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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 37m

Hundreds of nurses are taking to the streets of San Francisco today at the Global Nurses Assembly 2025, marching with resilience and resistance. ✊✊✊

United in our unions from across the world, we fight for patients, for health justice, and each other.

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarianism fears our solidarity. Union nurses know: When we fight together, we win! #GNSA2025

California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t be fooled. Short staffing isn’t an accident, it’s intentional. Hospital executives put profits over patients. They squeeze nurses with unsafe staffing and forced overtime, then act shocked when nurses refuse to work under these conditions. #StaffingCrisis #SafeStaffing

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 3d

RFK Jr. and Trump keep peddling dangerous lies. Tylenol doesn’t cause autism. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Period.

Nurses demand leadership at all levels stop attacking science. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/trump-rfk-autism-tylenol-backlash

Trump faces Republican backlash over Kennedy's autism and vaccine claims

Senators warn health secretary's advice on Tylenol in pregnancy lacks scientific basis, raising alarm in GOP ranks

www.theguardian.com

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 5d

The Economic Policy Institute reports that CEO pay is soaring again. Workers create the wealth. CEOs hoard it.

California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 6d

Nurses at Enloe Health in Chico will rally tomorrow to protest the closure of home health and hospice units. RNs warn the Oct 31 shutdown will harm vulnerable patients! www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/chico-...

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...

www.nationalnursesunited.org

California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 6d

The budget reconciliation bill that Congress recently passed will triple ICE’s budget, give billionaires tax cuts, and slash Medicaid, taking health care from millions. Who are they serving?

👏 Nobody should be fighting cancer and their congressman at the same time.👏

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 8d

Registered nurses at UC hospitals took action today because management refuses to address concerns about safe staffing and working conditions.

You take on one of us, you take on all of us! ✊

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 10d

CNA President Cathy Kennedy, RN urges voters to stand with nurses and vote #YesOnProp50! Working people — not billionaires or politicians — should decide the future of our country and our health care.

A gathering of people outdoors at a political event, with an individual speaking at a podium surrounded by multiple American flags. Signs are visible with messages including "YES on 50" and other slogans. The setting is sunny with a clear blue sky.

People at a rally holding signs, including one that reads "YES ON 50! Nurses for Democracy." The event is affiliated with National Nurses United.

US Congressman Mike Thompson standing next to an individual holding a 'Nurses for Democracy' sign that reads 'YES on 50!' at an outdoor rally.

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 11d

Union nurses canvassed today to get out the vote and say yes to Prop 50!

Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, public health, and union rights are on the line. We must have a level playing field in elections, and Prop 50 does that. #YesOnProp50

Person in a red shirt and glasses holding a clipboard and wearing a tote bag labeled "Nurses for Democracy," standing at a doorway and smiling.

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 13d

Nurses advocate for our patients from the bedside to the ballot box.

Vote YES for Prop 50 and push back against the government attack on Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, public health, union rights, and due process.

California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 14d

Kaiser is making record profits while laying off nurses and pushing untested A.I. Yesterday nurses from Sacramento to Los Angeles stood strong on the picket line to demand Kaiser invest in nurses, not cuts.

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 15d

Kaiser is laying off nurses and banking record profits as patient care declines.

We're seeing our patients pay the price with long wait times, canceled procedures, and impersonal remote monitoring. Enough is enough!

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 16d

President Trump is currently eroding checks and balances by exercising raw executive power in every way he can. Nurses will not stand by as this happens.

Join us October 18 to remind Trump and his enablers: America has #NoKings!
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=n...

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 16d

Nurses stand with immigrant workers. We say no to ICE raids and yes to protecting every patient's right to care without fear.

Save this so you know what to say if ICE comes into your facility.

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 18d

Union nurses joined Gov. Newsom in LA today as he signed a historic package — including our sponsored bill, SB 81 — to protect immigrant families from ICE raids in sensitive sites. This law puts guardrails on ICE in hospitals so patients can seek care without fear.

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 20d

Nurses gathered in LA this week to practice the advocacy skills necessary for protecting our immigrant patients and ourselves in the face of growing ICE enforcement in our hospitals.

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 21d

UC nurses are joining faculty workers to sue the Trump administration and stop its illegal attack on gender-affirming care and ICE deportations at our universities and hospitals.

This lawsuit is about protecting our patients’ rights and standing up for care, not cruelty.

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 22d

Union RNs at UC Irvine Health are voting #YesOnProp50 to fight back against Trump and the Republicans who want to rig the 2026 election!

These same forces gutted Medicaid funding earlier this year to fund tax cuts for billionaires. We must protect our patients and communities!

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National Nurses United @nationalnurses.bsky.social · 26d

Nurses at HCA Fort Walton-Destin Hospital just WON a union in the Florida panhandle.

Next up: Fighting for a strong union contract that addresses chronic short-staffing, unsafe floating practices, workplace violence, and more! 💪

HCA Fort Walton-Destin Hospital nurses vote decisively to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. voted decisively in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the largest un...

www.nationalnursesunited.org

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 26d

Kaiser’s justification for laying off nurses doesn’t hold up. $13 billion in profits last year, yet the cuts keep coming and patient care is delayed. It’s unacceptable!

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · Sep 3

You'd think Kaiser would respond to increased demand by hiring more staff. But instead, they want to lay off nurses and replace us with telehealth and A.I. 😡
https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/san-rafael-nurses-rally-against-layoffs-at-20840765.php

San Rafael: Nurses Rally Against Layoffs At Kaiser Permanente San Rafael

In response to announced layoffs of 42 registered nurses and nurse practitioners from their outpatient clinics in San Rafael, dozens of nurses rallied at the Kaiser Permanente downtown office in the.....

www.sfgate.com

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hospitals must be sanctuaries for healing, not places of fear.

We urge @CAgovernor Newsom to sign SB 81 and protect all patients from ICE intimidation while they seek care.
https://bit.ly/3K2ZXD9

Union nurses celebrate S.B. 81’s passage, urge signing bill into law to protect patients

CNA today celebrates the passage of Senate Bill 81 (S.B. 81) and urges Governor Gavin Newsom to sign it. Nurses say this critical legislation is an essential check on the power of immigration authorit...

www.nationalnursesunited.org

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · Sep 1

This labor day, #UnionStrong nurses have a clear message: It's time to stop billionaires from destroying our democracy and stealing from working families!

Like with any bad boss, the way we stop the takeover is with collective action. ✊

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · Aug 31

To our immigrant patients who may be living in fear: Union nurses have your back and we will continue to fight for you!

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