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RNs in Motion » 11 2010 More than 8,000 HCA and Tenet RNs in Nevada, Texas, Missouri, and Florida join NNOC. 14,000 RNs sign up to volunteer for RNRN's Haiti earthquake relief mission, which sends nurses aboard USNS Comfort and to Sacré Coeur Hospital in northern Haiti. 1,300 RNs at the University of Chicago Medical Center become the first hospital to vote to join NNU followed by 1,600 RNs at Washington, D.C.'s largest hospital, Washington Hospital Center. 2011 In the aftermath of the financial crisis, NNU holds 60 actions in 21 states involving 10,000 RNs, bringing national attention to the need for a tax on Wall Street to heal America. CNA wins passage of a bill requiring that all California hospitals have a safe patient handling policy, including "lift teams" trained to lift patients using proper equipment. 2012 CNA issues a major report calling for nonprofit hospitals to be held accountable for providing charity care. Medicare for All California bus tour visits 18 cities with free health screenings and town hall meetings reaching thousands. 2013 NNU joins nurses and health care workers' unions in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe to create Global Nurses United to fight austerity measures and work collectively to win universal health care as a human right for all. RNRN deploys teams of volunteer RNs to the Philippines in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, one of the worst storms on record. 2014 NNU sounds alarm on hospitals' lack of Ebola preparation. CNA wins nation's toughest Ebola safety standards to protect patients and health care workers in California through Cal/OSHA guidelines. CNA sponsors and wins S.B. 1299, the nation's strongest workplace violence prevention legislation despite staunch opposition from the hospital industry. 1,200 RNs at Kaiser's flagship Southern California hospital, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, vote to join CNA. 2015 More than 5,000 nurses across California go on strike at five Sutter Health hospitals in Northern California, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, and two Providence Health and Services hospitals in Southern California. Nurses step up political activism, opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and celebrating Medicare's 50th anniversary in cities across the country. 2016 Nurses seize historic opportunity to support Sen. Bernie Sanders, a presidential candidate whose platform aligns perfectly with nurses' values. NNU hosts the People's Summit in Chicago, gathering more than 3,000 nurses and progressive allies to discuss and plan how to grow the movement 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 similar standards. RNRN sends volunteer nurses to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation to provide medical support for Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protesters protecting the Missouri River watershed. 2017 Nurses support efforts around the country to pass state-based single-payer legislation, including the CNA-sponsored S.B. 562 in California, the Minnesota Health Plan, and a single-payer initiative in Maryland. Some 400 RNs at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock vote to unionize. RNRN deploys more than 50 volunteer nurses as part of AFL-CIO mission to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Due to the federal government's dismal emergency response, RNRN nurses are the first medical personnel to attend residents in some towns. About 100 nurses at Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree join CNA. 2018 Founding executive director of modern-day CNA/NNOC and of NNU, RoseAnn DeMoro, retires after 32 years of leadership. Bonnie Castillo, RN, a nurse leader who has served in numerous capacities within CNA/NNOC, becomes the new executive director. CNA succeeds in initiating creation of Cal/OSHA standards to protect health care workers from toxic surgical plumes. Nurses join with labor unions across the country to protest the Janus v. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court decision, which turns all public-sector bargaining units into so-called "right to work" environments where workers can refuse to pay dues but still be represented by the union. 1,000 RNs at Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital, Tenet facilities in Tucson, vote to join NNOC, making these the first unionized nurses in the state of Arizona. 2019 A federal ratios bill, sponsored by NNU and based on California's mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios law, is reintroduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown in the Senate and Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the House. In a historic victory, RNs at Chinese Hospital, one of the last remaining nonunion hospitals in San Francisco, vote to join CNA.