hospital, in the Community

Nurses Across Country to Hold National Day of Action July 21 to Demand Patient, Nurse Protections

Registered nurse members of National Nurses United will hold a national day of action on Wednesday, July 21, to demand that employers address problems highlighted by the Covid-19.

National Nurses United
July 19, 2021

Applicaiton for DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Nurses condemn federal judge’s decision on DACA

National Nurses United (NNU) Friday condemned the ruling by a federal judge in Texas to declare unlawful the highly successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that has enabled young people who came to the United States undocumented as children to remain in this country.

National Nurses United
July 17, 2021

Community First Medical Center RNs

Registered nurses at Community First issue 10-day notice to strike

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago have issued a 10-day strike notice to hospital management announcing they will hold a one-day strike on July 26, 2021.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
July 14, 2021

• NNOC