Veterans Affairs press releases

Registered nurses and AFGE Local 2778 health care workers decry the abrupt closure of the Atlanta Veteran Affairs Medical Center nursing home and rally to alert public to eroding patient care during Covid-19 pandemic

Registered nurses and other health care workers at the Atlanta VA Medical Center (VAMC) will hold a rally on Saturday, Oct. 24 to alert the public to the abrupt closure of the Atlanta Community Living Center (CLC), or VA nursing home, the displacement of the patient residents, and concerns about the lack of appropriate training for nurses moved to provide care outside of their expertise.

National Nurses United

October 22, 2020

Registered nurses at Hines VA to rally over concerns of patient safety and systemic racism and discrimination

Registered nurses at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital will hold a rally on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 to alert the public to patient safety concerns and the systemic racism and discrimination in nursing assignments.

National Nurses United

September 22, 2020

Registered nurses at Tuscaloosa VA to hold Labor Day rally for patient safety during COVID-19 pandemic

Registered nurses at the Tuscaloosa VA will hold a Labor Day rally on Monday, Sept. 7 to share their concerns about patient and RN safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

September 5, 2020

Cincinnati VA Medical Center Nurses Demand Protections For Veterans, Patients, and Public During COVID-19 Pandemic

Registered nurses at the Cincinnati VA will hold a noon rally July 9 to protest the lack of personal protective equipment at the facility which puts veterans, patients, and the public at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 8, 2020

Bronx VA Medical Center nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

Bronx VA Medical Center nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with a shift change action.

National Nurses United

April 30, 2020

San Diego VA Medical Center nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

San Diego VA nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with lunch time action calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

National Nurses United

April 30, 2020

Charlie Norwood VA Augusta Medical Center nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

Charlie Norwood VA Augusta nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with a lunch time act ion calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

National Nurses United

April 30, 2020

Atlanta VA Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action to Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Atlanta VA Medical Center are holding an action and

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 16, 2020

Brooklyn VA Medical Center RNs to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Critical PPE and Appropriate Staffing to Care for Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers and the dangerously inadequate staffing levels at VA hospitals during this COVID-19

National Nurses Organizing Committee

April 6, 2020

Veterans Health Administration unions decry management’s failure to involve them in COVID-19 preparations, call to work together

We health care workers in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system, deeply dismayed by the lack of preparations, planning, and communications so far in response to COVID-19, are calling on VHA management to work with us to ensure the nation’s VA health facilities can safely handle COVID-19. Together, our unions represent nearly 350,000 employees working within the VHA system.

NNU, AFGE, NAGE, NFFE, SEIU 200 United

March 14, 2020