Press releases

Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Move to Bust Federal Employee Unions

Labor unions representing federal government workers across the country are suing the Trump administration over the president’s attempt to override the law through executive order and strip more than one million federal government employees of their union rights.

National Nurses United

April 4, 2025

SATURDAY: Union nurses joining “Hands Off!” protests

RNs from National Nurses United will join protests on Saturday, April 5, to add their voices to the choir calling for “Hands Off!” as part of a mass mobilization against current administration policies. Union nurses condemn ongoing attacks on vital health care services, workers’ protections and rights, and the very concept of a society where people care for each other.

National Nurses United

April 4, 2025

San Leandro and Alameda Hospital nurses ratify historic new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at San Leandro and Alameda Hospital voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new five-year contract that will improve patient safety and nurse retention. San Leandro RNs ratified the contract on Tuesday, April 1 and Alameda RNs ratified the contract on Wednesday, April 2. The RNs at both hospitals are now under one agreement.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU)

April 3, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

NNU statement on NIOSH layoffs

NNU provided the following statement in response to planned mass layoffs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), one of the most important parts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): "Registered nurses continue to be outraged by the current administration's intentional destruction of critical public health care staffing, resources, and infrastructure...

National Nurses United

April 2, 2025

Las Vegas nurses to hold press conference at fundraiser for workplace violence prevention measures

RNs at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, Nev., will hold a press conference on Thursday, April 3, to highlight concerns about the safety of staff and patients. The press conference will take place at a bake sale fundraiser organized by union nurses for metal detectors and other prevention measures.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 2, 2025

• NNOC

Hialeah nurses to hold rally for patient safety

RNs at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Fla., will hold a rally on Friday, April 4, to highlight mistreatment of nurses and management’s refusal to listen to their patient safety concerns.

April 2, 2025

Nurses applaud reintroduction of federal legislation to prevent workplace violence in health care, social service settings

National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, announced its support for the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, reintroduced today by Representative Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (S-WI). The bipartisan bill would mandate health care and social service employers develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan.

National Nurses United (NNU)

April 1, 2025

• NNU

Durham nurses to hold rally to protest cuts to the VA

Registered nurses at Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, will hold a rally on Wednesday, April 2, to protest devastating cuts to VA staffing and to stand up for their patients, veterans who deserve the best care, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United today. This action is happening amidst an unprecedented attack on federal employees’ protected union rights by the current administration, which NNU nurses strongly oppose.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU)

March 31, 2025

• NNU, • NNOC

NNU statement on executive order seeking to strip federal employees of their protected union rights

"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..."

National Nurses United

March 28, 2025

• Veterans Affairs

NNU statement on HHS layoffs

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.

National Nurses United

March 27, 2025

• NNU