Illinois

Press

Nurse holding sign "Veterans need care not cuts"

Hines nurses denounce VA staffing cuts and attacks on federal workers, saying they will erode veteran care

Registered nurses at Hines VA Medical Center in Hines, Ill. will hold a rally on Saturday, May 10, to demand the administration abandon plans to cut some 80,000 workers from the VA and to reinstate VA workers’ full union rights.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 8, 2025

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Nurse in front of VA

Nurses condemn legislation that will endanger Veterans

The 150,000 nurses of National Nurses United—including 11,000 in the Dept. of Veterans Affairs—recently condemned the VA MISSION Act (HR 5674), in a letter to the U.S.

The Chicago Crusader
June 13, 2018

Blog

March on Wall Street for the Damage Done to Main Street

An international day of action to make Wall Street Pay - nurses are joining workers to demand jobs, guaranteed healthcare, quality public education, fair housing and enactment of a Financial Transaction Tax (Wall Street sales tax)

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Legislation

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NNU Endorsements 2016

See a list of legislative endorsements.