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Ady barkan talking to NNU Executive Director Bonnie Castillo and Medicare for All event

National Nurses United grieves the passing of our friend, brother, and health care hero, Ady Barkan

Registered nurses know that it takes extraordinary strength, courage, compassion, and commitment to fight to save the lives of others when you are a patient fighting a terminal illness yourself. But that is what made our dear friend and fellow health care activist Ady Barkan truly special.

National Nurses United
November 2, 2023

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NNU calls out CDC/HICPAC for planning to vote on infection control guidance before public review and comment

National Nurses United calls out the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for planning to vote today to approve the draft Isolation Precautions Guideline without getting input from frontline health care workers, patients, industrial hygienists, research scientists, ventilation engineers, or experts in occupational health and respiratory protection.

National Nurses United
November 2, 2023

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RNs at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., were joined by community supporters as they delivered a petition

New Orleans nurses delivered petition calling on management to allow union election

RNs at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., were joined by community supporters as they delivered a petition to demand that LCMC Health management agree to a union election that nurses are seeking.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 30, 2023

• NNOC

NNU and NYSNA President Nancy Hagans in front of microphone

NNU and NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN, testifies in support of federal ratios legislation at Senate field hearing

National Nurses United and New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans, RN, testified today at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in support of federal legislation supporting mandatory minimum nurse to patient ratios.

National Nurses United
October 27, 2023

• NNU, • NYSNA

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NNU President Nancy Hagans, RN, to testify in support of federal ratios legislation at Senate field hearing

NNU and New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans, RN, will testify at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Friday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. ET in support of federal legislation supporting mandatory minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios.

National Nurses United/New York State Nurses Association
October 26, 2023

• NNU, • NYSNA

Hazel Hawkins RNs hold signs at town hall

San Benito County report bolsters RNs’ assertion that Hazel Hawkins "does not need to be in bankruptcy or sold"

RNs at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital plan to address the San Benito County Board of Supervisors at their Oct. 24, 2023, meeting as the county’s hired consultant will present its report, including findings and recommendations on the future of the hospital to the board.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 20, 2023

• CNA

Nurse holding sign that reads "Safe staffing Saves Lives"

Redding nurses and health care workers to protest Shasta Regional Medical Center’s safe staffing law violations

Registered nurses and health care workers at Prime Healthcare’s Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, Calif., will picket on Tuesday, Oct. 24, to protest management’s proposed staffing scheme because it violates California’s safe staffing law and jeopardizes patient care.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
October 20, 2023

• CNA, • CHEU

Nurses at Jackson Park Hospital hold signs that read "Staff up for safe care!"

Jackson Park Hospital nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Ill., voted unanimously in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on Friday, Oct. 13, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 14, 2023

• NNU

From left to right, incoming president Michelle Gutierrez Vo, RN; presidents Cokie Giles, RN, Cathy Kennedy, RN, and Sandy Reding, RN

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee announce new Council of Presidents for 2023-2026 term

CNA/NNOC is celebrating the union’s newly elected 2023-2026 Council of Presidents. The new leaders took office on Oct. 8, 2023 at the CNA/NNOC convention in San Francisco, Calif.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
October 10, 2023

• CNA, • NNOC

Nurses seating at tables in convention hall with their international flags

Global Nurses United celebrates successful meeting on pandemic policy and climate change

More than 250 nurses from 33 countries across six continents gathered to discuss the ongoing impacts the Covid-19 pandemic has had in their countries, as well as their current and future concerns about health impacts of the pervasive problem of understaffing in hospitals and clinics around the world and the climate crisis.

Global Nurses United
October 10, 2023

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