Registered nurses in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals are moving forward with historic one-day strikes to protest management’s resistance to bargain in good faith with RNs for union contracts that would help correct the endemic staffing crisis.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Registered nurses at three Ascension-owned hospitals were informed on Friday, June 16, that they would be locked out for an additional three days following their planned one-day June 27 strike.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
RNs in Texas and Kansas at three Ascension hospitals will participate in historic one-day strikes on Tuesday, June 27 to protest the health care giant’s refusal to address its endemic staffing crisis.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Texas and Kansas nurses employed by Ascension will rally at the health care giant’s headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., to pressure executives to reverse unsafe staffing practices that prioritize profits over patient safety.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nurses will be handing out informational flyers to call attention to the hypocrisy of Ascension: fundraising in the name of women’s and reproductive health services when Ascension has closed five such units nationwide over the last year.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
RNs say chronic short staffing at the hospital, including a lack of ancillary support staff, make it very challenging for nurses to provide the highest quality of care to their patients in a timely fashion.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nurses at ASMCA will hold a rally Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, as they prepare to begin negotiations for a first contract with hospital management. Nurses say safe patient care is the primary focus of the first contract.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nurses will highlight CCMC’s failure to seriously invest in the recruitment and retention of nursing staff, and the impact this has on the safety of patient care.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
