Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida

In secret, behind locked gates, our Nation's Oldest City dumped a landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir), while emitting sewage in our rivers and salt marsh. Organized citizens exposed and defeated pollution, racism and cronyism. We elected a new Mayor. We're transforming our City -- advanced citizenship. Ask questions. Make disclosures. Demand answers. Be involved. Expect democracy. Report and expose corruption. Smile! Help enact a St. Augustine National Park and Seashore. We shall overcome!

Monday, March 23, 2026

FLORIDA NURES UNITED, WINNING VICTORIES (Florida Nurses United)

Three cheers! Florida nurses and other health care professionals are working to win collective bargain rights. My mom and dad were both union organizers, working to protect worker rights to workplace free speech and collective bargaining. Godspeed!

Group of nurses outside with raised fists

Press releases

Large group of nurses outside, holding banner "National Nurses Organizing Committee" and signs "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

South Florida nurses ratify new union contracts at three HSA hospitals

Registered nurses at three South Florida hospitals owned by Healthcare Systems of America (HSA) voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying new union contracts this week, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

January 14, 2026

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Fort Walton nurses to hold rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital will hold a rally on Jan. 14 as they enter into negotiations for their first contract since forming a union last year. Nurses say safe staffing and addressing workplace violence will be their top priorities as they start negotiations.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

January 12, 2026

Nurses outside holding signs "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

South Florida nurses call off strikes after reaching deal with HSA

RNs were preparing to strike for safe staffing measures in on-going contract negotiations because they know safe staffing is an essential part of safe patient care. Nurses stayed at the table with HSA management to reach a deal on their new contract, averting the planned strikes.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

January 8, 2026

Nurses inside hospital holding letter

South Florida nurses deliver notices for strikes at three HSA hospitals

Nurses at the HSA facilities are currently bargaining for renewed union contracts with HSA management. The RNs say they are striking for safe staffing because of the implications safe staffing has for safe patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

December 29, 2025

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HCA Fort Walton-Destin Hospital nurses vote decisively to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. voted decisively in favor of joining National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

September 12, 2025

Large group of nurses outside hospital, smiling, with raised fists

Union victory in Florida

Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. voted decisively in September to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United. In a two-day vote, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11, more than 65 percent of nurses voted in favor of unionizing.

November 3, 2025

Large group of nurses outside hospital, holding signs "Hey HCA, Put Patients Over Profit"

HCA nurses win new contracts

Registered nurses at 17 hospitals managed by HCA voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in October, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee.

December 20, 2024

Group of nurses by side of the road smiling, holding signs "No Cuts: A Healthy VA = Healthy Vets"

VA nurses across country fight for safe staffing, protest hiring freeze

Registered nurses who work at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals around the country, from New York to Ohio to North Carolina to Florida, held a national week of action in August. The nurses are calling on the VA to lift what is in effect a hiring freeze that has contributed to more than tens of thousands of vacancies across the health system, including thousands of RN positions.

September 19, 2024

Nurses outside hospital picketing, holding signs "Hey HCA, Put Patients Over Profits"

HCA nurses from across the country rally in Florida

In late November, more than 100 registered nurses from HCA facilities across the country held a rally outside of HCA’s West Florida Division Office in Tampa, Fla. Nurses said their protest was intended to send a message to management about nurse unity and solidarity in the face of mismanagement at their hospitals across the country, and it came ahead of a wave of union contract expirations next year.

January 12, 2024

Group of four nurses in front of hospital holding lettter

RNs at three Steward hospitals ratify new pacts

Registered nurses at three Steward Health Care hospitals in South Florida resoundingly voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in October. The new contracts support improvements in patient care and will strengthen each hospital’s capacity to retain and recruit registered nurses, which is a priority given the staffing crisis at each facility.

January 6, 2023

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