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Resistance and Resilience
National Nurses United presents a juried art exhibition on view Oct. 20-24
National Nurses United is pleased to present “Resistance and Resilience,” a juried group exhibition in Oakland, Calif., featuring the compelling work of 30 artists from across the country whose work embodies the themes of resistance
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Union nurses celebrate Governor Newsom signing new worker protection law
California Nurses Association applauds Governor Gavin Newsom for taking action to protect workers from employers’ use of predatory debt contracts and signing Assembly Bill 692 into law on Monday, Oct. 13. A.B. 692 prohibits employers from requiring workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty if the workers wants to leave their job, expressly making these kinds of exploitative workplace debt arrangements unlawful.
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Nurses from around the globe take part in “Democracy Is Not for Sale” march
Registered nurses from across the United States and 28 other countries will take part in the “Democracy Is Not for Sale” march in San Francisco on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The march is intended to highlight the international resistance to billionaire agendas that deprive tens of millions of people across the world from access to health care, educational and employment opportunities, and safe environments to live and raise families.
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National Nurses United and UE call for end to military operations, blockade in Palestine
National Nurses United (NNU) and the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) — together representing over a quarter million union members — sent a letter today to President Trump to demand that “the Israeli government permanently end its military operations and blockade in Palestine, and that the United States immediately recognize the sovereignty of Palestine.”
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New Orleans nurses, community members to hold rally outside Spirit of Charity gala
Nurses from University Medical Center New Orleans, patients, and community members will hold a rally and community listening circle on Friday, Oct. 3, outside of LCMC’s Spirit of Charity Foundation Gala in New Orleans, La. They will highlight LCMC’s meager investments in charity care and lack of patient access to affordable health care.
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Chico nurses at Enloe Health to hold rally to protest closure of home health and hospice units
Registered nurses at Enloe Health, in Chico, Calif., will hold a rally on Thursday, Oct. 2, to protest Enloe’s decision to close its home health and hospice units on Oct. 31. Nurses are calling on the hospital to protect the health of some of Chico’s most vulnerable patients and maintain the essential services and end-of-life care provided by these units.
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National Nurses United calls on Congress to pass appropriations bill to restart government, restore health care funding
National Nurses United is calling on Congress to pass H.R. 5450/S. 2882. The Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and other Matters Act of 2026 would not only restart the government but also save lives by restoring health care funding and assistance, while ending the Trump administration’s unprecedented power over government spending.
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Shasta Regional Medical Center nurses, health care workers to hold vigil for patient safety
Registered nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, California, will hold a vigil on Wednesday, October 1, to highlight a slew of patient safety concerns, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today.
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Nurses denounce killing of Palestinian Nursing Association leader
National Nurses United today condemned Israeli forces’ recent killing of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip and chief nursing supervisor at Kamal Adwan Medical Complex.
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Nurses sounding alarms on Mission Hospital patients being impacted by Medicaid cuts starting October 1 in North Carolina
Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, will hold a rally on Tuesday, September 30, to literally sound the alarm on the hospital’s poor performance in staffing, health and safety, recruitment and retention, and meal and rest breaks.
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National Nurses United endorses Robert Peters for Congress
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members, today announced its endorsement of Robert Peters for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District.
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National Nurses United endorses Christian Menefee for Congress
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members, today announced its endorsement of Christian Menefee in a special election to represent Texas’ 18th Congressional District.
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Registered nurses at UC Davis to protest management’s refusal to address concerns about staffing and working conditions
Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and certified registered nurse anesthetists with University of California, Davis, will hold a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to protest the administration’s refusal to address nurses’ ongoing concerns about safe staffing and working conditions that jeopardize patient care.
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Registered nurses at UCLA to protest management’s refusal to address concerns about staffing and working conditions
Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and certified registered nurse anesthetists with University of California, Los Angeles will hold a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to protest the administration’s refusal to address nurses’ ongoing concerns about safe staffing and working conditions that jeopardize patient care.
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CNA joins lawsuit against Trump attacks on University of California
California Nurses Association filed a lawsuit on Sept. 16 with other labor unions who represent workers at University of California (UC) campuses, medical centers, and institutes, centers, and research laboratories to stop the Trump’s administration’s coercive attempts to remake the UC system in alignment with the president’s ideology.
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Nurses decry CDC advisory panel’s weakened vaccine policies
National Nurses United decries the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for removing parental choice in MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella) vaccinations and changing Covid vaccine policy to an approach that can create barriers to access and undermine public health.
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Union nurses celebrate governor’s signature on S.B. 81
California Nurses Association today celebrates the passage of Senate Bill 81, which now goes into immediate effect as law. Nurses say this critical new law is an essential check on the power of immigration authorities in health care settings.
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Kaiser nurses across California to hold informational pickets protesting layoffs, wage theft, and A.I.
Nurses at 22 Kaiser Permanente facilities across the state of California will hold informational pickets on Tuesday, Sept. 23 to speak out against recent layoffs, wage theft, the implementation of untested technologies, and Kaiser’s prioritization of its finances over patient care.
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Kaiser nurses to protest lay-offs and care suspensions outside event featuring Kaiser CEO as speaker
Registered nurses working at Kaiser Permanente facilities from across California will hold a protest on Friday, Sept. 19, outside an event at Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa, Calif., where a Kaiser CEO is scheduled to speak. Kaiser nurses are represented by CNA/NNU.
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Maine nurses announce major endorsements in key 2026 races
Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee announced their endorsement of Troy Jackson for Maine Governor and Graham Platner for U.S. Senate. As the Trump administration continues to decimate the U.S. healthcare system, Maine nurses know that both Jackson and Platner will stand strong in fighting for the state’s workers, patients, and communities.
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