United Health Professionals of New Mexico

United Health Professionals of New Mexico Our mission is to organize healthcare workers throughout New Mexico.

Nurses Attacked on the Job | Workplace Violence in Healthcare Is Driving Nurses AwayLet’s stop pretending this is just “...
05/07/2026

Nurses Attacked on the Job | Workplace Violence in Healthcare Is Driving Nurses Away
Let’s stop pretending this is just “part of the job.”

Nurses are being:
👉 hit
👉 threatened
👉 put in unsafe situations
👉 and expected to keep going like nothing happened

And why?

👉 short staffing
👉 no support
👉 systems that don’t protect workers

This isn’t burnout.

👉 This is workplace violence.

And it’s driving nurses out of the profession.

Here’s the truth:

When nurses are not safe—

👉 patients are not safe

If you’ve experienced this—

👉 we want to hear from you

Because silence is exactly what keeps this going.

Share your story.
Email: [email protected]

Or message us directly.






United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.

Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.

🌐 uhpnm.nm.aft.org
📧 [email protected]

📞 503-810-4489

📘 Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
📸 Instagram:

New Mexico nurses—Let’s stop pretending this is normal.👉 Working short👉 Taking more patients than is safe👉 Being told “t...
05/04/2026

New Mexico nurses—

Let’s stop pretending this is normal.

👉 Working short
👉 Taking more patients than is safe
👉 Being told “this is just how it is right now”

No.

It’s not “right now.”
👉 It’s been like this.

And it stays like this when everyone thinks they’re the only one dealing with it.

You’re not.

Nurses across the state are dealing with the same thing:

unsafe assignments
burnout
watching travelers come in while staff get nothing

Here’s the real question:

👉 How many of you are quietly adjusting… instead of speaking up?

Because that’s how nothing changes.

This isn’t about complaining.

👉 This is about patient safety
👉 This is about your license
👉 This is about your life outside of work

If you’re working in New Mexico and feeling this—

👉 DM the word SAFE

We are connecting nurses across hospitals right now.

No pressure. No commitment.

Just real conversations about what’s actually happening.




United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.

Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.

🌐 uhpnm.nm.aft.org
📧 [email protected]

📞 503-810-4489

📘 Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
📸 Instagram:

Workers fought for an 8-hour day—and some were killed for it.Hospitals now run short staffed and call it normal.You’re t...
05/02/2026

Workers fought for an 8-hour day—and some were killed for it.

Hospitals now run short staffed and call it normal.

You’re told to “just keep going”—no matter the risk.

When staff are pushed past their limits, patients pay the price.

Nothing changes unless workers stop accepting it.

Stand with healthcare workers.
This is about patient safety.





United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.

Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.

🌐 uhpnm.nm.aft.org
📧 [email protected]

📞 503-810-4489

📘 Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
📸 Instagram:

Liz Thomson showed up at the UHPNM–District 1199NM solidarity rally and made one thing clear:👉 healthcare workers are no...
05/02/2026

Liz Thomson showed up at the UHPNM–District 1199NM solidarity rally and made one thing clear:

👉 healthcare workers are not alone in this fight

When we are heading into a second year of negotiations with no raise—
when staffing concerns continue—
when the people doing the work are being asked to carry more with less—

👉 showing up matters
👉 standing with workers matters
👉 being willing to act matters

We don’t need empty words.

We need partners who are willing to stand with healthcare workers and push for real change.

And that’s what we expect moving forward.
We’re paying attention.







United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.

Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.

🌐 uhpnm.nm.aft.org
📧 [email protected]

📞 503-810-4489

📘 Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
📸 Instagram:

Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero said it plainly at the UHPNM–District 1199NM solidarity rally:What happens to h...
05/01/2026

Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero said it plainly at the UHPNM–District 1199NM solidarity rally:
What happens to healthcare workers doesn’t stay with healthcare workers.
👉 It shows up at the bedside
👉 It shows up in delays
👉 It shows up in patient outcomes
When healthcare workers are burned out, short staffed, and unsupported—
👉 patients feel it
When hospitals choose to spend millions on out-of-state contract labor instead of investing in the workforce here—
👉 it drives up costs
👉 increases turnover
👉 and breaks continuity of care
This isn’t just a workforce issue.
👉 This is a patient care issue.
Stand with healthcare workers.
Because this fight is about patients.
Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero said it plainly at the UHPNM–District 1199NM solidarity rally:
What happens to healthcare workers doesn’t stay with healthcare workers.
👉 It shows up at the bedside
👉 It shows up in delays
👉 It shows up in patient outcomes
When healthcare workers are burned out, short staffed, and unsupported—
👉 patients feel it
When hospitals choose to spend millions on out-of-state contract labor instead of investing in the workforce here—
👉 it drives up costs
👉 increases turnover
👉 and breaks continuity of care
This isn’t just a workforce issue.
👉 This is a patient care issue.
Stand with healthcare workers.
Because this fight is about patients.
United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.
Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.
🌐 uhpnm.nm.aft.org
📧 [email protected]
📞 503-810-4489
📘 Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
📸 Instagram:


Representative Kathleen Cates stood with healthcare workers at the UHPNM–District 1199NM solidarity rally and didn’t sug...
04/30/2026

Representative Kathleen Cates stood with healthcare workers at the UHPNM–District 1199NM solidarity rally and didn’t sugarcoat it—access means nothing without quality.

“We can pass reforms and pat ourselves on the back for increasing access to healthcare—but that does not mean the care is better.

Right now, accountants are making medical decisions by short staffing our hospitals.

Mistakes aren’t happening because healthcare workers are careless.
They’re happening because they’re being asked to care for too many patients at once.

At the same time, hospitals are prioritizing higher-paid traveling nurses—many of whom, while qualified, are not always familiar with where critical equipment is in an emergency.

That puts patients at risk. And it puts our local healthcare workers in impossible situations.

If we want real access and real quality in healthcare, we have to take care of the people providing it.

And I’m not talking about multimillion-dollar CEOs collecting profits.

I’m talking about the nurses, therapists, and frontline healthcare workers who are here every day—showing up, under pressure, doing the best they can in a system that is not supporting them.”

Healthcare workers are being asked to do more with less—while decisions are being made that prioritize cost over care.

👉 Safe staffing is patient safety
👉 Investment in local staff matters
👉 This is about quality, not just access

Stand with healthcare workers.
This fight is about patients.

United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.

Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.

🌐 uhpnm.nm.aft.org
📧 [email protected]

📞 503-810-4489

📘 Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
📸 Instagram:



04/29/2026

Senator Harold Pope, representing District 23 in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, stood with healthcare workers and made it clear—this is exactly why unions matter.

Healthcare workers shouldn’t be asked to do more with less while leadership compensation continues to rise and millions are spent on out-of-state contract labor.

Paying high-priced travelers instead of investing in the workforce here doesn’t solve the problem—

👉 it drives up healthcare costs
👉 increases turnover
👉 and undermines continuity of care for patients

At the UHPNM 1199NM solidarity rally, leaders, healthcare workers, and community members stood together to say:

👉 this is not sustainable
👉 this is not fair
👉 and it has to change

Stand with healthcare workers.
This fight is about patients.


United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.
Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.
Website: uhpnm.nm.aft.org
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 503-810-4489
Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
Instagram:

This is what solidarity looks like.District 1199NM and UHPNM joined with community members and legislators—showing up an...
04/28/2026

This is what solidarity looks like.

District 1199NM and UHPNM joined with community members and legislators—showing up and standing up for patients and healthcare professionals.

But let’s be clear—

After nearly two years, UNMH continues to rely on contract labor instead of investing in and respecting the people who are here, caring for our patients every day.

Look at this.

This is what it looks like when people show up.

Now ask yourself—

👉 what happens if we don’t?

Because when we don’t show up…

They assume we’re fine.
They assume we accept it.
They assume nothing needs to change.

And that’s exactly how nothing changes.

We are heading into a second year of negotiations with no meaningful improvements.

Short staffing continues.
Turnover continues.
Patients continue to feel it.

And the only thing that shifts that?

👉 Pressure
👉 Presence
👉 People showing up

This is not someone else’s fight.

This is ours.

👉 If you want change—show up
👉 If you want respect—show up
👉 If you want safe patient care—show up

Because if we don’t…

👉 who will?




United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.

Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.

🌐 uhpnm.nm.aft.org
📧 [email protected]

📞 503-810-4489

📘 Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
📸 Instagram:

We are not losing healthcare workers because they don’t care.We’re losing them because the system is pushing them out.Bu...
04/26/2026

We are not losing healthcare workers because they don’t care.

We’re losing them because the system is pushing them out.

Burnout.
Short staffing.
No meaningful support.
No meaningful raises.

👉 And now we’re heading into a second year of negotiations with UNMH—with still no raise.

Meanwhile:

Millions spent on travelers
Bonuses for management
Massive executive raises

And the people actually taking care of patients?

👉 Asked to do more with less.

This is not sustainable.
And it’s not safe.

We stood in solidarity this weekend—with healthcare workers, patients, community members, and legislators—because this affects every single person who relies on this system.

👉 This is about patient care.

👉 This is about respect.

👉 This is about accountability.

Share this.
People need to understand what’s actually happening.
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United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.
Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an AFL-CIO union.
Website: uhpnm.nm.aft.org
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 503-810-4489
Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
Instagram:

They count on you staying home.That’s how nothing changes.Healthcare workers are done being ignored—and we’re not stayin...
04/24/2026

They count on you staying home.
That’s how nothing changes.

Healthcare workers are done being ignored—and we’re not staying quiet.

Patients are waiting.
Staff are stretched thin.
And the people making decisions are still not fixing it.

So we’re showing up.

📍 Bataan Park
📅 Saturday, April 25, 2026
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
🎤 Speakers: 7:00–7:30 PM

You’ll hear from healthcare workers, community leaders, and elected officials about what’s really happening—and what needs to change.

This isn’t just about workers.
This is about patient care in our community.

👉 Show up.
👉 Bring someone with you.
👉 Don’t sit this one out.

📲 Questions? Text 503-810-4489


United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM)
Fighting for safe staffing, quality patient care, and respect for all healthcare workers.
Proudly affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL-CIO

🌐 uhpnm.nm.aft.org
📧 [email protected]

📞 503-810-4489

Facebook: United Health Professionals of New Mexico
Instagram:

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