National Nurses United (NNU) is a nursing labor union based in California. In our region, NNU currently represents Registered Nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia. NNU opened its Mid-Atlantic regional office in Silver Spring in 2011.
One of NNU’s stated objectives is to “organize all direct care RNs into a single organization…” NNU organizing tactics often include:
- Home visits to nurses
- Negative media campaigns against hospitals and their leaders
- Strikes, pickets, and candlelight vigils
- “Marches” on the CEO’s office
- Filing multiple unfair labor practice charges against employers
- Filing complaints about staffing and/or patient safety with Department of Health and/or other regulatory agencies
- Use of websites and other social media to advance their agenda
- Billboards critical of the care provided at the targeted hospital
- Hosting continuing education courses to gather contact information of local nurses