Press releases

Nurses and caregivers speak up for patient care and strongly oppose excessive CEO pay

Nurses and caregivers strongly oppose the recent vote by the majority of the Palomar Health Board of Directors to approve CEO Diane Hansen's new contract, which grants about a 20 percent salary increase to her along with two bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for over two years.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union

September 14, 2020

• CHEU

Nurses Call for Transformative Changes for Racial, Gender, Workers’, and Health Care Justice at National Convention

On the final day of their first ever virtual national convention, the more than 500 delegates to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee Saturday issued a resounding call for transformative changes for racial, gender, workers’ and health care justice.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

September 14, 2020

National Nurses United join Dr. Jill Biden for a roundtable on the COVID-19 pandemic and the government response

On Monday, Sep. 14, members of National Nurses United from Arizona and Nevada will join Dr. Jill Biden and NNU President Deborah Burger, RN for a roundtable discussion on COVID-19’s impact on safe working conditions and patient safety, Vice President Joe Biden's pandemic response plan, and President Donald Trump’s failure to keep the country safe.

National Nurses United

September 12, 2020

CNA/NNOC “The Year of the Nurse” convention gathers nurses across the country

Nurses, labor leaders, and activists from across the country are gathering for the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee convention being held virtually Sept. 9 to Sept. 12.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

September 8, 2020

Registered nurses at Tuscaloosa VA to hold Labor Day rally for patient safety during COVID-19 pandemic

Registered nurses at the Tuscaloosa VA will hold a Labor Day rally on Monday, Sept. 7 to share their concerns about patient and RN safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

September 5, 2020

• Veterans Affairs

Nurses Raise Caution Flag on COVID-19 Vaccine Push

National Nurses United today raised a caution flag on the Trump administration’s rush to promote a COVID-19 vaccine by late October or early November without assurances that the vaccine will meet the highest test of public safety as its top priority, not political considerations.

National Nurses United

September 3, 2020

San Joaquin nurses to convene virtual townhall discussion on community health in face of COVID-19

San Joaquin County nurses will convene a townhall discussion on Wednesday, September 2 with healthcare workers, community allies, and local elected leaders to call for the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors to make the County’s public hospital a top priority, to advance community health and to treat healthcare workers with the respect they deserve.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

September 1, 2020

HCA Nurses to Protest Unsafe PPE, Equipment, Staffing in Four States Tuesday

Registered nurses at HCA hospitals in Florida, Kansas, Missouri and Nevada will hold public actions Tuesday to highlight ongoing practices they say put nurses and other caregivers in jeopardy and increase the spread of COVID-19 to others.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 31, 2020

President Preckwinkle’s Budget Proposal Closes Southside Clinics and Hospitals

With the recently announced closure of Mercy Hospital, cuts to services at Holy Cross and Jackson Park hospitals, and new threats to discontinue emergency services at Provident Hospital, labor and community organizations will hold a protest Friday Aug. 28 to decry Cook County’s austerity proposals as an affront to Black communities.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 27, 2020

National Nurses United Statement on the Shooting of Jacob Blake

National Nurses United (NNU) today joined with labor, community, and social justice activists in the demand for racial justice following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, and the killing of two protesters in Kenosha, Wis. by an apparent white supremacist in the aftermath of the incident.

National Nurses United

August 27, 2020