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California Nurses Association to Join the AFL-CIO

THE AFL-CIO VOTED in March to grant a charter to the California Nurses Association and its national arm, the National Nurses Organizing Committee, bringing the number of registered nurses in the federation to 325,000. CNA/NNOC represents 75,000 RNs across the country.

Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of CNA/NNOC, says: “We look forward to being a part of a federation that has distinguished itself as the national voice of working people in the U.S., and is the leading national champion for all Americans on a broad range of critical issues, including jobs, retirement security, economic opportunity, workplace safety, civil rights, civil liberties and public safety.”

CNA was formed in 1903, and was part of the American Nurses Association until 1995 when it split from the national association.

CNA/NNOC, DeMoro notes, “is especially pleased to be a part of the 325,000 RNs now represented by the AFL-CIO who will have such a prominent voice” in the effort to reform the nation’s health care system.

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