"Registered nurses are appalled by this latest executive order that seeks to strip federal employees, including 15,000 registered nurses with National Nurses United, of their protected union rights. As union nurses, we know this is union busting. Our nurses have been on the front lines, calling out this administration's attempts to dismantle and privatize our VA system. This latest attempt is a brazen effort to intimidate and silence us..."

The nation's largest union of registered nurses provided the following statement in response to today's announcement of mass layoffs in the Health and Human Services department.

Union nurses at Mount Desert Island Hospital are fiercely critical of today’s announcement by CEO Chrissi Maguire that she will close the hospital’s obstetrics department on July 1, 2025.

Chicago-based registered nurses from the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, VA Hines Health Care, and Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center will join Cook County nurses for a rally at Jesse Brown on March 28 to demand an end to staffing cuts. The VA secretary has confirmed what was first reported in a leaked memo, that the administration is looking to cut between 72,000 to 80,000 workers from the VA.

Registered nurses at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, March 25, to protest the administration’s failure to address RNs deep concerns about the safety of their immigrant patients.

Registered nurses at HCA’s Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., will hold a rally on Monday, March 24, at 4 p.m. to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing, unsafe conditions for patients, lack of support staff, and the lack of a dedicated management team in the emergency room.

Registered nurses at Veterans Administration (VA) facilities across the country condemn the VA secretary’s recent announcement that our health system will end all gender-affirming health care for transgender and intersex veterans who are new patients.

Registered nurses from UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Chicago will be among dozens of nurses meeting with lawmakers on Thursday, March 20 to demand the passage of the Safe Patient Limits Act, which would mandate safe staffing laws in all hospitals across Illinois.

On March 20, Maine Medical Center nurses will gather at the district office of U.S. Senator Susan Collins in Portland, Maine, to protest proposed cuts to Medicaid that would deteriorate health care services in the region.

On March 20, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center nurses will gather at the district office of U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei in Reno, Nev., to protest proposed Medicaid cuts that will deteriorate health care services in the region.