Feb 13, 2026
The longest-running nurses strike in New York City history has come to an end—for some. Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, however, overwhelmingly voted this week to reject a tentative agreement and to stay on strike until their demands for safer staffing and more job security are met. In this unscheduled strike...
Feb 12, 2026
An estimated 31,000 health care workers in California and
Hawaii walked off the job on Jan. 26 in their ongoing battle with
healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente to address workers’ demands for
safe staffing, more manageable workloads, and a livable wage. The
United Nurses Associations of California / Union of Health...
Feb 6, 2026
Feb. 3, 2026 marked the three-year anniversary of the Norfolk
Southern train derailment and chemical disaster in East Palestine,
OH—one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Over the
last three years, residents have been exploited and abandoned by
Norfolk Southern, the government, opportunistic...
Feb 1, 2026
Hundreds of union nurses, federal workers, and local residents
gathered outside the Veterans Affairs central office building in
Washington, DC, on Jan. 28, to hold a vigil for Alex Pretti and all
who have been killed by ICE. The vigil was one of many events
organized or co-sponsored by National Nurses United, the...
Jan 28, 2026
On Friday, Jan. 23, around 50,000 people in Minneapolis, MN,
engaged in a historic mass strike and day of protest to demand an
end to ICE terror and President Trump’s federal siege of Minnesota.
Then, on Saturday, Jan. 24, an ICE agent shot and killed Alex
Pretti, volunteer ICE observer and a registered union
nurse...