Chicago nurses demand an end to VA staffing cuts
RNs from Chicago VAs and Cook County facilities protest massive reduction in force plan
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) announced on Friday March 28th that 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 Friday, 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.