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VA nurses pose with signs at the capitol in rally for workers' rights

NNU statement responding to VA collective bargaining agreement termination

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.

National Nurses United
August 6, 2025

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NNU statement on RFK Jr. slashing mRNA vaccine research

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:

National Nurses United
August 6, 2025

Three nurses outside hospital holding signs "Veterans Need Care Not Cuts" and "Protect Federal Workers"

NNU urges floor vote on Protect America’s Workforce Act

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.”

National Nurses United
July 17, 2025

Demonstrators holding signs that read "Protect federal workers, protect VA nurses."

Victory for working people as judge blocks Trump’s efforts to bust federal employee unions

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.

National Nurses United
June 25, 2025

nurses at a rally to stop Medicaid cuts

Nation’s largest union of registered nurses denounces House vote to gut Medicaid and other safety net programs

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.

National Nurses United
May 22, 2025

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C. with raised fists

Members of Congress introduce safe staffing bill to require hospitals to protect patients and nurses

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 United
May 12, 2025

Nurses in hallway holding signs "No Cuts: A Healthy VA = Healthy Vets"

National Nurses United applauds the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act Bill ensures full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other VA clinicians

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.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 7, 2025

NNU Presidents posing with Vice President Kamala Harris

National Nurses United applauds Harris plan to expand Medicare benefits

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.

October 9, 2024

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NNU condemns Supreme Court’s decision eviscerating role of regulatory agencies

National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses’ union and professional association today condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision eviscerating the role of regulatory agencies. The 6-3 decision, effectively overturned a 1984 legal precedent known as “Chevron deference,” which allows experts in regulatory agencies to define implementation of laws passed by Congress.

National Nurses United
June 28, 2024

Hannah Drummond testifying in front of Senate hearing

Union nurse speaks out at U.S. Senate field hearing on the dangers of corporate greed in health care

At this field hearing of the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, Hannah Drummond, RN, was featured among several witnesses speaking to the ways corporate greed endangers patient care and health care workers.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
April 3, 2024