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5 CNA/NNU 101 » What is CNA/NNU? CNA/NNOC RNs at nine California Catholic Healthcare West hospitals win enhanced patient care protections and pay gains of 25.5 percent. X 2008 RNs at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center in Houston vote for CNA/NNOC rep- resentation in a dramatic breakthrough, becoming the first nurses in a private-sector hospital in Texas to win union collec- tive bargaining rights. X 2009 First National RN Day of Action unveils the National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, S. 1031. The bill, based on the success of the California ratio law, includes patient advocacy, whistle-blower protection, education assistance, and a preceptor and mentor- ship program. Unanimous delegate vote creates the largest RN union in U.S. history; National Nurses United represents 155,000 RNs with contracts covering nurses in 24 states and individual members in all 50 states. 7,000 Veterans Affairs RNs in 22 V.A. hospitals in 11 states affiliate with National Nurses United. X 2010 6,000 HCA RNs in Nevada, Texas, Missouri, and Florida vote to join CNA/NNOC. RNRN sends nurses aboard USNS Comfort and to Sacré Coeur Hospital, the largest pri- vate hospital in the north of Haiti, in response to a devastating earthquake. X 2011 CNA wins passage of bill requiring all California hospitals have a safe patient handling policy, including "lift teams" trained to lift patients using proper equipment. NNU begins Nurses Campaign to Heal America, calling for health care, good jobs, education, a clean environment, and retire- ment security for all, with revenue through a Robin Hood tax on Wall Street speculation. X 2012 CNA issues a major report calling for improved accountability for nonprofit hospitals to provide charity care. RNs in California, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia vote to join CNA and NNU. CNA and NNU RNs rush to New York to assist with Hurricane Sandy disaster relief. X 2013 California Nurses from Queen of the Valley RNs in Napa, Little Company of Mary in Torrance, and Sutter Pacific in San Francisco, among others, all vote to join CNA. X 2014 CNA launches "Insist on an RN" multimedia campaign to inform the public about why an RN at their bedside is their best advocate against an industry that wants to computerize health care. CNA sounds the alarm on how unprepared the nation's hospitals are for Ebola and other communicable disease pandemics; wins toughest and safest standards in country for health care workers through California Occupational Safety and Health guidelines; fights for same at federal level. 1,200 RNs at Kaiser Permanente's flagship Southern California hos- pital, Los Angeles Medical Center, vote overwhelm- ingly to join CNA. X 2015 Nurses step up political activism, opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and cele- brating Medicare's 50th anniversary in cities across the country. NNU is first national union to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. RNRN participates in a medical mission providing basic medical support to 11 countries in Central and South America, and the Caribbean. X 2016 Nurses seize historic opportunity to support a presidential candidate whose platform aligns perfectly with nurses' val- ues, Sen. Bernie Sanders. NNU hosts the People's Summit in Chicago, gath- ering more than 3,000 nurses and progressive allies to discuss and plan how to grow the move- ment for social justice. Cal/OSHA votes to adopt the nation's strongest health care workplace violence prevention regulations, thanking CNA for its advocacy and leadership on this issue. NNU successfully petitions the federal government to adopt the same standards. CNA/NNU launches the Nurses Health and Safety campaign, a national net- work of nurses and allies committed to collectively advocating for nurse and patient health and safety through direct action, and in the legislative and regulatory arenas. RNRN sends volunteer nurses to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation to provide basic medical support for Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protesters protecting the Missouri River watershed.