Veterans Affairs press releases

National Nurses United applauds the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act Bill ensures full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other VA clinicians

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United applauds Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) on the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act, a federal bill that would ensure full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

May 7, 2025

Nurses, federal workers at Atlanta VA Medical Center to urge protection of veteran services

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United and American Federation of Government Employees Local 518 will hold a protest in response to the current administration’s directive for large-scale reductions-in-force (RIFs) and elimination of union workers’ collective bargaining rights.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 23, 2025

San Diego nurses and veterans to rally against VA staffing cuts

Registered nurses at the VA Medical Center- San Diego will hold a rally on Wednesday, April 16, to demand an end to devastating VA staffing cuts. The VA secretary has confirmed the administration plans to cut between 72,000 to 80,000 workers, who help ensure our country’s veterans receive timely and appropriate care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 14, 2025

NYC nurses demand an end to VA staffing cuts

Registered nurses from the Margaret Cochran Corbin VA Campus (formerly Manhattan VA Medical Center) will hold a rally on Wed., April 9, to demand an end to staffing cuts and attacks on federal workers’ union rights.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 7, 2025

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

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

NNU applauds federal ruling to reinstate federal workforce, including VA support staff

Registered nurses with National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the country with more than 225,000 members, applaud Judge William H. Alsup’s ruling today ordering the immediate rehiring of federal workers who were fired unlawfully.

National Nurses United

March 13, 2025

Atlanta VA Nurses to speak out against VA budget crisis

Nurses at Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center in Decatur, Ga., will hold a protest on Thursday, Nov. 14, outside their facility to speak out about their concerns regarding the VA budget, especially its impacts on short staffing, nurse retention, and nurses’ moral distress.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

November 12, 2024

Bronx VA Nurses caravan to the VA regional office to demand VA lift barriers to hiring

Nurses from the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx will be caravaning to Tarrytown, N.Y., on Thursday, Nov. 7, to call on the VA to lift barriers to hiring staff to fill RN positions to ensure safe patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

November 6, 2024

Nurses demand VA lift "hiring freeze," citing thousands of nurse vacancies and patient safety concerns

Registered nurses who work at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals around the country are holding a national week of action.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 19, 2024