Description: National Nurses United (NNU) is the largest U.S. union and professional organization of registered nurses, organized to advance nurses' workplace rights, patient safety, and progressive health-care reform while providing collective bargaining and member advocacy. Type: Labor union (national nurses' union) Policies: Advocates for safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, workplace safety and PPE, collective bargaining and labor rights, expanded public health access including single-payer/Medicare for All policies, paid sick leave and family leave, reproductive and racial justice in health care, and opposition to privatization of public services. Funding: Primarily funded by member dues and voluntary member contributions, supplemented by donations and political action committee contributions. Affiliates: Organizational affiliates include constituent state nurses associations such as the California Nurses Association and Massachusetts Nurses Association; prominent leaders have included Executive Director Bonnie Castillo and former national leader RoseAnn DeMoro.
