Press releases

Nation’s largest RN union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go

the wake of the latest scandal he has perpetuated, National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union and professional organization, today called for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be fired by President Donald Trump or to resign.

National Nurses United

August 28, 2025

New Orleans nurses to host Labor Day rally

Nurses from University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) in Louisiana will be joined by community members, labor allies, and union leaders as they hold a rally at 7 p.m. on Labor Day (Monday, Sept 1.) as they continue to bargain for a first contract with LCMC Health, their employer.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 27, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses denounce latest strikes on Gaza hospital and ongoing starvation of Palestinians by Israel

National Nurses United condemned Israel for its ongoing starvation of the Palestinian people in Gaza and its latest bombings of Nasser Hospital, strikes that have killed scores of medical and rescue workers, patients, and journalists. Nurses call these actions by Israel tantamount to war crimes and a genocide against Palestinians, and demand an immediate ceasefire as well as a stop to all U.S. funding of Israel’s military.

National Nurses United

August 27, 2025

• NNU

National Nurses United blasts Trump administration for trying to bust the union of U.S. Health and Human Services federal employees

National Nurses United (NNU) today blasted the Trump administration for trying to strip U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) federal employees of their collective bargaining rights, much like it has attempted to do with NNU’s members who work for the Veterans Health Administration (VA).

National Nurses United

August 27, 2025

• NNU

National Nurses United hosts town hall demanding protections for Social Security

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.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 26, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Union nurses condemn Trump’s latest attack on transgender people

National Nurses United today condemns one of President Donald Trump’s latest moves against transgender people: Ending coverage of gender-affirming care in federal workers’ health benefits.

National Nurses United

August 22, 2025

• NNU

CNA/NNOC statement on redistricting efforts in Democratic-held states

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee fully supports efforts by Governor Gavin Newsom to counterbalance President Trump and the Republican Party’s election-rigging schemes ahead of the 2026 midterms and encourages leaders of Democratic-held states to respond similarly with effective redistricting plans.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

August 18, 2025

• CNA, • NNOC

Kaiser San Rafael nurses to protest clinic layoffs that will delay and deprive patients of care

Registered nurses who work at Kaiser Permanente San Rafael facilities will hold a rally on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 to protest Kaiser’s plans to lay off 42 RNs and NPs from their outpatient clinics despite the health care giant posting nearly $13 billion in profits last year.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

August 18, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Statement on Trump’s inhumane order to forcibly remove unhoused people from Washington, D.C.

National Nurses United today warned that President Trump’s order to forcibly remove, jail, or involuntarily commit unhoused people from Washington, D.C. streets is not only a violation of their civil and human rights, but will also damage the city’s health care infrastructure by flooding hospitals with a surge of patients who don’t need to be there.

National Nurses United

August 15, 2025

• NNU

New Orleans nurses to hold rally denouncing LCMC’s betrayal of the spirit of Charity

Registered nurses from University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) in Louisiana will be joined by community allies as they hold a rally and press conference at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, at Charity Hospital to denounce how UMCNO’s owner, LCMC Health, has betrayed the spirit of Charity Hospital and continues to fail the patients and people of New Orleans.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 15, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU