National Nurses United
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
The largest RN union in U.S. history, with more than 225,000 nurses nationwide.
47% of Americans are anxious about health costs. This isn't an abstract fear — it's a crisis we're seeing everyday.
Health care should be a human right. We need #MedicareForAll NOW.
https://nbcnews.to/43MA6GN
Health care should be a human right. We need #MedicareForAll NOW.
https://nbcnews.to/43MA6GN
A record number of Americans are anxious about health care costs going into next year
The West Health-Gallup survey finds almost half of adults say they’re worried they won’t be able to afford health care in 2026.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
47% of Americans are anxious about health costs. This isn't an abstract fear — it's a crisis we're seeing everyday.
Health care should be a human right. We need #MedicareForAll NOW.
https://nbcnews.to/43MA6GN
Health care should be a human right. We need #MedicareForAll NOW.
https://nbcnews.to/43MA6GN
Nurses condemn the Trump administration's move to exclude nursing from its definition of professional degrees, making education harder to access. This move is at odds with the needs of nurses and patients!
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Nurses condemn the Trump administration's move to exclude nursing from its definition of professional degrees, making education harder to access. This move is at odds with the needs of nurses and patients!
Union rights allow us to advocate for patients! The Protect America’s Workforce Act would reverse the illegal executive orders silencing nurses who care for veterans.
Call your Representative today 202-891-4745 —our veterans deserve advocates at the bedside.
https://bit.ly/3JRHFFw
Call your Representative today 202-891-4745 —our veterans deserve advocates at the bedside.
https://bit.ly/3JRHFFw
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Union rights allow us to advocate for patients! The Protect America’s Workforce Act would reverse the illegal executive orders silencing nurses who care for veterans.
Call your Representative today 202-891-4745 —our veterans deserve advocates at the bedside.
https://bit.ly/3JRHFFw
Call your Representative today 202-891-4745 —our veterans deserve advocates at the bedside.
https://bit.ly/3JRHFFw
Maine nurses continued our strike today, with tremendous energy and determination to beat back management and win real improvements in patient care.
Thank you to candidates @grahamformaine.bsky.social & Troy Jackson for braving the elements for what's right. Solidarity is our strength!
Thank you to candidates @grahamformaine.bsky.social & Troy Jackson for braving the elements for what's right. Solidarity is our strength!
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Maine nurses continued our strike today, with tremendous energy and determination to beat back management and win real improvements in patient care.
Thank you to candidates @grahamformaine.bsky.social & Troy Jackson for braving the elements for what's right. Solidarity is our strength!
Thank you to candidates @grahamformaine.bsky.social & Troy Jackson for braving the elements for what's right. Solidarity is our strength!
Photos from the picket line: Day one of a two-day strike at Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, ME.
No amount of snow will stop our fight for patient care!
No amount of snow will stop our fight for patient care!
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Photos from the picket line: Day one of a two-day strike at Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, ME.
No amount of snow will stop our fight for patient care!
No amount of snow will stop our fight for patient care!
This isn’t the first time Ascension has cut a labor and delivery unit to prioritize its profits over patient care.
Nurses stand with the Elk Grove community to demand Ascension keep this essential maternity service open.
https://bit.ly/4oG7OpP
Nurses stand with the Elk Grove community to demand Ascension keep this essential maternity service open.
https://bit.ly/4oG7OpP
Nurses urge Illinois regulators to reject Ascension application to close Elk Grove obstetrics unit
At a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 18, nurses from Ascension hospitals will note their deep opposition to the Catholic system’s proposed elimination of obstetrics services at Alexian Brothers in Elk...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This isn’t the first time Ascension has cut a labor and delivery unit to prioritize its profits over patient care.
Nurses stand with the Elk Grove community to demand Ascension keep this essential maternity service open.
https://bit.ly/4oG7OpP
Nurses stand with the Elk Grove community to demand Ascension keep this essential maternity service open.
https://bit.ly/4oG7OpP
New Orleans nurses went on a three-day strike this week to stop LCMC's revolving door of staffing.
We are fighting to retain experienced nurses and put patient care over corporate profit! ✊
We are fighting to retain experienced nurses and put patient care over corporate profit! ✊
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New Orleans nurses went on a three-day strike this week to stop LCMC's revolving door of staffing.
We are fighting to retain experienced nurses and put patient care over corporate profit! ✊
We are fighting to retain experienced nurses and put patient care over corporate profit! ✊
Union nurses in Hialeah were on the picket line this week fighting for patient safety.
We are demanding a fair contract with safe staffing to protect la comunidad!
We are demanding a fair contract with safe staffing to protect la comunidad!
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Union nurses in Hialeah were on the picket line this week fighting for patient safety.
We are demanding a fair contract with safe staffing to protect la comunidad!
We are demanding a fair contract with safe staffing to protect la comunidad!
🏥 Ascension and CommonSpirit are failing our communities by closing hospitals and cutting services.
Nurses rallied in Baltimore this week to call on the U.S. Bishops to hold these hospitals accountable.
Nurses rallied in Baltimore this week to call on the U.S. Bishops to hold these hospitals accountable.
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🏥 Ascension and CommonSpirit are failing our communities by closing hospitals and cutting services.
Nurses rallied in Baltimore this week to call on the U.S. Bishops to hold these hospitals accountable.
Nurses rallied in Baltimore this week to call on the U.S. Bishops to hold these hospitals accountable.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
⚜️ LCMC Health controls half the hospital beds in New Orleans — and they charge patients more than 5X the cost for services. For a treatment that only costs $100 to provide, patients are charged $576. 🤯
This is how they're creating a health care crisis:
https://bit.ly/49Rra6I
This is how they're creating a health care crisis:
https://bit.ly/49Rra6I
LCMC: Charity Betrayed
For too long, LCMC has betrayed the mission and legacy of Charity Hospital. Today, UMC is being operated more like a for-profit company than the community hospital it was meant to be. As nurses, we se...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
⚜️ LCMC Health controls half the hospital beds in New Orleans — and they charge patients more than 5X the cost for services. For a treatment that only costs $100 to provide, patients are charged $576. 🤯
This is how they're creating a health care crisis:
https://bit.ly/49Rra6I
This is how they're creating a health care crisis:
https://bit.ly/49Rra6I
Nurses are on the strike line for the third day in a row calling LCMC Health out for its nurse retention problem. We’re tired of LCMC’s revolving door strategy for staffing UMC.
📣 Experienced nurses with deep community roots are good for patient care! 📣
📣 Experienced nurses with deep community roots are good for patient care! 📣
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Nurses are on the strike line for the third day in a row calling LCMC Health out for its nurse retention problem. We’re tired of LCMC’s revolving door strategy for staffing UMC.
📣 Experienced nurses with deep community roots are good for patient care! 📣
📣 Experienced nurses with deep community roots are good for patient care! 📣
Patient safety is on the line. Miami nurses are fighting for a contract with safe staffing and retention!
“HSA has failed, up to this point, to address in any meaningful way our core demands of patient safety and employee retention.” – Lazaro Garcia, RN
https://bit.ly/3JXQQ74
“HSA has failed, up to this point, to address in any meaningful way our core demands of patient safety and employee retention.” – Lazaro Garcia, RN
https://bit.ly/3JXQQ74
HSA nurses rally for patient safety and employee retention
Union nurses at Palmetto General Hospital, Coral Gables Hospital, and Florida Medical Center, members of NNOC, are holding a rally on Friday, Nov. 14, at 8:00 a.m. at Palmetto General Hospital as cont...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Patient safety is on the line. Miami nurses are fighting for a contract with safe staffing and retention!
“HSA has failed, up to this point, to address in any meaningful way our core demands of patient safety and employee retention.” – Lazaro Garcia, RN
https://bit.ly/3JXQQ74
“HSA has failed, up to this point, to address in any meaningful way our core demands of patient safety and employee retention.” – Lazaro Garcia, RN
https://bit.ly/3JXQQ74
New Orleans nurses are on the strike line this week because fewer and fewer staff are staying long-term at UMC. Meanwhile, LCMC executives are making obscene amounts of money.
How about investing those profits into nurse retention instead of executive pay?
How about investing those profits into nurse retention instead of executive pay?
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New Orleans nurses are on the strike line this week because fewer and fewer staff are staying long-term at UMC. Meanwhile, LCMC executives are making obscene amounts of money.
How about investing those profits into nurse retention instead of executive pay?
How about investing those profits into nurse retention instead of executive pay?
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su stands with New Orleans nurses striking for nursing staff retention today!
When workers stand united, we’ll never be defeated!
When workers stand united, we’ll never be defeated!
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su stands with New Orleans nurses striking for nursing staff retention today!
When workers stand united, we’ll never be defeated!
When workers stand united, we’ll never be defeated!
🚨URGENT: The House could vote on a bad funding deal that will leave millions of people stuck with health insurance they can't afford.
Call & tell these House Reps and tell them to hold the line and vote NO:
Reps. Henry Cuellar, Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Vicente Gonzalez, and Susie Lee.
Call & tell these House Reps and tell them to hold the line and vote NO:
Reps. Henry Cuellar, Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Vicente Gonzalez, and Susie Lee.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🚨URGENT: The House could vote on a bad funding deal that will leave millions of people stuck with health insurance they can't afford.
Call & tell these House Reps and tell them to hold the line and vote NO:
Reps. Henry Cuellar, Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Vicente Gonzalez, and Susie Lee.
Call & tell these House Reps and tell them to hold the line and vote NO:
Reps. Henry Cuellar, Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Vicente Gonzalez, and Susie Lee.
Senate Democrats caved on health care funding, which means millions of people's tremendous suffering over the past month was all in vain.
We reject this bad backdoor shutdown deal!
We reject this bad backdoor shutdown deal!
National Nurses United rejects bad backdoor shutdown deal
National Nurses United is disappointed that the Democratic Party failed to stand strong together in demanding that Republicans restore desperately needed health care subsidies for working people as a condition of agreeing to reopen the federal government.
www.nationalnursesunited.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Senate Democrats caved on health care funding, which means millions of people's tremendous suffering over the past month was all in vain.
