4 News Briefs
Montefiore nurses fight A.I. 5 | MNA welcomes
600+ new members in historic first contracts
6 | University of Michigan RNs score big with
new contract 7 | DC nurses win advocacy award,
grow union 8 | Chicago's Rush University Medical
Center RNs form union; NNU's report reveals
Catholic hospitals lead nation in pediatric unit
closures 9 | Nurses across the country demand
Palantir out! 10 | Nurses from California to
Maine strike and picket Prime Healthcare facilities
12 | Landmark nurse-sponsored bills on A.I.
pass Legislature 13 |RNs fight back with strike
against anti-union employer 14 | 35,000 nurses
in Northern and Central California head into
bargaining 15 | Santa Ana nurses ratify first
contract 16 | HCA Swedish nurses unionize
17 | How U.S. fuel blockade harms Cuban
health 18 | Ascension Saint Agnes nurses win
first contract 19 | California nurses celebrate
implementation of RN-to-patient staffing ratios in
acute psychiatric hospitals; Contra Costa RNs win
new contract; St. Helena RNs unionize; Houlton
RNs strike for four days; Kansas City nurses rally to
demand action on unsafe patient care conditions.
20 Celebrating Nurses
Outreach to nurses can be fun and educational.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
22
Crossing the Line
To protect our patients, our union, and our
democracy, it's time to escalate like never before,
at the ballot box and beyond.
By Puneet Maharaj
23 When Home Is Not Safe
Trump's cruel and racist immigration policies are
endangering nurse members and upending lives,
careers.
By Lucia Hwang
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ON THE COVER: On Aug. 27, 2026, NNU nurses
and community allies stopped traffic and pro-
tested the A.I. surveillance corporation Palantir
in Washington, D.C., one of eight cities where
nurses staged protests to demand Palantir get out
of hospitals, government, and society.
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