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Organizing RNs State-by-State

Stay in the know about our national RN movement and what's happening in your state. New states are being added all the time so please check back often and tell your RN colleagues about us. Thank you!

National RN Relief Group Teams Up With
Navy for Medical Mission to Haiti

The first team of registered nurse volunteers from California, Michigan, and Washington State will depart for Haiti Wednesday morning with the Department of Defense’s Continuing Promise, National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest organization of registered nurses, announced today. The volunteer RN team will be treating patients in Haiti and Columbia during their month long deployment. Read the press release

Hands off Social Security
Politico 09/01/10

Will 'Progressives' Let Middle Class Burn to Prove Their Point?
Huffington Post 08/31/10

Whitman: Nurses' suffrage rally a 'distraction'
Associated Press 08/27/10

Nurses spotlight women's right to vote and Whitman's voting record
Ventura County Star 08/26/10

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Nurses Make Emergency House Call
to SAVE California--from Meg Whitman

What TIME Says About Nurses vs. Whitman

5 Good Reasons for RNs to Oppose Meg Whitman

Share the Wall Street Whitman Briefing Book
by the California Labor Commission (PDF)

Union Chief Makes Nurses a Political Force
San Francisco Chronicle 07/11/10

Princess Carly Prepares for Debate Debut Wednesday, Queen Meg to Tour State’s Labor Day Celebrations
Press Release 09/01/10

Whitman Renews Attack on Nurses as Thousands Head To Honor Suffrage Anniversary in Sacramento Aug. 26 And Challenge Whitman for Dishonoring Women's Progress
Press Release 08/25/10

Elizabeth Cady-Stanton Descendant to Join RNs and Cast of Thousands in Sacramento Suffrage Anniversary Aug. 26
Press Release 08/24/10

RNs, Filipino Community Groups Charge Sutter Health/California Pacific with Hiring Ban on Filipino Nurses
Press Release 08/19/10

HCA RNs at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas celebrate
victorious vote count to join NNOC-Texas/NNU.

Lone Star Rebellion- Nearly 2,000 Texas RNs
Vote to Join Nation’s Largest Nurses’ Union

Capping a historic sweep that could alter the nation’s labor and political landscape, registered nurses at Valley Regional Medical Center Thursday night voted to join the nation’s largest RN union. The vote culminates a remarkable two week streak in which more than 1,900 registered nurses in five Texas hospitals voted in secret ballot votes supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, to be represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Texas, an affiliate of the 155,000-member National Nurses United. More >

Univ. of Chicago RNs Vote for Direct Representation
in National Nurses United, Seek Workplace
Changes to Protect Patient Safety

Registered nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center, First Lady Michelle Obama’s former employer, voted by 64 percent Thursday night for a direct membership in the nation’s largest RN union and professional organization, National Nurses United.
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The National Nurses Organizing Committee is a new national union and professional organization for Registered Nurses, Advance Practice Nurses, and RN organizations throughout the country who want to pursue a more powerful agenda of patient advocacy that promotes the interests of patients, direct care nurses, and RN professional practice.

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The economic crisis hits home for RNs!

Facing layoffs, hiring freezes, or budget cuts?

Tell us what's happening in your facility!

An RN program for troubled times:

Representation in an RN union for all RNs

Join our national fight for RN to patient ratios

Real health reform = expanded Medicare for all

National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act S 1031 (BOXER) establishes requirements for acute-care facilities to provide registered nurse staff based on the acuity of patients provided that minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for each unit are met at all times.

Nursing Unions Urge Congress To Pass
Nurse-Patient Ratio Legislation
Bureau of National Affairs 05/14/09

JOIN OUR NATIONAL FIGHT FOR RATIOS!