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Four nurses holding signs "Prime RNs United for our Patients"

Nurses across the country are rising up systemwide against Prime Healthcare because Prime endangers patients and nurses by putting profits above all else. From suspending nurses for speaking up and advocating for patients to cutting services after promising to maintain them, there are no crimes Prime isn’t willing to commit in its pursuit of profit.

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Crime Healthcare: Over 20 years of Prime Healthcare’s misdeeds

Prime's behavior is illegal and outrageous. But their terrible actions make us want to fight even more for patient care improvements. We are even more resolved to fight for our patients. We will not back down. Read more about Prime's history of illegal behavior »

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Blog: Prime is committing crimes!

Here’s a quick update with breaking news: Prime Olympia Fields management is breaking the law — egregiously suspending nurses for organizing to protect our patients. Read more »

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Nurse holds sign "RNs Against Crime Healthcare"

How the Reddy family squeezes millions out of their “nonprofit” hospitals

Under Kavitha Bhatia’s leadership, the Prime Healthcare Foundation spends more on padding the Reddy family’s bank account than it does on delivering community benefits. What’s charitable about that? Learn more »

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Man piloting helicopter

Where in the world is Dr. Prem Reddy?

Prime CEO Prem Reddy might be able to fly away from the bargaining table, organizing nurses, and nurses fired for lawful union advocacy in a helicopter paid for by the hospitals (once the topic of a Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse investigation), but he can’t hide from nurses forever. Learn more »

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Large group of nurses outside hospital holding signs "Prime RNs United for our Patients"

Share your Prime Healthcare patient story!

We're collecting stories from nurses, patients, and the public to ensure Prime hospital leaders, elected officials, and the public understand how Prime's refusal to invest in nursing staff affects the care and safety of everyone who walks through the hospital's doors. Share your story »

Large group of nurses outside holding signs calling for union rights, patient care, and an end to hospital greed

Tell Prime Healthcare Corporate Leaders: Respect nurses! Click to send an email to Prime Healthcare corporate leaders demanding they stop union busting by discouraging nurses from organizing and allow the six nurses to return to work immediately!

More on our fight for patients over Prime profits

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NLRB blocks union election due to Prime Healthcare’s illegal interference with nurses’ right to unionize

The National Labor Relations Board’s Region 13 Office in Chicago moved to block the originally scheduled Sept. 17 NLRB union election at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., in light of credible allegations that a free and fair election is not possible at this time due to Prime Healthcare’s substantial and flagrant violations of the National Labor Relations Act.
Community and nurses marching and holding signs "RNs Against Crime Health." Person with shirt "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary’s nurses to picket on September 15

Registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois, will hold a strike for one day on September 15 to protest the administration’s retaliation against nurses who speak up and fight for their patients.
Cental Maine Medical Center nurses raising fists and holding signs "Prime RNs united for our patients."

Central Maine Medical Center nurses to hold picket in solidarity with striking nurses in Illinois

Registered nurses at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, Maine will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, September 15 in solidarity with nurse colleagues within the Prime Healthcare hospital system who are on strike on the same day at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois to protest the suspension of six nurses at Olympia Fields.
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Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states

Registered nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in Nevada and California, as well as nurses and health care workers at an additional hospital in California, will hold a sympathy strike for one day on September 15 in solidarity with nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Illinois who are striking on the same day to protest the suspension of six nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital.
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