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Large group of nurses outside Capitol building in Washington, D.C. with raised fists

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

News

Why Violence Against Nurses Has Spiked in the Last Decade

Here’s an alarming statistic: Around one in four nurses has been physically attacked at work in the last year. Patients often kick, scratch, and grab them; in rare cases even kill them. In fact, there are nearly as many violent injuries in the healthcare industry as there are in all other industries combined.

Alexia Fernández Campbell writing for The Atlantic
December 5, 2016

Blog

Graphic "Gender Justice" with NNU logo

As Covid cases continues to surge, nurses fight gender bias in California labor law

Nurses often have to jump through hoops — while sick or hurt — to receive paid time off for work-related illnesses or injuries. And after all that effort, nurses can be denied coverage.

Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of National Nurses United
November 15, 2021