National Nurses United

LOUISIANA R egistered nurses at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., voted in early December to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU). In a three-day vote from Dec. 7 to Dec. 9, UMC nurses voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the union. Despite a disgusting union-busting effort from management, nurses voted 82 percent yes with over 90 percent turnout. Altogether, 74 percent of eligible voters said yes to the union. "This is a historic day for UMC, for New Orleans and the surrounding area, and for all of Louisiana and the South," said Dionne Jones, RN in the in-house nurse pool at UMC. "Nurses at our hospital wanted a voice so we can speak up for our patients and ourselves, and we wanted a seat at the table to be involved in shaping the future of our hospital. Now that we've won our union, we have both." "Nurses in units across the hospital sup- ported this union because of the difficult working conditions at our facility, our safety concerns about our workplace, and the unsafe staffing in our units," said Christine Faulkner, RN in the MICU. "As members of NNOC/NNU, UMC nurses are joining a nationwide movement of nurses committed to fighting for our patients, our communities, and our fellow health care workers," said Cathy Kennedy, RN and president of California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), the largest affili- ate of NNU. UMC is now the first private-sector hospital to be unionized in the state of Louisiana, and this was the largest National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election in Louisiana in nearly 30 years, making UMC nurses' vote to join NNOC/NNU a water- shed victory for labor organizing in the South. Nurses will now move to elect their bar- gaining team and prepare to negotiate their first contract. In contract negotiations, nurses say they aim to address the same issues that motivated their unionization campaign. —Lucy Diavolo New Orleans nurses make history by unionizing University Medical Center RNs join NNOC 2023 Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation Publication title: National Nurse. Publication number: USPS 0807-560, ISSN 2153-0386. Filing date: 9-27-2023. Issue frequency: Quarterly, with combined issues in January-February-March, April- May-June, July-August-September, and October-November-December. Number of issues published annually: 4. Annual subscription price: $40. Complete mailing address of known office of publication: 155 Grand Ave., Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94612. Contact person: Lucia Hwang. Telephone: (510) 273-2200. Complete mailing addresses of headquarters or general business office of publisher: Same as above. Publisher: California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, 155 Grand Ave., Oakland, California, 94612. Editor: Lucia Hwang. Managing editor: None. Owner: California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, 155 Grand Ave., Oakland, California, 94612. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount: none. Tax status: Has not changed during preceding 12 months. Publication title: National Nurse. Issue date for circulation data below: July-August-September 2023. Extent and nature of circulation: Registered nurse members of CNA/NNU and subscribers. For the following, the first number represents the average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months and the second number represents the number of copies of the single issue published nearest to filing date. Total number of copies (net press run): 188,542; 188,800. Mailed outside-county paid subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541: 173,628; 183,501. Mailed in-county paid subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541: 0; 0. Paid distribution outside the mails including sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors, counter sales, and other paid distribution outside USPS: 0; 0. Paid distribution by other classes of mail through the USPS: 59, 61. Total paid distribution: 173,687; 183,562. Free or nominal rate outside-county copies included on PS Form 3541: 0; 0. Free or nominal rate in-county copies included on PS Form 3541: 0; 0. Free or nominal rate copies mailed at other classes through the USPS: 0; 0. Free or nominal rate distribution outside the mail: 0; 0. Total free or nominal rate distribution: 0; 0. Total distribution: 173,687; 183,562. Copies not distributed: 14,855; 5,238. Total: 188,542; 188,800. Percent paid: 100%; 100%. Information in this statement will be published in the October-November-December 2023 issue of this publication. O C T O B E R | N O V E M B E R | D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 3 W W W . N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N A T I O N A L N U R S E 11

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