Nurses from coast to coast have yearned for a powerful, national movement of direct-care RNs to strengthen our voice at the bedside and in the corridors of Congress and our state capitols, to transform our healthcare system, and to protect our patients, our colleagues, and our profession.

Until now, direct-care RNs have been fragmented in separate unions or poorly represented by non-RN unions that fail to prioritize the unique needs of RNs and patients. Countless RNs have been denied the right to form a union.

We need a national union of direct-care RNs, lead by direct-care RNs, that can speak with a strong, unified professional voice nationally. We need to use our collective strength to reverse the growing, multi-state attacks by the healthcare industry on RN staffing, professional practice, compensation, health benefits, retirement security, and our ability to be patient advocates and our right to form unions.

Now is the time! With the formation of National Nurses United, we have a historic opportunity to create just that kind of powerful voice. RNs from CNA/NNOC, MNA, and the UAN are coming together to create a 150,000 "RN Super-Union," the largest union and most influential collective voice of registered nurses in US History, in a step that has already drawn the attention of our employers, our legislators, and the tens of thousands of unrepresented nurses throughout the country.  The founding convention of the National Nurses United will be taking place in Phoenix.