Tell Congress: Protect union rights of VA nurses and federal employees!

Two executive orders signed on March 27th and August 25th seek to strip federal employees of their protected union rights. This is a direct attack on workers' rights that will impact the hard-won collective bargaining agreement that covers over 15,000 union registered nurses in the Veterans Health Administration.

Additionally, these executive orders target public health workers at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and hundreds of thousands more at other federal agencies. These orders will make it harder or even impossible for these federal workers to do their jobs safely and will negatively affect public health.

VA nurses provide high-quality, therapeutic care to our veteran patients every single day. We cannot stand by and allow the Trump administration to intimidate and silence us.

Call your U.S. representative and senators and demand that they step up to protect health care workers’ rights to advocate for patients with the guaranteed protections of a union by voting YES on the Protect America's Workforce Act (H.R. 2550/S. 2837).

Stand with VA nurses by calling your elected officials at the numbers below:

Call the U.S. House of Representatives: 202-891-4745

Call your U.S. senators: 202-509-0661

Here's a short script you can follow: 

U.S. House of Representatives: Hi, my name is [First Name]. I am your constituent, and I’m a ______ (nurse/other health care worker/patient/veteran). I’m calling today to urge you to vote YES on the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550) which would restore collective bargaining and union organizing rights for more than one million federal workers, including 15,000 nurses in the VA. Union rights are fundamental to nurses’ role as patient advocates. The Trump administration’s executive orders illegally revoking these rights are an outrageous attack on all workers and blatant union-busting effort. I urge you to stand up for workers’ rights and safe patient care for veterans by voting YES on the Protect America's Workforce Act (H.R. 2550). Thank you.

U.S. Senate: Hi, my name is [First Name]. I am your constituent, and I’m a ______ (nurse/other health care worker/patient/veteran). I’m calling today to urge you to vote YES on the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act (S. 2837) which would restore collective bargaining and union organizing rights for more than one million federal workers, including 15,000 nurses in the VA. Union rights are fundamental to nurses’ role as patient advocates. The Trump administration’s executive orders illegally revoking these rights are an outrageous attack on all workers and blatant union-busting effort. I urge you to stand up for workers’ rights and safe patient care for veterans by voting YES on the Protect America's Workforce Act (S. 2837). Thank you.