We reject this bad backdoor shutdown deal!
We reject this bad backdoor shutdown deal!
Today is the first day of nurses' three day strike in New Orleans!
We're on strike at UMC New Orleans because we’re tired of seeing great nurses leave LCMC because of the working conditions here. Nurses, our patients, and our community deserve better!
We're on strike at UMC New Orleans because we’re tired of seeing great nurses leave LCMC because of the working conditions here. Nurses, our patients, and our community deserve better!
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Today is the first day of nurses' three day strike in New Orleans!
We're on strike at UMC New Orleans because we’re tired of seeing great nurses leave LCMC because of the working conditions here. Nurses, our patients, and our community deserve better!
We're on strike at UMC New Orleans because we’re tired of seeing great nurses leave LCMC because of the working conditions here. Nurses, our patients, and our community deserve better!
Maine nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital are taking a powerful stand with a two-day strike to demand safe staffing and high quality care!
We need a strong contract that protects us and our patients and attracts and retains excellent nurses.
www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/houlto...
We need a strong contract that protects us and our patients and attracts and retains excellent nurses.
www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/houlto...
Houlton nurses to hold two-day strike
Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, will begin their two-day strike on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to protest management’s refusal to address their deep concerns about staffi...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Maine nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital are taking a powerful stand with a two-day strike to demand safe staffing and high quality care!
We need a strong contract that protects us and our patients and attracts and retains excellent nurses.
www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/houlto...
We need a strong contract that protects us and our patients and attracts and retains excellent nurses.
www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/houlto...
A strike is a last resort but University Medical Center is refusing to recruit and retain experienced nurses.
We’re tired of the revolving door policy that puts profits ahead of patient care. ✊
www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/new-or...
We’re tired of the revolving door policy that puts profits ahead of patient care. ✊
www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/new-or...
New Orleans nurses prepare for three-day strike for nurse retention starting Nov. 11
Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans in Louisiana will hold a strike for three days starting Nov. 11 to protest the refusal of the hospital’s owner and operator, LCMC Health, to address con...
www.nationalnursesunited.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A strike is a last resort but University Medical Center is refusing to recruit and retain experienced nurses.
We’re tired of the revolving door policy that puts profits ahead of patient care. ✊
www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/new-or...
We’re tired of the revolving door policy that puts profits ahead of patient care. ✊
www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/new-or...
Maine nurses from Portland and Bangor are united!
We’re fighting for union contracts with enforceable safe staffing ratios. Our patients' lives depend on it.
We’re fighting for union contracts with enforceable safe staffing ratios. Our patients' lives depend on it.
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Maine nurses from Portland and Bangor are united!
We’re fighting for union contracts with enforceable safe staffing ratios. Our patients' lives depend on it.
We’re fighting for union contracts with enforceable safe staffing ratios. Our patients' lives depend on it.
When open enrollment starts tomorrow, most people will pay 2X the cost for premiums. Republicans — who stole nearly $1 trillion from working people & gave it to corporations as massive tax cuts — are to blame. Congress must restore health care funding now! https://bit.ly/4nt2J2M
The Health Insurance Cost Crisis Is Now Upon Us - The American Prospect
The price hikes won’t happen until January 1, but open enrollment begins on November 1, ten days from now—and the average exchange beneficiary will see their premium costs more than double.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
When open enrollment starts tomorrow, most people will pay 2X the cost for premiums. Republicans — who stole nearly $1 trillion from working people & gave it to corporations as massive tax cuts — are to blame. Congress must restore health care funding now! https://bit.ly/4nt2J2M
Sure, the jump scares and decorations might be a little spooky, but know what's really scary? When our patients' lives are put on the line — all so the hospital execs can make more money.
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sure, the jump scares and decorations might be a little spooky, but know what's really scary? When our patients' lives are put on the line — all so the hospital execs can make more money.
Nurses from 8️⃣ facilities in California took to the strike lines today to say loud and clear: Our patients’ care should always matter more than your company’s profits.
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Nurses from 8️⃣ facilities in California took to the strike lines today to say loud and clear: Our patients’ care should always matter more than your company’s profits.
Why are millions facing an huge spike in health care costs? Because Republicans stole $1TN from working people’s health care & food assistance and gave it to corporations as huge tax cuts.
Congress: Restore health funding and reopen the government now! https://to.pbs.org/3WZ9I8K
Congress: Restore health funding and reopen the government now! https://to.pbs.org/3WZ9I8K
Why millions of Americans are facing a spike in health care costs
Millions of Americans are bracing themselves for a significant hike in their 2026 health insurance premiums without the subsidies at the center of the government shutdown battle. It comes as insurance...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Why are millions facing an huge spike in health care costs? Because Republicans stole $1TN from working people’s health care & food assistance and gave it to corporations as huge tax cuts.
Congress: Restore health funding and reopen the government now! https://to.pbs.org/3WZ9I8K
Congress: Restore health funding and reopen the government now! https://to.pbs.org/3WZ9I8K