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Nurses demonstrate at Durham VA

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

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

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 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."

National Nurses United
March 28, 2025

• Veterans Affairs

Large group of nurses outside holding banner and signs "Nurses Say: Fund Care Not Billionaires"

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

Exterior of MDIH

Mount Desert Island Hospital Nurses Condemn Obstetrics Closure

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.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (MSNA/NNOC)
March 27, 2025

• MSNA, • NNOC

Nurses holding press conference holding signs "Nurse Solidarity"

Chicago nurses demand an end to VA staffing cuts

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.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 26, 2025

• Veterans Affairs, • NNOC, • NNU

Nurses holding signs "Union Nurse Power"

San Francisco nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety at Chinese Hospital

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.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
March 23, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Group of 12 nurses holding banner "California Nurses Association"

San Jose nurses to rally for patient safety

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.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
March 20, 2025

• CNA, • NNU

Graphic "Transgender Right Are Human Rights"

National Nurses United condemns VA’s decision to revoke gender-affirming care from veterans

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.

National Nurses United
March 19, 2025

• NNU

Nurses with raised fists

Ingalls nurses among dozens of Illinois RNs meeting with lawmakers to demand safe staffing legislation

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.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 18, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU

Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C., holding signs "Fun Care, Not Billionaires" and "Some Cuts Don't Heal"

Reno nurses to protest proposed cuts to Nevada Medicaid and Nevada Check Up at Rep. Amodei’s district office

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.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 18, 2025

• NNOC, • NNU