National Nurses United today submitted formal objections to four Department of Labor regulations that would escalate sweeping multiple Trump administration attacks on workers’ and union rights and protections.
Nurses with NNOC/NNU will host a town hall meeting in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 28, to discuss strategies to protect Social Security, including the passage of the Social Security Expansion Act to guarantee a dignified retirement for all people.
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The nation's largest union of registered nurses provided this statement in response to the announcement to terminate collective bargaining agreements for many VA bargaining-unit employees, including some 16,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United at 23 facilities.
The nation's largest union of registered nurses provided the following statement in response to the Department of Health and Human Services, headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., slashing nearly $500 million in mRNA vaccine research:
The nation's largest union of registered nurses provided this statement in response to the announcement by Congressional authors of the Protect America’s Workforce Act that they will move this legislation through a procedure called a “discharge petition.”
A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction after ruling that the Trump administration likely violated the law by stripping nearly a million federal government employees of their union rights.
The more than 225,000 union registered nurses of National Nurses United denounce and vow to fight the more than $715 billion cuts and changes to Medicaid approved by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives today.
The more than 225,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United applaud the introduction of federal legislation to mandate minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios in every hospital across the country. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jan Schakowsky and new Senate sponsors, Sen. Alex Padilla and Sen. Jeff Merkley.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United applauds Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) on the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act, a federal bill that would ensure full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration.
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National Nurses United applauds Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand Medicare benefits to include vision, hearing, and a long-term care-at-home program.
