- "Texas and Kansas nurses employed by Ascension will rally at the health care giant’s headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., to pressure executives to reverse unsafe staffing practices that prioritize profits over patient safety, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today."
NNOC/NNU represents nearly 2,000 nurses who work at three Ascension facilities: Ascension via Christi St. Joseph Hospital (Wichita, Kan.), Ascension via Christi St. Francis Hospital (Wichita, Kan.), and Ascension Seton Medical Center (Austin, Texas). In recent weeks, nurses at all three hospitals have voted by overwhelming majorities to authorize one-day strikes.
Who: Ascension nurses from Kansas and Texas
What: Rally for safe staffing
When: June 15, 2 p.m. CT
Where: Ascension Headquarters: 4600 Edmundson Rd., St. Louis, Mo., 63134
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/ascension-nurses-to-rally-at-company-hq