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National Nurses United welcomes new Executive Director Puneet Maharaj

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 16:00
National Nurses United has named Puneet Maharaj as the new executive director to lead the union.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

VA nurses, veterans, federal unions, community allies vow to protect VA workers and veteran care at Georgia town hall

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 09:00
VA registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United – along with veterans groups, federal unions, and community members – urged the public to join in their efforts to protect federal workers and veterans health care at the VA during a town hall meeting in Augusta, Ga.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

NNU condemns detention of U.S. labor leader Chris Smalls and renews union nurses’ call for an end to the war on Gaza

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 14:40
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today stands with Christian “Chris” Smalls, the American labor leader beaten and detained by Israeli authorities, and celebrates his release from Israeli detention.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

CNA/NNOC Welcomes New Executive Director Puneet Maharaj

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 13:15
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee today announced the selection of Puneet Maharaj as the new executive director to lead the union. Puneet succeeds Bonnie Castillo, RN in this position.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Central Coast nurses ratify new four-year contract

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 09:59
RNs at Adventist Health Sierra Vista in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Adventist Health Twin Cities in Templeton, Calif., on the Central Coast, voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying new four-year contracts on July 29, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Kansas City nurses to hold vigil protesting planned service shut downs at Research Medical Center

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 09:35
Nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., will hold a vigil for patients impacted by planned service shutdowns at their hospital. Nurses are planning for a solemn event to spotlight what this means for Kansas City patients and how the hospital’s ownership, HCA Healthcare, has mismanaged and cut resources to these units for years, laying the groundwork to justify their own decision to shutter these services.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Tenet nurses to hold informational pickets highlighting patient safety issues

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 07:00
Thousands of registered nurses at six Tenet Healthcare Corporation hospitals in California will hold informational pickets on Thursday, July 31. RNs hope to raise awareness in their communities about management’s refusal to ensure appropriate staffing and training, and the impact it has on the quality of patient care and the retention of experienced nursing staff.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

VA nurses host town hall to protect veterans’ care and federal workers

Fri, 07/25/2025 - 13:05
VA registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United are hosting a town hall on Thursday, July 31, in Augusta, Ga., in response to the administration’s unprecedented attacks on federal workers and veterans’ health care, and the VA as a whole.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

San Francisco nurses to hold vigil for trans patients at Kaiser

Thu, 07/24/2025 - 11:00
Registered nurses from Kaiser Permanente facilities will hold a vigil at 4 p.m. tomorrow, July 25, in San Francisco, Calif., to honor transgender patients being impacted by Kaiser’s newly announced suspension of some gender-affirming care.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

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

Thu, 07/24/2025 - 09:00
Registered nurses at Alhambra Hospital Medical Center in Alhambra, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on July 22, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention,
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Nation’s largest nurses union shames Kaiser Permanente for gender-affirming care cutbacks

Wed, 07/23/2025 - 13:09
Nurses represented by CNA/NNOC are today shaming Kaiser Permanente, one of the country’s largest health care systems, for their decision to suspend some gender-affirming care services for patients under 19.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Thursday 7/24: USC Keck & Norris nurses to hold informational picket for safe staffing

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 10:42
Nurses at USC Keck & Norris Hospitals in Los Angeles, California will hold an informational picket on July 24 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing and patient care issues.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Baltimore nurses to hold historic strike for patient safety

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 06:00
RNs at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md., will hold a one-day strike from July 24, 7 a.m. to July 25, 6:59 a.m., to protest Ascension management’s refusal to address their urgent concerns about patient care, safe staffing, and high staff turnover in contract negotiations. This notice follows a nearly unanimous strike authorization vote on May 16.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

HSA nurses rally citing concerns for patient safety

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 12:32
Nurses from three Healthcare Systems of America (HSA) hospitals in Florida — Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Coral Gables Hospital in Coral Gables, and Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes — are holding a joint rally on Wednesday, July 23 in Hialeah to highlight their patient safety concerns as they begin bargaining a new contract.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Long Beach Medical Center nurses vote no confidence in management

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 16:30
Registered nurses at Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. decided unanimously to pass a vote of no confidence in the hospital’s administration.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

California Nurses Association statement on ICE activities at Glendale Memorial Hospital

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 16:00

California Nurses Association has learned through credible reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives presented a warrant at Glendale Memorial Hospital and took a patient into custody by removing the patient from the facility through a side door apparently against the medical advice of the patient’s physician. 

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NNU urges floor vote on Protect America’s Workforce Act

Thu, 07/17/2025 - 09:45
The nation's largest union of registered nurses provided this statement in response to the announcement by Congressional authors of the Protect America’s Workforce Act that they will move this legislation through a procedure called a “discharge petition.”
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Bay Area nurses to host John Lewis Day “Good Trouble Lives On” rally

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 11:00
Registered nurses and members of California Nurses Associationvwill host a John Lewis Day “Good Trouble Lives On” rally at noon on Thursday, July 17 in Oakland, Calif. The event is part of a nationwide day of action to honor the legacy of the late civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Baltimore nurses announce historic one-day strike for patient safety

Mon, 07/14/2025 - 06:00
RNs at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md., gave notice to their employer today that they will hold a strike for one day on July 24 to protest the Ascension management’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about patient care, safe staffing, and high staff turnover during contract negotiations.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

Kansas City nurses protest planned service shut downs at Research Medical Center

Fri, 07/11/2025 - 09:34
Nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, are speaking out against the planned end of their hospital’s labor and delivery, neonatal intensive, and obstetrics emergency care services. Recently announced by HCA, nurses say these service shutdowns will leave patients with fewer options for essential health care for new parents and babies.
Categories: C4. Radical Labor

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